Jon Nelson
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Jon Nelson is a sound collage artist and a radio show host for Some Assembly Required. He "mashes music and found sound — from old movies, laugh tracks, the news — to make what he calls the audio dreamscape of the media age."[1] Jon Nelson has been championing the genre of mashup music for more than 10 years;[2] Some Assembly Required is now syndicated throughout the United States and Canada.[3] 262 episodes were produced from 1999 to 2011.[4]
Reviews and Articles
- The Art of Mashups By Tom Asbrook, On Point, February 5, 2009
- Jon Nelson of Escape Mechanism by Katya Tylevich A.V. Club Twin Cities, January 28, 2009
- Some Assembly Required: Mash-Up Pioneer Dreams in Soundbites By Elizabeth Held, Wired Magazine December 22, 2008
- Escape Mechanism promotes recycling! by Max Ross, Secrets of the City, September 16, 2008 - 3:12pm
- Click, shriek, boom! Sonic collage artist Escape Mechanism cuts and pastes while aural trickster Lost in Translation slashes and burns by Michaelangelo MatosCity Pages (Volume 20 - Issue 949 - February 10, 1999)
Discography
- Escape Mechanism (Emphasis Added) (2008)[5][6][7]
- Cast of Thousands with Escape Mechanism Self Titled (2004)[8]
- Escape Mechanism, Steev Hise, The Tape-beatles, Wobbly Minneapolis Summit (2002)[9]
- Escape Mechanism Self Titled (1998)[10]
References
- ↑ http://www.onpointradio.org/2009/02/the-art-of-mashups
- ↑ http://www.avclub.com/twincities/articles/jon-nelson-of-escape-mechanism,23007/
- ↑ http://www.some-assembly-required.net/whosyndicating.html
- ↑ http://www.some-assembly-required.net/episodes/
- ↑ http://www.escape-mechanism.com/releases/2006/06/escape-mechanism-emphasis-added.html
- ↑ http://archives.secretsofthecity.com/magazine/blogs/hear-hear/2008/09/escape-mechanism-promotes-recycling
- ↑ http://evolution-control.com/index.php/news/press-reviews-and-interviews/159-wired-mentions-the-ecc-in-january-issue
- ↑ http://escape-mechanism.com/releases/2006/06/escape-mechanism-live-cast-of.html
- ↑ http://www.escape-mechanism.com/releases/2006/06/escape-mechanism-steev-hise-tape.html
- ↑ http://escape-mechanism.com/releases/2006/06/escape-mechanism-self-titled-debut-cd.html
External links
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