London based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, vocalist and engineer Imogen Heap’s wistful electronic pop has captivated a loyal audience and influenced pop megastars including Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift. Her breakthrough 2005 album _Speak For Yourself_ includes her vocoder-led hit song “Hide and Seek.” With five Grammy nominations — winning one for engineering and another for her contribution to Taylor Swift’s _1989_ — Heap also received an honorary doctorate of technology for her work on MI.MU gloves, a groundbreaking gestural music-making system. She used the gloves to produce tracks for 2014’s _Sparks_, and used approximately 900 “sound seeds” (samples of everyday sounds sent to her by fans). The 2015 single “Tiny Human” was released using blockchain technology during a livestream event, highlighting how independent artists can share music and enforce “smart contracts.
