Jack Dangers (born John Stephen Corrigan, 11 January 1965) is an English electronic musician, DJ, producer, and remixer best known for his work as the primary member of

Meat Beat Manifesto Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened as Meat Beat, Manifesto or MBM, is an electronic music group originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens that was formed in 1987 in Swindon, United Kingdom. The band, fronted by Dangers (the only ...

. He lives in

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Career

Prior to founding

together in 1987, Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens were members of a short-lived group

Perennial Divide Perennial Divide was a British electronic music band, formed in 1986 by Jack Dangers, Jonny Stephens, Andy Ward, Paul Freegard and Steve Searley. It was relatively short-lived; Dangers and Stephens left it in 1988 to form Meat Beat Manifesto. ...

. While Stephens remained a member for several years, Jack Dangers is the only person credited as a member of the band on every Meat Beat Manifesto release. In addition to his career with Meat Beat Manifesto, Jack Dangers has also contributed other projects. Along with Ben Stokes (DHS-(Dimensional Holofonic Sound)) and Mike Powell and he is a part of unusual

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combo known simply as Tino. Tino's material is released through their independent label, Tino Corp. Another collaboration called Loop Finder General was announced at one time, but the only recording that has surfaced under this name is a track on '' ¡Hello Friends!'', a Jack Dangers DJ mix album primarily featuring Tino material. In 1999, Dangers worked with guitarist and producer

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to form a project named Spontaneous Human Combustion. The project was unusual in that it was among the earliest to make and release music entirely online for free without the involvement of a music label. As a

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er and producer, Dangers has collaborated with and reworked material for

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, DJ Spooky,

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, Coil,

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, and many others. In 2021 he contributed drum programming to "Girl Is A Gun" by Halsey. Dangers is an avid collector of obscure audio and video material, and frequently employs samples from his collection of records and videotapes in his music and during live shows. Dangers also collects vintage electronic hardware; he owns an

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modular system that he claims is the only known working model. This unit is featured prominently on RUOK?, released in 2002. An activist for

animal rights Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth that is independent of their utility for humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the s ...

and a practising vegetarian, Dangers has contributed (as part of Meat Beat Manifesto) to two benefit compilations for

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. He credits his active concern for these issues to fellow musicians Consolidated, for whom he has produced several albums and done a number of remixes. His remix of

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's "What Is Hip?" was nominated for a Grammy in 2006.

Discography

Solo, as Jack Dangers: * '' Variaciones Espectrales'' (2002) * '' Forbidden Planet Explored'' (2004) * '' Loudness Clarifies / Electronic Music from Tapelab'' (2004) * '' Music for Planetarium'' (2008) Other aliases and collaborations: :''See also

and Meat Beat Manifesto discography'' * '' Let's Go Disco'' (as Space Children) (1988) * '' ¡Hello Friends!'' (DJ CD) (2001) * '' Pro.File 1 Meat Beat Manifesto/Jack Dangers Remix Collection'' (with Meat Beat Manifesto) (2002) * '' Hiss & Buzz'' (with

) (2005) * '' Tracks'' (with Bomb The Bass) (2001) * ''Education'' (The JDs) (with Jon Drukman of Bass Kittens) (2010) Other credits * Remixed "The Snow" on Coil's EP '' The Snow'' (1991). * Remixed "You've Been Around" on

's single "

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" (1993). * Remixed "One" on

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's single "One" (1994). * Remixed "Back in the Box" on

's single "Back in the Box" (1994). * Remixed "Insect Kin" on Bush's remix album '' Deconstructed'' (1997). * Remixed "Amlux" on

's album '' Merzbeat'' (2002). * Remixed "Kill People" on

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's ''FRKWAYS Vol. 2'' remix 12 (2009). * Remixed "Soulsonic" on

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's ''Soulsonic'' EP. (2011)

Compilation appearances

* "A Strange Case of Instrumentation" and "The Self Enjoy" on ''

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'' (2006 November)

Quotes

"I don't believe in slamming people in the face with my beliefs; I really go for more subtle references to politics. If people have an inch of compassion or a few brain cells, they should be able to figure it out."—from an interview for

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References

External links

Meat Beat Manifesto & Jack Dangers archive

Official site

Tino Corp. official site

Tapelab official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dangers, Jack 1965 births Living people English electronic musicians English DJs English record producers Remixers People from Swindon Musicians from Wiltshire English socialists Meat Beat Manifesto members Bella Union artists