Jason Martin is a musician and video artist.

Jason has an experimental pop band and studio under the name Magic Recording Eye, and he plays guitar for futuristic synth-pop rockers Denim and Diamonds. Jason sits in with various other groups on bass, drums, amplified found objects, etc., and has been known to battle DJ's with his reel-to-reel tape recorders.

At Magic Recording Eye Studio, Jason produces bands and composes music for dance and theater--performed at venues such as Merce Cunningham Theater (NYC), The Kitchen (NYC), eba Dance Theater (Albany, NY).

Jason's video works have shown in festivals internationally, with the video project and band Brown Cuts Neighbors, from 1989 - 2002. This work consisted of abstract video pieces with shorting-out video mixers, sci-fi adventures, and fake documentaries. This large group of artists and musicians started out as a band formed by Jason and Colleen Martin, ages 6 and 4, respectively. It grew over the years releasing music, staging theatrical cartoonish performances in theaters and on street corners alike, and had a public access television show in Schenectady NY for 10 years.

Currently, Jason Martin is working on writings, research, and a performance series investigating connections between apparently disparate cultural elements (American history, discarded technology, popular music, urban myths, etc) and attempting to define a previously un-discovered territory hidden within the modern cultural landscape.

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