Talk:Jasun Martz

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Renowned New York painter and sculptor Jasun Martz has lived in New York, Los Angeles and London and has created and exhibited "raw expressionist" paintings and papier-mâché sculpture inspired by the subway passengers he encounters in each city. He collaborated with French modern master Jean Dubuffet (the founder of art brut) on Martz’s critically acclaimed avant-garde symphony entitled The Pillory.

Jasun Martz began his music career at an early age, signing his first professional recording and publishing contract at the age of 15. An internationally known musician, composer and producer, he has recorded and toured with numerous celebrated entertainers. Millions have heard his recordings since he played synthesizers and keyboards with Michael Jackson on the quadruple platinum #1 hit Black or White which appears on five of Jackson’s CDs including Dangerous, HIStory and Number Ones and three video/DVDs. He has recorded and toured with Frank Zappa and the Japanese progressive rock group The Far East Family Band, and co-arranged Starship's #1 hit, We Built This City with renowned producer Bill Bottrell.

Martz composed and produced a contemporary classical symphony (his second) for the 115-member Intercontinental Philharmonic Orchestra and the Intercontinental Royal Choir. The 2 CD set was released in 2005 on the New York based Under The Asphalt label and features 2 1/2 hours of Mr. Martz's music. Searching for musical inspiration, Martz climbed to the refugio on Ecuador's Mount Cotopaxi–the world’s tallest active volcano. When he descended the very steep slope, he tripped and began a tumble. Martz has said he then had an epiphany for the symphony. The music explores the Charles Darwin theory of evolution on the earth 200 million years into the future.

Mr. Martz conducted a 40-piece orchestra, the Neoteric Orchestra, in his critically acclaimed first avant-garde symphony The Pillory. The CD (1994, Ad Perpetuam memoriam/Sweden) has received hundreds of international reviews and has often been called a contemporary masterpiece. Billboard Magazine reviewed The Pillory as a "Top Album Pick" and it was featured in Canadian director Francois Miron’s film Resolving Power (2001, FilmGrafix Studios, Montreal).

Martz’s produced and composed The Sin Circle CD (1999, Sin Circle Records, [1]) a solo work of alternative rock music.

Jasun Martz studied at the University of California, Los Angeles; New York University; California State University, Northridge; Art Center College of Design and graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelors degree in sculpture. Jasun currently lives in New York.

Complete information on Jasun Martz is available at: http://www.JasunMartz.com or [2] [edit]

Exhibition history

Harlem Art Project (group) Saatchi & Saatchi New York City, New York December, 2003

In Dim Light (solo) A five year retrospective SPA New York City, New York October 2002

Oblivious (solo) Gallery @ 135 New York City, New York March 13 - April 1, 2001

Under the Asphalt (solo) Siberia Gallery New York City, New York July 21 - August 20, 2000

Faces in the Dark (solo) Sash Gallery Glen Ridge, New Jersey, September 7 - October 30, 1999

About Face (group) Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Los Angeles, California July 10 - September 1, 1996

Under (solo) LCA/LA Galleries Los Angeles, California 1994

Underground (solo) LAM Gallery London, England 1986 [edit]

Discography

Jasun Martz with The Intercontinental Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Choir "The Pillory/The Battle" (Under The Asphalt, 2005) producer, composer, musician

The Sin Circle "Freedom", "Alive and Lubricated" motion picture and soundtrack CD (Attack Filmworks, Canada, 2005) producer, composer, musician

Michael Jackson "Number Ones" (Sony/Columbia, 2003) keyboards and synthesizers

The Sin Circle "Freedom" (Attack Records, 2001) producer, composer, musician

Michael Jackson "Dangerous remastered" (Sony/Columbia, 2001) keyboards and synthesizers

Michael Jackson "Greatest Hits" (Sony/Columbia, 2001) keyboards and synthesizer

Michael Jackson "The Short Films/DVD" (Sony/Columbia, 2001) keyboards and synthesizer

Michael Jackson "Video Greatest Hits- History/DVD" (Sony/Columbia, 2001) keyboards and synthesizer

The Sin Circle "Everyone's an Idiot" (Sin Circle, 1999) producer, composer, musician

Michael Jackson "HIStory" (Sony/Columbia, 1995) keyboards and synthesizer

Beck "A Western Harvest Field by Moonlight (Fingerpaint, 1994) art director

Jasun Martz "The Pillory" (Ad Perpetuam Memoriam, 1994) producer, composer, musician

The Sparrows "The Nashville Sessions" (Milo, 1993) musician (various instruments)

Michael Jackson "Dangerous" (Sony/Columbia, 1991) keyboards and synthesizer

Michael Jackson "Dangerous" Video (director: John Landis, 1991) implemental percussion, vocals

Michael Jackson "Street Walker" (unreleased, 1990) harmonica

Del Rubio Triplets "Three gals, Three Guitars" (Cabazon, 1988) art director

The Starship "We Built This City On Rock and Roll" (RCA, 1985) co-arranger

The Results (1984) bass, vocals

Bone Cabal (Mystic Records, 1983) producer

Jasun Martz/Eddie Jobson/John Luttrelle "in light, in dark in between"- The American Music Compilation (Eurock, 1982) producer, composer, piano

Jasun "Won't let me go" (Neoteric Music, 1982) co-producer, composer, musician

Jasun Martz and the Neoteric Orchestra "The Pillory" (Neoteric Music, 1981) producer, composer, musician

The Far East Family Band "Live at the Troubadour" (RCA Victor Japan, 1979) keyboards, vocals, percussion

Jasun Martz and the Neoteric Orchestra "The Pillory" (All Ears/ PBR International, 1978) producer, composer, musician

Frank Zappa "Live in New York" (1977) synthesizer programmer, percussion & vocal overdubs

American Zoo (Rena Records, 19??) drums, vocals

We the People (Rena Records, 19??) drums, vocals