Jesse Stiles (born June 15, 1978) is an American electronic musician,

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, sound designer and

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ist known for his experimental and highly technical work.

Biography

Stiles attended

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for graduate school, studying electronic art and music under

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, Curtis Bahn, and

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. Before attending graduate school Stiles was a Watson fellow, recording his first album, ''Watson Songs'', while traveling in India and England. Following RPI, Stiles moved to a textile factory in DeRuyter, New York, and entered a period of great creativity, creating many of the works that would go to fill his first solo art show "Automatic Speleology". In 2010, Stiles was hired as the Music Coordinator for the

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. Working with the company during their Legacy Tour, he produced and performed in concerts featuring the works of many experimental composers including

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, David Tudor,

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, Sigur Ros, and John Paul Jones. Stiles' compositions were featured in many of the company's site-specific "Event" performances. In 2011,

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, Thordis Bjornsdottir, Olivia Robinson, and Jesse Stiles founded The Poyais Group. Exhibitions by The Poyais Group have garnered both praise and controversy. Stiles has provided music and sound design for a variety of feature films, short films, documentaries, and exhibitions. He has scored five video game titles for the radical design group

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. Stiles has recorded and produced records released by Conrex Records, Specific Recordings, and Gagarin Records. Since 2014, Stiles has held an assistant professorship at

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where he teaches subjects such as sound design, electronic music composition and performance, as well as programming and signal processing for creative practice. Additionally, Stiles has founded and currently co-runs Carnegie Mellon's premiere

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ensemble, the Exploded Ensemble. This group operates as the University's "hybrid music research wing" and is renowned for creating unique multi-media experiences in unconventional spaces.

Notable works

* ''Deja Rendez Vous'' (2009) * ''Automatic Speleology'' (2010) * The Deathworks of May Elizabeth Kramner'' (with The Poyais Group) (2011)

Discography

* ''Watson Songs'' (The Jesse Stiles 3000, Conrex Records, 2003) * ''The Target Museum'' (Specific Recordings, 2010) * ''The Ruined Map'' (Technical Drawings, Gagarin Records, 2011) * ''Forty Minutes and Eleven Seconds'' ( Takehisa Kosugi, Christian Wolff, David Behrman, John King, Jesse Stiles, 2011)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stiles, Jesse 1978 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) American record producers American electronic musicians