![]() Known for crafting a brand of subtle, musical sonics, his recorded output ranges across tempo and genre lines, from chilled out affairs with spacious arrangements to pulsating, densely layered, deeply energetic tracks that work magnificently in the hands of DJs as well as on the home stereo.īefore hooking up with Kompakt, the much-acclaimed studio wizard had already made his own dent in the musical universe, thanks to a flurry of top-tier releases on labels such as Steve Bug’s Pokerflat Recordings, the legendary Plug Research imprint, 7th City, R&S and many more - but nothing prepared the world for those exquisite bangers „Sweat On The Walls“ and „Mono On Mono“, both released in 2004, with the latter being one of the most fervently beloved classics on John’s own label Palette Recordings. Trained on drums and the piano from an early age, the LA-based synth mastermind has since amassed his own impressive skill set, embracing the music as a personal frontier, expanding on his resume as a techno recording artist as producer, remixer, DJ, and label owner. With both his parents being professional classical musicians, it might not be a surprise that John Tejada has become known as one of the most prolific and consistent producers in today’s eletronic music landscape. Owen’s work has been featured in Wired, Future Music, Pitchfork, XLR8R,, computer arts magazine, and shown at events such as NASA’s Yuri’s Night, Google I/O, and the New York Cutlog art festival. Over the past 10 years, he has: worked as a research scientist for Twitter developed multi-touch interfaces for Nokia research labs worked for leading ribbon microphone manufacturer Royer Labs has had musical production featured in major motion films designed and built recording facilities and produced, engineered, and mixed records in Tokyo, Nashville, and Los Angeles. During his graduate research, he focused on developing new musical interfaces, interactive musical agents, and large networked music ensembles including The Machine Orchestra. ![]() in 2013 at the New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington. With Jordan Hochenbaum and Jasmin Ruiz Blasco, he founded The Noise Index, a research platform to explore questions emerging from increased access to information and information saturation, with installations in New York, London, Paris, and L.A. ![]() As co-founder of Flip-Mu, he explores and designs open-source interface design, real-time data sonification, generative audio/visual systems, and large-scale multitouch surfaces. Owen Vallis is a Professor of Music Technology at the California Institute of the Arts, MTIID (Music Technology: Interaction, Intelligence, and Design program). ![]()
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