Author &amp; Punisher is a one man band led by Tristan Shone. Utilizing custom fabricatedmachines, controllers and speakers called Drone Machines, the music draws heavily onaspects of industrial automation, robotics and mechanical tools and devices, focusingon the eroticism of the interaction with machine.In 2024 A&amp;P celebrated two decades of honing in on his craft - meticulously inventing,machining, experimenting, and creating custom musical instruments for his incrediblerecordings and live performances, touring the world with artists like TOOL, HEALTH,Pertubator, Neurosis &amp; many others. 2025 will see the release of his eighth full-lengthalbum via Relapse Records along with an even greater emphasis and rebirth of thevisceral, live ritual.