Bang on a Can

JG Thirlwell is a composer/producer/performer based in Brooklyn. He was born in Melbourne, Australia, where he studied art at Melbourne State College for two years before moving to London in 1978. After working with experimental group Nurse With Wound, JG started making his own records in 1980, initially releasing them with his own label, Self Immolation. He then relocated to NYC in 1983. JG's catalog is extensive, under many pseudonyms including Foetus, Steroid Maximus, Manorexia, Baby Zizanie, Wiseblood and others. If there is a common thread to his varied musical styles it is a dramatic intensity and an evocative, “cinematic quality.” In recent years, with commissions for Kronos Quartet, Bang on a Can and LEMUR, and in his occasional eighteen piece ensemble he has been increasingly interested in rescoring electronically and sample generated music for traditional instrumentation played both conventionally and not. JG is also a member of the "freq_out" collective, which creates on-site sound and light installations with Carl Michael Von Hausswolf. Additionally, he has been scoring "The Venture Brothers" show on Adult Swim/Cartoon Network.