Spacetime Continuum
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Jonah Sharp alias Spacetime Continuum is a producer of electronic music
. After starting his musical career as a jazz
drummer in London
, UK, he moved to San Francisco, USA. During the 1990s Sharp released a series of albums on the Astralwerks
record label. The first of these, entitled Alien Dreamtime, featured a live recording of ethnobotanist
, writer and psychedelic
researcher
Terence McKenna
delivering a series of lectures to the accompaniment of Spacetime Continuum music. Sharp's subsequent albums combined experimental electronic music with subtle jazz elements and elaborate rhythm
structures. His work has had a clear influence on contemporary psybient
artists, such as Shpongle
and others.
Jonah Sharp has also released collaborations with Tetsu Inoue
, Bill Laswell
, Mixmaster Morris
, Pete Namlook
, David Moufang
, and Plaid
. He has remixed songs from Nine Inch Nails
, Meat Beat Manifesto
, Ponga
, Teknostep, Susumu Yokota
, and Matt Herbert. He has produced songs for Ursula Rucker
and Paradise Boys. In addition to music production and remixing, he is a DJ.
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
. After starting his musical career as a jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
drummer in London
London
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, UK, he moved to San Francisco, USA. During the 1990s Sharp released a series of albums on the Astralwerks
Astralwerks
Astralwerks is a New York-based record label that releases primarily electronic music. It is owned by Virgin Records/EMI and distributed by Caroline Distribution in the United States....
record label. The first of these, entitled Alien Dreamtime, featured a live recording of ethnobotanist
Ethnobotany
Ethnobotany is the scientific study of the relationships that exist between people and plants....
, writer and psychedelic
Psychedelic
The term psychedelic is derived from the Greek words ψυχή and δηλοῦν , translating to "soul-manifesting". A psychedelic experience is characterized by the striking perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly...
researcher
Researcher
A researcher is somebody who performs research, the search for knowledge or in general any systematic investigation to establish facts. Researchers can work in academic, industrial, government, or private institutions.-Examples of research institutions:...
Terence McKenna
Terence McKenna
Terence Kemp McKenna was an Irish-American philosopher, psychonaut, researcher, teacher, lecturer and writer on many subjects, such as human consciousness, language, psychedelic drugs, the evolution of civilizations, the origin and end of the universe, alchemy, and extraterrestrial beings.-Early...
delivering a series of lectures to the accompaniment of Spacetime Continuum music. Sharp's subsequent albums combined experimental electronic music with subtle jazz elements and elaborate rhythm
Rhythm
Rhythm may be generally defined as a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions." This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time may be applied to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or...
structures. His work has had a clear influence on contemporary psybient
Psybient
Psybient, also known as ambient psy, psychedelic chillout, psychedelic ambient, ambient goa, ambient psytrance and more commonly within the Goa/psytrance scene as psychill and psydub, is a genre of electronic music that combines elements of psychedelic trance, ambient, world music, new age and even...
artists, such as Shpongle
Shpongle
Shpongle is an English psychedelic downtempo/psybient music project formed in 1996. The group includes Simon Posford and Raja Ram . Their musical style combines eastern ethnic instruments and vocals with contemporary western synthesizer-based psychedelic music...
and others.
Jonah Sharp has also released collaborations with Tetsu Inoue
Tetsu Inoue
Tetsu Inoue is a producer of electronic music. His style could be described as ambient with a heavy minimalist influence. He has lived in Japan, San Francisco, and New York, and has collaborated with musicians such as Pete Namlook, Bill Laswell, Andrew Deutsch, Jonah Sharp, and Taylor Deupree.His...
, Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
, Mixmaster Morris
Mixmaster Morris
Mixmaster Morris is an English ambient DJ and underground musician. Relating specifically to ambient music, Morris stated "It's exactly what you need if you have a busy and stressful life".-Life and career:...
, Pete Namlook
Pete Namlook
Pete Namlook is an ambient and electronic-music producer and composer. In 1992, he founded the German record label FAX +49-69/450464, which he oversees...
, David Moufang
David Moufang
David Moufang is a German ambient techno musician. He records with his partner, Jonas Grossmann as Deep Space Network project and his solo releases as Move D...
, and Plaid
Plaid (band)
Plaid is a London-based British electronic music duo comprising Andy Turner and Ed Handley. They are former members of The Black Dog and used many other names, such as Atypic and Balil , before settling on Plaid...
. He has remixed songs from Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
, Meat Beat Manifesto
Meat Beat Manifesto
Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened to Meat Beat or MBM, is an electronic music group originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens formed in 1987 in Swindon, UK...
, Ponga
Ponga (band)
Ponga was a Seattle-based improvisational quartet composed of Dave Palmer , Bobby Previte , Skerik and Wayne Horvitz . Ponga's performances and recordings were entirely improvised with no over dubs. The quartet started in 1997 and upon their first self-titled release in 1999 toured North America,...
, Teknostep, Susumu Yokota
Susumu Yokota
Susumu Yokota is a prolific Japanese composer.Yokota is well known in the English-speaking independent music scene for his albums of experimental ambient music...
, and Matt Herbert. He has produced songs for Ursula Rucker
Ursula Rucker
Ursula Rucker is an American spoken word recording artist. Rucker is known for a diverse repertoire, and for utilizing techniques that catch her listeners' attention.-Biography:...
and Paradise Boys. In addition to music production and remixing, he is a DJ.
Discography
- Alien Dreamtime (with Terence McKennaTerence McKennaTerence Kemp McKenna was an Irish-American philosopher, psychonaut, researcher, teacher, lecturer and writer on many subjects, such as human consciousness, language, psychedelic drugs, the evolution of civilizations, the origin and end of the universe, alchemy, and extraterrestrial beings.-Early...
) (1993) - Sea Biscuit (1994)
- Emit Ecaps (1996)
- Remit Recaps (remixes) (1996)
- "Quiet Logic" (with Mixmaster MorrisMixmaster MorrisMixmaster Morris is an English ambient DJ and underground musician. Relating specifically to ambient music, Morris stated "It's exactly what you need if you have a busy and stressful life".-Life and career:...
and Haruomi HosonoHaruomi Hosono, also known as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese popular musician, best known internationally as a key member of the rock band Happy End and the pioneering electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra.-Biography:...
) (1997) - Double Fine Zone (1999)