DJ /rupture

DJ /rupture
Birth name	Jace Clayton
Origin	Boston
Genres	breakcore dubstep electronic hip-hop jungle turntablism
Occupation(s)	Writer, artist
Instruments	Turntables
Years active	Late 1990s–present
Labels	Tigerbeat6 Soot Records
Associated acts	Nettle
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.^[1]

Clayton received a 2012 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award.^[2] Clayton was a resident at Eyebeam.^[3]^[4]

In 2013 Clayton received a Creative Capital award for the development of his project Gbadu and the Moirai Index, a work still in progress. ^[5]

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.^[6]

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

References

↑ "Mudd Up! with DJ/Rupture: Playlists and Archives". wfmu.org.
↑ http://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grant_recipients/jace.html
↑ "Jace Clayton | eyebeam.org". eyebeam.org. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
↑ "Jace Clayton". New Amsterdam Records. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
↑ "Creative Capital - Investing in Artists who Shape the Future". creative-capital.org. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
↑ Mudd Up! April 25, 2009 Access date: June 18, 2008

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 19354841 MusicBrainz: 1e80c4d4-5492-4417-bf99-21a08aba97df

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