J. Phoenix

I am J. Phoenix
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I am an artist in sound and sight, using analog and digital formats to express myself to those who surround me.
I perform what is called Live Electronics or Live PA, creating music live onstage playing electronic instruments. Each set I play is unique, created at that time and place.
With my electronic guitar system I am able to play and control my synthesizers and samplers, creating a unique dynamic performance.
Random Chaos Live Electronic Guitar -J. Phoenix
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I have been perfecting my guitar technique over the last 15 years, 12 of which I've spent performing and writing original works. I have been producing electronic music recordings for the last 9 years, and I have been performing Live PA for audiences from 2001 to present.
With these electronic instruments, I am able to perform a wide variety of styles from Techno to Ambient to DnB depending on the spirit of the moment. This amount of control allows me to produce recordings in a similar manner, improvising layer upon layer of sound.
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The abstract visual art that you see all around this page is mine, and this art is influenced by diverse sources like tribal artwork (both indigenous and modern); fractal algorithms; the motion caused by elements interacting with each other.
My artwork is almost always black & white because neither are true colors, encompassing instead all colors and the absence of color in a constant duality.
Besides, nothing in the world is truly as black & white as people really seem to want it to be.
I draw my artwork freehand using pen and paper. Sometimes I am able to scan this paper and ink and further manipulate it using digital means. In this way, my art and music share a tie...beginning as something analog and physical, and then becoming something else through digital translation.
Both my art and my music are informed by the truth that humanity remains an unbroken thread from this modern age to our ancestor's tribal pasts, despite all the triumphs and tribulations of technology.
We still gather together to draw our designs, to create rhythms, and to dance, though our fires and our drumbeats have become electric and amplified. While everything has changed it seems nothing is really any different.
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I enjoy my time on MySpace, but my experience has been marred somewhat by spambots and bandbots. You may have encountered some of them yourself by now.
As a result of others' negative behavior, I must ask that if you wish to add me, please do send me a message along with your request.
Second, I will no longer be displaying Comments. I will still receive and respond to all comments made, but from now on they will be treated exactly like private messages without being displayed. This may discourage errant advertising attempts.
You are more than welcome to leave me a quick comment in this box below:
There is even the possibility of chatting with me in realtime, which I hear is entertaining once in a while. (And you don't have to sign in to leave me a message here either.)
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J. Phoenix can be contacted directly through this MySpace page, and can answer all booking inquiries, questions, trivia, complaints, and/or agreements you may wish to send along.
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