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5-08:The Draftmasters, Jeff's new band with Victor Adan, will have it's debut performace on May 8th, 2008, at the Tank. Also inlcuded on the show is a set by Glissando bin Laden, a duet betwen Brad Garton and Dan Trueman, and some of Dan Iglesia's red/blue glasses 3D video work. Find out who is king of the Princeton/Columbia Electronic Music Center dynasty.

The Draftmasters is poised to become the world's foremost (read: only) live pen-plotter band. Be there to experience the beginning of greatness!

  

 

 
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4-08: . Jeff Snyder's newest piece, "Vox In Vitro", was performed by ICE (the International Contemporary Ensemble), at Merkin Concert Hall, on Saturday, April 5th. The piece was the first notated work for his new instruments, including the MEAPbook and treble/tenor Countervielles. It combines his invented instruments, played by Eric Wubbels, Jim Altieri, and Matt Hough, with an 8-member ensemble of traditional instruments.

 

4-08: . exclusiveOr, an electronic music duo featuring Jeff Snyder and Sam Pluta, performed at Monkeytown, on Wednesday, 16 April 2008. The performance was part of the HiFi New Music Festival in NYC.

 

2-08: Jeff Snyder's electronic country EP as Owen Lake was released in February of 2008. The album features guest musicians Dave Novak (of the Trailblazers) on guitar and backup vocals, Matt Hough (of Zs and the Seductive Sprigs) Bob Hoffnar on pedal steel, Anna Stirr and Maria Sonevetsky (of Debutante Hour) on vocals, and Ryan Smith (of Twin Thousands, the Silent League, and Stars Like Fleas) on keyboards.

 

1-08: Jeff Snyder will be presenting his new instruments at this month's Dorkbot NYC. Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008, at 7pm. Location One, 26 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand). Free and open to the public.

 
12-07: Wet Ink's season opener includes the debut of Jeff Snyder's trio of instruments, the MEAPbook/counter-harmonium, and his tenor and treble "string" instruments. The performance is at Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater.
 
11-07: Jeff Snyder's newest instrument, based on a "string instrument" interface, is finished and ready for it's first performance on Dec.1st, 2007.
 
10-07: Jeff wins 2nd place in the Cypress Semiconductor Innovator Design Challenge 2007 for the MEAPbook.
 
10-07: The ver1.3 MEAPbook circuits are back from the fabricator, and they look terrific. Work is starting on the production of 14 models for beta-testing.
 
8-07: Twin Thousands' debut single, Like You A Lot, includes a remix by Scattershot. It's released on Exercise1 recordings.
 
8-07: The wood case for the ver 1.2 MEAPbook is finished and the code is complete. It's alive!
 
7-07: Jeff Snyder completed the ver1.2 MEAPbook circuit design and got them fabricated. Thanks to the MEAP fund, an equipment donation from Cypress Semiconductor, PCBExpress, and Screaming Circuits.
 
6-07: Jeff Snyder demonstrated the first prototype of the MEAPbook at NIME 2007 (New Interfaces for Musical Expression). Jeff performed a duet for MEAPbook and Serge Modular Synthesizer with Eric Wubbels on the final night of the concert. This early MEAPbook is now referred to as the "Soviet" prototype.
 
5-07: Gandalf Gavan's solo exhibition at the Larissa Goldston Gallery includes a collaboration with Jeff Snyder: Back Rooms and Other Places of Public Privacy. The exhibit is open from May 12-June 23rd.
 

5-07: Jeff Snyder performed Materials, his work for analog modular synthesizer and chamber orchestra, as part of Wet Ink's "New Works for Large Ensemble" concert.

Thursday, May 3rd: New Works for Large Ensemble
performed by the Wet Ink Ensemble
works by: Reiko Fueting, Beat Furrer, Phill Niblock, Vincent Raikhel, Katharine Soper and Jeff Snyder
at New York Quarterly Meeting House

 
5-07: Jeff Snyder performed his live score to the modern dance ensemble Fivefour's new work at Joyce Soho on the weekend of May 10th through May 12th.
 

4-07: exclusiveOr, a duo project consisting of Jeff Snyder and Sam Pluta on Buchla and Serge modular synthesizers, has completed its debut album.

 

2-07: Jeff Snyder's duet for electric guitar and accordion, Epicycles, was performed again by Eric Wubbels and Matt Hough on March 19th, at Symphony Space, as part of the Wet Ink 2006-2007 season.

 

2-07: Jeff Snyder's duet for electric guitar and accordion, Epicycles, was premeired by Eric Wubbels and Matt Hough on March 2nd, at Juilliard for the Columbia Composers' concert series.

 

9-06: Jeff Snyder's revised version of Nomographs, written for the Timetable Percussion Trio, was premeired on September 9th, 2006 at the Tenri Cultural Institute. A recording of the piece is planned for the summer of 2007.

 

5-06: A piece by Jeff Snyder and Ryan Smith was used for a video installation by Nora Stephens and Diana Carulli. The project was presented in the Brookyn Public Library, main branch, at Grand Army Plaza from May 17-June 25th.

 

2-06: Jeff Snyder debuted his new version of Percussion, for computer-controlled cymbals on February 24th of 2006. The concert was part of the Wet Ink 2005/2006 season, and featured an improvisation by Trio (with Christian Wolff, Larry Polanski and Kui Dong) as the second set.

 

2-06: The new single for A Million Billion's Volcano Season comes out on Exercise 1 Records in the UK on February 27th. Included is the Scattershot remix of the title track.

 

2-06: Jeff Snyder's Dance Suite was premiered by L'Ensemble Portique, a group that performs Baroque chamber music alongside contemporary pieces written for early instruments, on February 10th of 2006.

 

1-06: On January 5th, Jeff Snyder performed a solo set of live electronics at an event for the poetry journal Antennae at ACA Galleries in NYC.

  

12-05: Jeff Snyder and Ryan Smith performed a duo electronics set as The Creations on December 8th as part of the Wet Ink 05/06 concert season.

  

11-05: Jeff Snyder's transcriptions of Bach chorales for two saxophones, accordion, and two guitars were performed on the November 20th Wet Ink Concert.

  

10-05: Jeff Snyder is presenting some of his new sound installation work at Dorkbot NYC on Wednesday, October 5th.

    		 

7-05: Jeff Snyder wrote music to accompany Lunch Date by the modern dance duo FiveFour. It's being performed on July 18th, 25th, and 28th at Chashama.

  
6-05: On June 15th, 2005 Jeff Snyder's newest concert work, Traceries, is premiered. Written for flute, bass clarinet, violin, 'cello, accordion, electric guitar, marimba and electronics, it is performed by the Wet Ink Ensemble at the Bowery Poetry Club as part of the '04-'05 Wet Ink Season.
 
6-05: Jeff Snyder performs on electronics for several pieces in the Counter)Induction concert 'Big Science'. June 3rd, 2005 at the Tenri Cultural Institute.
 

5-05: On May 21st, 2005, Scattershot rocked a Brooklyn junkyard, playing Gandalf Gavan's MFA graduation party.

 
4-05: Jeff Snyder's new piece for the Timetable Percussion Trio was premiered at the Bowery Poetry Club, as part of the Wet Ink 2004-2005 season.
 
4-05: The Nora New Dance Company presented an evening of dance with music and a sound installation by Jeff Snyder and Ryan Smith.
 
2-05: Jeff Snyder performed as Scattershot for a benefit concert for the Nora New Dance Company held at the Llano Estacado. New songs were brought out, including some that will land on the new EP.
 
1-05: Jeff Snyder and Eric Wubbels perform together as 'The Disembodied Head of Peter Ladefoged' at the John Cage Music Circus, held at the Construction Company.
 

12-04: Jeff Snyder and Eric Wubbels collaborated with Nora Stephens and the Nora New Dance Company on a window performance at the new Chashama space. The audience watched the piece through the window outside the building, and heard the music through speakers outside.

 
11-04: Jeff Snyder performed, as Scattershot, a suite of his own arrangements of the music from The Last Ninja, by Ben Daglish, at the Free 103.9 Game Overture II at Office Ops.
 

10-04: Jeff Snyder's most recent concert piece, Intervellum, (for electric guitar, rhodes piano, violin, and 'cello) is performed at the Tenri Cultural Institute on October 16th. A recording is included on the music page.

  
9-04: Jeff Snyder's installation with Gandalf Gavan, Speak Low, is displayed for the Columbia University 250th Anniversary Event in the entrance to the Low Library on Columbia's campus on the weekend of September 30th. View some photographs of the installation.
 
8-04: Jeff Snyder tours with the Power-Ups as synthesist/arranger. Great audiences and great press response! Interviews run in the Chicago Tribune and Philadephia City Paper, plus critic's choice in Minneapolis City Pages, and several other independent weeklies...
 
6-04: Jeff Snyder collaborates with choreographer Nora Stephens on a new video piece, White Butterfly.
 
5-04: Jeff Snyder collaborates with visual artist Gandalf Gavan on an installation at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council building, Speak Low for a Perfect Communication of the Soul.
 
4-04: Jeff Snyder's recent concert music piece, Vibration I, recieves its premiere performance with the Timetable percussion trio, William Schimmel on accordion, Matt Hough on guitar, Matt Cody conducting, and the composer on electronics, at Merkin Concert Hall.
 
1-04: Jeff Snyder performs Tombeau on solo electronics at the Tank.
 
1-04: Jeff Snyder produced the new album by The Industry, 'Everything Comes With a Price', out soon on Record High Records.
 
6-03: Jeff Snyder creates a remix for Chicago experimental trio TV Pow.
 
5-03: Scattershot track "Extrasexual Behavior" is used by Media Assassin Harry Allen as the opening theme music for his radio program, Nonfiction. The show airs on Wednesdays, at 2:00PM on WBAI, New York City's Pacifica station.
 
4-03: Jeff Snyder performs on solo electronics at Buddy Gallery in Chicago.
 
3-03: Jeff Snyder performs two compositions (Retina, Priori II) and one improvisation at Deadtech as part of the Decomposure series.
 

2-03: Natty Nation's new album, "Inatty In Jah Music" is released, with two dub remixes by Scattershot. Download Rasta Revolution (scattershot dub).mp3 to check one of them out.

Here's an excerpt from a review:

"The best surprises come at the end of the track list with DJ Scattershot's languorous dub mixes of 'Wise & Prudent' and 'Rasta Revolution.' His low-end doesn't obliterate the rest of the music, yet it's just short of teeth-rattling. He also brings snatches of horns, organ and other keyboards in and out of the mix with a space alien's sense of astral harmony." -The Isthmus

  

6-02: Public Enemy's new album, Revolverlution, is released. It includes a remix of "The B-Side Wins Again" by Jeff Snyder and Ryan Smith. Chuck D called the remix "Beyond anything describable... at the same time the most incredible and possibly the worst sonic experience in some time".

Here are some mentions of the Scattershot remix in reviews of "Revolverlution":

"The 'B-Side Wins Again' remix, in particular, really stands out. The minimalist yet funky drum track fades in and out, augmented by densely textured and frenzied samples that perfectly complement Chuck D's riotous homage to b-sides. Not many old-school acts could pull off such an audacious revision, but Public Enemy have always been musically ahead of the game." - Pitchfork Media

"B Side Wins Again (Scattershot Remix): This bizarre, banging mess of feedback and battering, off-kilter beats sounds like an avante techno Def Jux throwdown. Its tone changes constantly, and despite the unevenness in the song’s sound, it’s as thrilling and strange as anything the band [Public Enemy] has ever done." - Stylus Magazine

  

12-02: Scattershot's debut EP, "Extrasexual Behavior", is self-released. It features guest performances by experimental guitarist Scott Fields, members of the Youngblood Brass Band, and saxophonists John Keech and Anders Svanoe, as well as the talents of drummers Rick Flowers and Craig Walkner, bassist Todd Hill and guitarist Dan Venne.

Some reviews of the 'Extrasexual Behavior' EP:

"[Scattershot] works a retro groove thing with real intelligence... Reminiscent of Herbie Hancock's earliest flirtations with funk... Smolders and burns with a controlled intensity... Beyond interesting..." - Tom Laskin, The Isthmus

"A splurge of raving, rapid-fire instrumentals...intense, skillful songs." -The Daily Cardinal