Steve Jones

Sound designer, musician, improvisor and sound artist, Steve Jones has had a long and relatively successful career in electronic dance music as one half of the production duo ‘A Man Called Adam’. Their music continues to be synched for film and television and has been included on million selling compilation series such as the Cafe del Mar and Hotel Costes albums (bit.ly/cmDKd4, bit.ly/drXz6Vbit.ly/pE3xAW). In recent years they have worked as sound designers on projects for the Miraikan Museum, Tokyo and the BME (British Music Experience) at the O2 Centre, London. In 2009 Steve returned to full time education, completing an MSc in Sound Design at Edinburgh University. His dissertation ‘The Sound of Memory’ was awarded the department’s annual prize for outstanding contribution 2010. Since graduating, his sound design work has included commissions for the British Museum and the National Science Museum. He is currently working on a new trans-disciplinary project under the name ‘Discrete Machines’ and an audio-visual work was recently exhibited at the Engine Room, Morley College, London, celebrating the work of avant-garde composer Cornelius Cardew.

(Source: University of Edinburgh).