Jace Clayton

DJ /rupture
Birth name	Jace Clayton
Origin	Boston
Genres	breakcore dubstep electronic hip-hop jungle turntablism
Occupation(s)	Writer, artist
Instrument	Turntables
Years active	Late 1990s–present
Labels	Tigerbeat6 Soot Records
Website	negrophonic.com (Mudd Up!) jaceclayton.com

DJ /rupture is the pseudonym of Jace Clayton, a New York-based American DJ and writer. He used to play in the drum and bass collective Toneburst, and DJ'ed in Boston during the late 1990s.

In addition to his music, /rupture is becoming a voice on the blog scene with musical and non-musical posts on his website, "Mudd Up!". He also possesses a B.A. in English from Harvard University.

Between June 6, 2007 and February 27, 2013, DJ /rupture hosted a 1-hour weekly radio program "Mudd Up!" on WFMU.

Clayton received a 2012 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award. Clayton was a resident at Eyebeam.

In 2013 Clayton received a Creative Capital award for the development of his project Gbadu and the Moirai Index, a work still in progress.

Influences

Clayton has mentioned Edgard Varèse, the Hanatarashi, King Tubby, Pere Ubu, Steely & Clevie, Gregory Whitehead, Timbaland, Mannie Fresh, DJ Scud and Wiley as impacting his creative work.

Discography

Albums

• Special Gunpowder (Tigerbeat6, 2004)
• Patches (with Andy Moor) (Unsuitable Records, 2008)
• The Julius Eastman Memory Depot (as Jace Clayton) (New Amsterdam Records, 2013)

Singles & EPs

• Rummage About (split 12" with Config.sys) (Soot Records, 1999)
• $ Vol. 7 (split 7" with Kid606) (Tigerbeat6, 2001)
• Rude Descending A Staircase (7") (Tigerbeat6, 2002)
• Split EP (split 12" EP with The Bug vs. The Rootsman) (Tigerbeat6, 2003)
• Special Gunpowder EP 1 (12" EP) (Tigerbeat6, 2004)
• Special Gunpowder EP 2 (12" EP) (Tigerbeat6, 2004)
• No Heathen (split 12" with Com.a & Wicked Act) (Shockout, 2004)
• Dem Nuh Know Me (split 12" with Team Shadetek & Wayne Lonesome) (Shockout, 2004)
• Little More Oil (12" EP with Kid606 & Sister Nancy) (Soul Jazz Records, 2005)
• Redux (12" EP) (Brooklyn Beats, 2005)
• Miss Nemesis (7") (Ek-ke, 2006)
• Quémalo Ya (split 12" with Filastine) (Shockout, 2007)
• Shallows EP (12" EP with Matt Shadetek) (theAgriculture, 2009)

DJ Mixes

• 1 + 1 = 3 (cassette) (self-released, 1999)
• Gold Teeth Thief (self-released/Tigerbeat6, 2001)
• Minesweeper Suite (Tigerbeat6, 2002)
• 58.46 Radio Mix (self-released, 2003)
• Post Election Mix (radio broadcast on Resonance FM, 2004)
• Shotgun Wedding Vol. 1: The Bidoun Sessions (with Mutamassik) (Tigerbeat6, 2004)
• Low Income Tomorrowland (Applecore Records, 2005)
• Soot Fall Tour 06 (with Filastine) (self-released, 2006)
• Improvisation for Guitar + Turntables (with Andy Moor) (Soot Records, 2006)
• Shotgun Wedding Vol. 6 (with Filastine) (Tigerbeat6, 2007)
• Live in France (with Andy Moor) (Soot Records, 2007)
• Porque Soy Sonidero Y Voy A Muchos Lugares (self-released, 2008)
• Uproot (theAgriculture, 2008)
• New York Tropical Vol. 1 (with Geko Jones) (self-released, 2009)
• K-K-Kumbia (self-released, 2009)
• Solar Life Raft (with Matt Shadetek) (theAgriculture, 2009)
• Curiosity Slowdown (self-released, 2010)
• Harlem is Nowhere (with Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts) (self-released, 2011)
• Dreamachine / Beyond Digital (cassette with Palm Wine & Maga Bo) (Palm Wine, 2011)
• Change the Mood (self-released, 2012)
• Sunset Park Rent Strike Mix (self-released, 2012)
• 1100 vs. 2200 (with Sonido Martines) (self-released, 2013)

Appears on

• "RKK13" – Natti Tone Scat (2000)
• VA – Paws Across The World 2003 Tour (2004)
• VA – Open up and say...@<%_|^[!] (2004)
• The Wire Tapper 12

External links

• Tigerbeat6 Records
• Soot Records
• "Mudd Up!" (DJ /rupture's blog)
• the Agriculture Records
• DJ /rupture @ Discogs.com
• Stylus Profile: DJ /rupture
• Early appearances in Boston
• Pitchfork Media review of Special Gunpowder 28 October 2004
• Pitchfork Media review of Uproot 24 October 2008