Wobbly is the moniker of Jon Leidecker (born 1970) a San Francisco–based musician/composer of experimental electronic music.

Biography

He has released works on Tigerbeat6,

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, Alku, Phthalo, and others. He has been producing music since 1987 and ongoing studio and live projects involve collaborations with People Like Us, Thomas Dimuzio,

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, Tim Perkis,

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, The Weatherman of

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, and

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& Tim Story (composer). He is also a member of the Chopping Channel and Sagan. In 2002, Leidecker was responsible for the first

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and final cleanup of the

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album, '' That House We Lived In'' (2003). In 2008, Leidecker worked on the podcast 'Variations' for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona. 'Variations' is an overview of the history of collage and the practice of 'sampling' through 20th century music. In 2011, Leidecker joined the multimedia collective Negativland. With Negativland's Mark Hosler and Peter Conheim along with

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, Leidecker produced "There Is No Don", a live tribute to the late Don Joyce and his work, on July 23, 2015. Jon continues to produce and host Don's '' Over the Edge'' weekly radio program. In 2015, he joined Splendor Generator with Bill Thibault,

Tim Perkis Tim Perkis is an experimental musician and writer who works with live electronic and computer sound. Discography "Boundary Layer" 2008 The Hub with John Bischoff, Chris Brown, Tim Perkis, Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Phil Stone. Tzadik Records (N ...

and Xopher Davidson (of ANTIMATTER).

Discography

References

External links

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Variations #1
A series on Sampling Music by Jon Leidecker for Ràdio Web MACBA. Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona.
Jon Leidecker lecture on sampling music and collage
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona. *Golden, Barbara. "Conversation with Tim Perkis and Wobbly.

(April 2010). Montréal: CEC. *_____. "Conversation with Sagan (Wobbly).
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