kim cascone has been involved with electronic music for more than 20 years since his studies at berklee college of music and at the new school (with dana mccurdy) during the 1970s. in the 1980s cascone worked with david lynch as assistant music editor on both "twin peaks" and "wild at heart". he left the film industry in 1991 to concentrate on silent records, a label that he founded in 1986, transforming it into the u.s.‘s premier electronic music label. he sold silent records in 1996, at the height of its success, in order to pursue a career as a sound designer. he has worked for thomas dolby’s company headspace as a sound designer and composer and for staccato systems where he oversaw the design of new sounds for games using algorithmic synthesis.

since 1980, kim has released more than 15 albums of electronic music and has collaborated with keith rowe, peter rehberg, oval, scanner, carsten nicolai, doug aitken, and david toop among others. he has performed at festivals in north america and europe (lovebytes, micro 2 mutek, transmissions, observatori) and has lectured on post-digital music internationally. his articles have appeared in computer music journal (MIT press), artbyte, mediamatic and parachute.