inspirations:la monte young, john cage, pauline oliveros, luigi russolo, otto luening, vidnaObmana, clara rockmore, harold budd, wendy carlos, karlheinz stockhausen, brian eno, suicide, robert rich, genesis p-orridge, robert moog, yves klein, joseph beuys, werner herzog, cindytalk, alan lamb, velvet underground, steve reich, pierre schaffer, pierre henry, autechre, aphex twin, david parsons, clara rockmore, terry reilly, alio die, throbbing gristle, whitehouse, SPK, coil, hafler trio, sonic youth, klause schultze, pier palo passolini, mike leigh, christian boltanski, brian eno, marcel duchamp, otto muel, herman nitsch, rudolf schwarzkogler, alan kaprow, george maciunas, pipilotti rist, vaughn oliver, andre bréton, anton artaud, anna mendieta, marina abramovic...
jason.sloan is a new.media artist working from Baltimore, Md. His work explores various aspects of spirituality and it's connection to life, death, memory, religion and our transitory time on earth. Through his performances, installations, audio environments, video work, network actions and sound recordings, he examines the need for transcendence beyond the body through a vehicle of visual ritual and aural stimulation. With this dialog, Sloan feels an urgency to evoke a collective experience between the viewer, listener and artist that can bridge the gap between the physical and non-physical world. The focus of this transcendence is not to conform to any current religious trends or beliefs, but to take a non-dogmatic approach of artistic and intellectual inquiry that explores the basic human need for some type of spiritual alignment or wholeness.
In 2002 Sloan co-founded SLO.BOR Media with sound artist & web designer Matt Borghi as a vehicle for their individual releases and a platform for other artists. SLO.BOR Media is primarily a record label, but focuses on a variety of media and forms of distribution. SLO.BOR Media is also quite concerned with packaging, design, new media, and conceptual art.
Sloan received his BFA from Edinboro University in 1996 and his MFA from Towson University in 1999. In addition to being the recent recipient of a $3000 Maryland State Arts Council's Individual Artist Award, Sloan's performance, installations, network and video works have been exhibited internationally including New York, Kiev, Berlin & Saint-Petersburg, Russia. His sound works have been released on various labels and can also be heard on numerous international radio programs.
For more information please visit:
jasonsloan.comslo.bor media.comminimalspace.com
JASON.SLOAN [LIVE WEB.CAST PERFORMANCE FROM JAN 08, 2008]
THE ACTUAL CDS & DOWNLOADS CAN BE PURCHASED AT: JASONSLOAN.COM
DISCOGRAPHY
SOLO
+ [ -- ] - 2009 (to be released april 27, 2009)
+ ENDING [light] - double CD - 2008
+ STATIC [thelema.dawning] 3"CD limited ed 2008
+ live @ sight.sound [interaction] 1.0 - 2007
+ field 51 10' 48.213 // -1 49' 37.7176 - 2007
+ blister.dust e.p. - 2006 (out of print)
+ hymns for the after.life - 2006
+ a white, bleeding silence - 2004
+ performance rehearsal (limited download) - 2004
+ winterwomb (live album) - 2003
+ still - 2003
+ space between beginnings - 2002
+ whispered with water - 2002
+ the shoreline of an end - 2001
+ to cross the river of light e.p. - 2001 (out of print)
+ an unsaid e.p. - 2000 (out of print)
+ silence behind the horizon e.p. - 2000 (out of print)
+ a quiet return - 2000 (out of print)
+ sound.tracks of loss - 1999 (out of print)
COLLABORATIVE
+ dolmen - incantations: verse ii. - 2008 (w/ steven k. smith)
+ dolmen - incantations: verse i. - 2008 (w/ steven k. smith)
+ dolmen - terra firma - 2006 (w/ steven k. smith)
+ guilford - 2004 (w/ matt borghi)
+ dolmen - ritual awakening - 2002 (w/ steven k. smith)
+ moving through - 2002 (w/ matt borghi & brannan lane)
EXCLUSIVE TRACKS APPEAR ON:
+ message from a subatomic world - 2008 hypnos records
+ these sounds will remain as our ghosts - 2007 skean dhu
+ ambient nights (pluto) 2005 sol system recordings
+ friends and friends of friends - 2005 projector 7 productions
+ wein, weib und gesang - 2004 kikapu
+ texture - 2002 slo.bor media
+ ambient@hyperreal02 - 2002 aquafm
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Hey Jason...we are doing a few events you may be in to...be well.
This is a free event and we are doing another free one at the Depot 4/12 featuring Atom Child(one of my fav. electronic musicians), Sheephead of the Megadrives, fire dancing, and more tba. We are also spreading awareness on the live entertainment bill that they are trying to pass in Baltimore City. Cheers and hope to see ya!
Hey guys! Hope all is well for you. We just updated our website and there's some great stuff on it, we now do stickers as well! They're a perfect add-on for any order and we'll insert them into your CD packaging for free. You should definitely check it out! http://www.sirepress.com, Thanks for your support!
Hey guys! Hope all is going well for you. We just updated our website and there's some great stuff on it, you should definitely check it out! http://www.sirepress.com, Thanks for your support!
Thank You very much for the connection - it's great to discover Your exquisite sonic universe...some of the most haunting ambient tracks I did hear for a long time...wonderful!
thanks for the add may the riff keep on goin thru the tri-digital conceptional decoration distribution platoon peaceful wars may seem weird but it happened back in the days of optional micro-cosmic spiritual patrol waves