Akira Rabelais

Vincent Akira Rabelais Carté is an American composer, poet, software programmer and experimental multimedia artist.

He is most known for his 2004 record on Samadhi Sound, Spellewauerynsherde, as well as his experimental audio processing software Argeïphontes Lyre, and his works which take inspiration from magic realism.

In 2005, he was involved with tape manipulation on Björk's 'Bath', on her soundtrack for Matthew Barney's Drawing Restraint 9.

Rabelais has used his own experimental electroacoustic audio processing software, Argeïphontes Lyre, on many of his records.

In February 2019, Rabelais released cxvi through Boomkat Editions, a 'years-in-the-making' album that features collaborations with Ben Frost, Stephan Mathieu, Kassel Jaeger, Biosphere, Mélanie Skriabine and Harold Budd among others.