Gritty, sample-heavy soundscapes that bridge the gap between industrial dub and vintage sci-fi. Experimental electronics for deep listening and late-night focus.
Jack Dangers creates music that sounds like a transmission from a forgotten laboratory. It is a dense, rhythmic world built from the discarded scraps of 20th-century media: old film dialogue, shortwave radio bursts, and the warm, wobbling hiss of magnetic tape. While his work as Meat Beat Manifesto often leans into the dancefloor, his solo output is more patient and textural, favoring the slow burn of a dub bassline over a frantic breakbeat.
What sets Dangers apart is his obsession with the physical properties of sound. You can hear the 'dust' on his samples and the mechanical whir of the machines he uses. It is music that feels both highly technical and deeply organic, like a forest made of copper wire and vacuum tubes. He treats the sampler not just as a tool for loops, but as a microscope for exploring the hidden rhythms in noise.
Start with 'Forbidden Planet Explored' to hear him reinvent a classic sci-fi atmosphere, or dive into 'Loudness Clarifies' for a masterclass in how industrial textures can become hypnotic and immersive. It is the perfect companion for anyone who finds beauty in the glitches and ghosts of analog technology.
Jack Dangers (born John Stephen Corrigan, 11 January 1965) is an English electronic musician, DJ, producer, and remixer best known for his work as the primary member of Meat Beat Manifesto. He lives in San Francisco.
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Shares mysterious, contemplative, brooding (moods); sample based, lo fi, noise textured (production style)
Shares trip-hop, downtempo, dub (subgenres); mysterious, contemplative, brooding (moods)
Shares mysterious, contemplative, brooding (moods); dub, ambient techno, downtempo (subgenres)
Shares trip-hop, downtempo, ambient techno (subgenres); mysterious, contemplative, brooding (moods)
Shares mysterious, contemplative, brooding (moods); trip-hop, downtempo, dub (subgenres)
Shares mysterious, brooding, contemplative (moods); sample based, lo fi, analog warmth (production style)
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