It's 2 a.m. on a Friday night. Your friends all begged you to leave the confines of your small, cramped apartment; because in their own misguided way, they really think they know what's best for you. But instead of dancing and drinking yourself into a blind oblivion, you chose to stay behind. You wanted something else. You wanted to listen to the girl next door banging against your adjoining wall. You wanted to stare at the dirty dishes sitting in your sink. You wanted to read a chapter or two of that book sitting on your nightstand, the one that you secretly tell yourself will solve all your problems.

It's 2 a.m. on a Friday night. You forgot to turn the ringer off on your phone, and some teenager wakes you up with a crank call. Had you been in a deeper sleep, you might have been less amused. Instead, you were in your own quiet oblivion; lulled by the repetitive voice in your head.

So what if you didn't read that book. So what if you can't figure out what it is you want. So what if your friends think there may be something very, very wrong with you. You can always go dancing tomorrow.

Tonight was something else.

A combination of ambient, IDM, glitch, and classical; Kristin Anderson (a.k.a. 4/56), draws heavily from her background as a composer to create an electronic sound with depth and emotion. In fact, Kristin spent much of her early years training as a classical violinist, later progressing to the world of academic composition.

The natural evolution from orchestral writing to both musique-concrete and real-time interactive computer music was not far behind; and the echoes of such influences as Stockhausen, John Cage, and George Crumb; continue to make an appearance in her music today.

Wanting incorporates pieces from all these seemingly disparate worlds: synthetic manipulation, contrapuntal structure, glitch-inspired vocals, and even electro-acoustic elements; to deliver a varied, complex sound without sacrificing the ultimate goal: the creation of an expressive aural journey.

In addition to composition, Kristin earns a living as an audio editor, voiceover artist, and music reviewer. She is also currently the Creative Director of a Los Angeles-based organization called Not Quite Normal, which focuses on the promotion of all forms of the experimental arts.