Kotra is the stage name and the main art project for Dmytro Fedorenko, Ukrainian sound-artist and promoter. Creator and runner of his label Kvitnu, curator of international festivals Kvitnu Fest and Detali Zvuku. Though he is a classically trained guitarist, you won't hear a guitar in his harsh, lately inderministic extreme noise music. Dmytro started making music in an avant-garde or noise duo called Zet; after its breakup in 1998 he started the Kotra project, releasing tapes and CDs, at first sounding industrial and rhythmic, combining extremely loud waves with other sounds and playing with the results. Worked with Zavoloka, Abs6, Kim Cascone, Jeff Surak, Moljebka Pvlse, Andrey Kiritchenko and Andreas Berthling. Kotra is a very active and productive artist - intensively performing around the world at festivals and touring. He has many releases available on various labels all over the world.

Black Rain was the post-punk, post-industrial group formed by Stuart Argabright (Futants, Ike Yard, Dominatrix, Death Comet Crew) with Shinichi Shimokawa, Dave Vulcan, Bones & Thom Furtado in 1989. The group worked hard to make their sound; incorporating punk tempos, short concise song forms, turbo drumming, metal percussion and sound effects. Performing at CBGB's, The Bank, Bond Street Café, C Squat and at the Anniversary of the Tompkins Sq. Park Riots party in the Park, Black Rain had their final show as a four piece opening for GG Allin at The Gas Station June 27 1993. Black Rain later stripped down to a two man unit for soundtrack work with William Gibson's "Neuromancer" audio book followed by Johnny Mnemonic directed by Robert Longo. In 1995 Black Rian released some of these tracks and other as the 1.0 album Fifth Column Records. A second album nanarchy followed on FCR in 1996. In 2012 London label Blackest Ever Black has released Black Rain's soundtracks as Now, I'm Just A Number: Soundtracks 1994 - 95.