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About Me

jackson darby is a turntablist from Toronto who lives in Montreal. His style resides somewhere between electroacoustic music and hip-hop. He uses vinyl records, field recordings and synthesized sound to create his music. He has released many albums on CD and casette tape. He studies Electroacoustic Composition and Intermedia Art at Concordia University. ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................jackson d. w/ Dead Bush @ Casa Del Popolo, Montreal 2008Performing at L'Absynthe, Montreal 2008

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Member Since: 04/02/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/valleyoftheshadowofdeathband
Band Members: jackson d. - verb!
Influences: John Cage, Atmosphere, J Dilla, Patti Smith, Christian Marclay, Yoko Ono, Raymond Scott, The Roots, Eels, Buck 65, Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henri, Public Enemy, MF DOOM, Fred Frith, Tricky, Daedelus, Wu-tang Clan, Roland Kirk, Portishead, DJ Q-Bert, Tribe Called Quest, Cibo Matto, Madlib, last but not least; the phenomenon that is Ice Cube.
Sounds Like: www.myspace.com/jacksonmd
View jackson d.'s EPK.......................................For Booking/Remixes/Beats/Music for Film/Any Other Inquiries contact at: [email protected]
Record Label: Valley Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New jackson d. myspace page Devoted to Remixes

With various remixes under my belt and many more on their way, I decided to devote a whole myspace page to them!Check out www.myspace.com/jacksondremixes to hear re-imagined versions of songs by Spira...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 12:19:00 GMT

Featured in the Concordian Magazine

I was interviewed and featured in an article in the Montreal magazine the Concordian.  Check it out...http://media.www.theconcordian.com/media/storage/paper 290/news/2009/03/03/Arts/Art-Matters.09-3657...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:43:00 GMT

Valley of the shadow of Death

Hello all,Recently i've been involved in a new project which we call "the Valley of the shadow of Death".  Its a trio featuring myself (turntables, samplers, looping devices) Max Evans (cello, max/msp...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:08:00 GMT