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Jeff Winner

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JEFF WINNER (aka Jeff E. Winner) is a music & film producer, researcher, and historian. He has written for the OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS "Grove Dictionary Of American Music," the MIT PRESS anthology "Sound Unbound" (with CHUCK D of PUBLIC ENEMY, MOBY, and STEVE REICH), features in "Electronic Musician" magazine, and liner notes for the DVD/CD series "OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music" (with SONIC YOUTH, BOB MOOG, JOHN CAGE, and BRIAN ENO). Jeff was also editor/interviewer for "WE ARE DEVO," the band's first biographical book (Firefly Press), and is the Consulting Producer of the forthcoming official Devo documentary film. As a music authority Winner has been interviewed by numerous publications and media outlets, including THE NEW YORK TIMES, NPR, ESQUIRE MAGAZINE, LA WEEKLY, and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Since 1996, Mr. Winner has been a curator of The RAYMOND SCOTT Archives. His Scott projects include: the acclaimed "MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC." and "THREE WILLOW PARK" collections detailing Scott's pioneering electronic music and inventions; the "MICROPHONE MUSIC" compilation of famous 1930s "cartoon jazz" immortalized in classic Warner Bros. "LOONEY TUNES" starring BUGS BUNNY, "THE REN & STIMPY SHOW," and "THE SIMPSONS"; the award-winning documentary film "DECONSTRUCTING DAD," featuring multi-Academy Award®-winning movie score composer JOHN WILLIAMS ("STAR WARS"/"HARRY POTTER"), MARK MOTHERSBAUGH, and DJ SPOOKY aka Paul D. Miller; and a multimedia live show series at WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL in Los Angeles. Among Winner's current activities is an eclectic collection of "artistic" ringtones titled, "THE TELE-TONE PROJECT" with FRANK BLACK (THE PIXIES), THE RESIDENTS, DAVID J. (BAUHAUS/LOVE & ROCKETS), NEGATIVLAND, movie-soundtrack composer STEVE BARTEK (OINGO BOINGO), and French music legend JEAN-JACQUES PERREY.

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