Jace Clayton
| DJ /rupture | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jace Clayton |
| Origin | Boston |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, Writer, Interdisciplinary artist |
| Instruments | Turntables |
| Years active | Late 1990s–present |
| Labels |
Tigerbeat6 New Amsterdam Records |
| Associated acts | Nettle |
| Website |
negrophonic jaceclayton |
DJ /rupture is the pseudonym of Jace Clayton, a New York-based American DJ, writer and interdisciplinary artist. In addition to his music, Clayton has established a blog identity with musical and non-musical posts on his website, "mudd up!". His book, Uprooot: Travels in 21st-Century Music and Digital Culture, was published in 2016.
Clayton spent his teenage years in North Andover, Massachusetts. In the mid-1990s, Clayton was a member of Toneburst, described as "Boston's most active and visible experimental electronic art/music/DJ collective", pursuing "a steadfastly DIY aesthetic". Clayton graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in English.
In 2001, Clayton (under the name DJ /rupture) released Gold Teeth Thief, initially as an internet download. The mixtape consists of 43 tracks in 68 minutes, including breakcore, ragga and Arabic folk music. It was named as one of the "50 Records of the Year" by The Wire in 2001. The track was released by the Violent Turd label in 2002. Reviewing Gold Teeth Thief on AllMusic, Joshua Glazer wrote: "Gold Teeth Thief is an impossibly noisy and aggressive set, yet the earthy Jamaican vocals and blunted hip-hop beats counteract the sonic devastation, making it palatable, even at its most dissident."
In 2005, Clayton was asked to write about "the 10 artists that impacted my view of electronic music" and he mentioned: Edgard Varèse, the Hanatarashi, King Tubby, Pere Ubu, Steely & Clevie, Gregory Whitehead, Timbaland, Mannie Fresh, DJ Scud and Wiley.
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