Jesse Stiles

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Jesse Stiles (born June 15, 1978) is an American electronic musician, record producer, sound designer and electronic artist known for his experimental and highly technical work. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Biography

Stiles attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for graduate school, studying electronic art and music under Pauline Oliveros, Curtis Bahn, and Igor Vamos. [5] Before attending graduate school Stiles was a Watson fellow, recording his first album, Watson Songs, [6] while traveling in India and England.

Following RPI, Stiles moved to a textile factory in DeRuyter, New York, and entered a period of great creativity, creating many of the works that would go to fill his first solo art show "Automatic Speleology". [7]

In 2010, Stiles was hired as the Music Coordinator for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Working with the company during their Legacy Tour, he produced and performed in concerts featuring the works of many experimental composers including John Cage, David Tudor, Brian Eno, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, and John Paul Jones. Stiles' compositions were featured in many of the company's site-specific "Event" performances. [8] [9] [10]

In 2011, Jesse Ball, Thordis Bjornsdottir, Olivia Robinson, and Jesse Stiles founded The Poyais Group. [11] Exhibitions by The Poyais Group have garnered both praise and controversy. [12] [13]

Stiles has provided music and sound design for a variety of feature films, short films, documentaries, and exhibitions. He has scored five video game titles for the radical design group Molleindustria. Stiles has recorded and produced records released by Conrex Records, Specific Recordings, and Gagarin Records.

Since 2014, Stiles has held an assistant professorship at Carnegie Mellon University where he teaches subjects such as sound design, electronic music composition and performance, as well as programming and signal processing for creative practice. [14] Additionally, Stiles has founded and currently co-runs Carnegie Mellon's premiere electroacoustic music ensemble, the Exploded Ensemble. This group operates as the University's "hybrid music research wing" and is renowned for creating unique multi-media experiences in unconventional spaces. [15]

Notable works

Discography

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References

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  2. ↑ "Jesse Stiles". IMDb.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Rushworth, Katherine (11 April 2010). "Warehouse exhibit combines video, sound, LED lights in ever-changing show". Syracuse.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. ↑ McKinley, James C. Jr. (7 December 2011). "Central Park, the Soundtrack (Published 2011)". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Data on Jesse Stiles from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute". Archived from the original on 2012-12-24.
  6. ↑ "Watson Songs — the jesse stiles 3000". Last.fm. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Profile of Jesse Stiles in Jerk Magazine". Archived from the original on 2011-08-24.
  8. ↑ Dekel, Ayelet. "Merce Cunningham Dance Company – The Last Event | MidnightEast". Midnighteast.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Review of MCDC performance featuring music composed by Jesse Stiles". Archived from the original on 2012-09-03.
  10. ↑ "Program for performance by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company during their Legacy Tour" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-30.
  11. ↑ "WordPress › Installation". Poyaisgroup.org. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "The Deathworks of May Elizabeth Kramner: A New Installation by the Poyais Group". HuffPost.com. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "Article about The Poyais Group". Advancetitan.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  14. ↑ "Jesse Stiles - Center for the Arts in Society - Carnegie Mellon University". Cmu.edu. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "About". Explodedensemble.org. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  16. ↑ "The Center for Land Use Interpretation". Clui.org. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  17. ↑ "Curatorial statement about exhibition" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-09.
  18. ↑ "The Jesse Stiles 3000 - Watson Songs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  19. ↑ "Jesse Stiles - The Target Museum". Discogs.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  20. ↑ "Technical Drawings - The Ruined Map". Discogs.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  21. ↑ "Takehisa Kosugi, Christian Wolff, John King (6), David Behrman, Jesse Stiles - Forty Minutes And Eleven Seconds". Discogs.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
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