Jet Jaguar is a solo electronica artist from Wellington.

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History

Jet Jaguar is Michael Upton. Born and raised in Wellington Michael has been making music since 1991, when he was inspired by a friend's Mum's midi setup! Paging Dr Freud! Jet Jaguar arrives from the sampledelic world of funk, hip-hop and dub. Genres that have always been reflexive; borrowing riffs, drum patterns and vocals from the past in order to funk them up to create and move forward. Upton utilises a similar approach, lacing tracks with old school samples, odd radio samples and nano-blips from who knows where. Also critical is Upton's attention to the low-end bass theory. Inspired by 70s dub producers and hip-hop he sees no point in emulating them, Instead he borrows aspects of the dubspace programme to pan, echo and stretch space and time.

Contrary to his musical precision Mr Upton is the owner of the messiest studio in the world. Mixing desk balancing upon a derelict pile of vinyl, speakers plonked randomly on top of old PC hardware whilst cables and wires array in a race to the finishing line of the world's biggest knot contest.

Michael Upton is also involved in several other projects, most notably ambient outfit Montano, dub band Dub Connection and dance act Datsun Stereo.

The Jet Jaguar remix of Dub Connection's 'All the Goodness' was voted number 2 on Radio Active's song of the year 2000 chart. More recently his remix of the Black Seeds' 'Coming Back Home' topped the alternative radio charts for yonks, and was nominated in the Best Remix category of the 2002 b.Net Awards. Think About It Later was nominated for Best Electronic Album in the 2003 awards. In 2007 Grant Smithies included the albums Jet Jaguar Is Love and Montano in his book of the best New Zealand Albums, Soundtrack.

Band members

• Michael Upton

Discography

Albums

• 1999 - Jet Jaguar - Involve Records
• 2003 - Think About It Later - Capital Recordings
• 2003 - Jet Jaguar Is Love - Capital Recordings

EPs

• 2003 - Think About It Later - Capital Recordings
• 2008 - Biddy Bids - Monotonik

Related Links

• http://www.nonwrestler.com
• http://www.virb.com/jetjaguar