Jace Clayton lives and works in New York City. Clayton uses an interdisciplinary ap- proach to focus on how sound, memory, and public space interact, with an emphasis on low-income communities and the global South. A rigorous conceptual framework grounds each project it moves across areas as diverse as software design, sculptural objects, or performance. Recent projects include Sufi Plug Ins, a free suite of music software-as-art based on non-western conceptions of sound and alternative inter- faces; and The Julius Eastman Memorial Dinner, a performance piece for grand pia- nos, live electronics, and voice. As DJ /rupture, he has released several critically ac- claimed albums and hosted a weekly radio show on WFMU. Clayton’s collaborators include filmmakers Jem Cohen, Joshua Oppenheimer, poet Elizabeth Alexander, and singer Norah Jones. He is currently writing a book on music at the dawn of the digital century for Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Jace Clayton lives and works in New York City. Clayton uses an interdisciplinary ap- proach to focus on how sound, memory, and public space interact, with an emphasis on low-income communities and the global South. A rigorous conceptual framework grounds each project it moves across areas as diverse as software design, sculptural objects, or performance. Recent projects include Sufi Plug Ins, a free suite of music software-as-art based on non-western conceptions of sound and alternative inter- faces; and The Julius Eastman Memorial Dinner, a performance piece for grand pia- nos, live electronics, and voice. As DJ /rupture, he has released several critically ac- claimed albums and hosted a weekly radio show on WFMU. Clayton’s collaborators include filmmakers Jem Cohen, Joshua Oppenheimer, poet Elizabeth Alexander, and singer Norah Jones. He is currently writing a book on music at the dawn of the digital century for Farrar, Straus and Giroux.