NICK JAMES SCAVO
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    • ACTIVITIES
  • MoMA PS1
    • Senior Project Manager of Music, Performance & Events
  • 2020 Music Group
    • Music recommendations initiative by Alexander Iadarola, Nick James Scavo & Alec Sturgis
  • Flavortone Podcast
    • Music commentary podcast hosted by Nick Scavo and Alec Sturgis
  • ISSUE Project Room (2015-2023)
    • Communications Director & Associate Curator
  • The Actual School (Archived)
    • Organizer
  • Empty Editions (2017-2020)
    • Publishing platform initiated by Empty Gallery, Hong Kong
  • Tiny Mix Tapes (RIP)
    • Contributor
  • NTS Radio (2016-2017)
    • Resident
  • Blank Forms (2016-2017)
    • Curatorial platform dedicated to supporting emerging and underrepresented artists working in time-based art practices
  • Artists Space (2015)
    • Media Editor
  • Futures Along the Blockchain (2015)
    • Microgrant commission from Rhizome + presentation at The New Museum, with Nora N. Khan
  • Reformatting (2015)
    • An installation site
  • Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (2013)
    • Preserves and continues the legacy of educational and artistic innovation of Black Mountain College
  • Apothecary (2012-2013)
    • Co-founder of performance gallery in Asheville, North Carolina

    ESSAYS
  • Deception Music: Demonic Listening In Diabolical Times (2019)
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • Against Worldbuilding: Fight The Snob Art of the Social Climbers! (2018)
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • 10,000 Unseen Worlds: Exploring the Expanding Universe of an Essential Record Label (2018)
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • Preliminary Thoughts On Wrath & Music (2017)
    • Edited by Alec Sturgis, Inquire for access
  • Traditional Music Of A Wrecked Species: Dredging New Instruments Out Of Bad Technology (2017)
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • A Musicology of Exhaustion (2016)
    • With Pat Beane, Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • Identity Crisis: Listening To Identity In A Sensational Vacuum (2015)
    • With Pat Beane, Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • A Flexible Anarchy (2015)
    • With Aaron Dowdy, Published on The Actual School
  • On Gesture: The Transversal Movement of Labor Through Multiplicity (2015)
    • Published on The Actual School
  • Margiela Ceramics: Geophasia and Arbitrary Consumption (2015)
    • Published on The Actual School

    SOUND
  • Slow Life / Slow to Fall In Love (Oonse 005) (2023)
    • Released on Oonse Oonse
  • UNACCEPTABLE LORE (2021)
    • Mix for Theodore Cale Schaefer's "Casualism" series on Retreat Radio
  • 100% PERFECT DEEP LISTENING (2020)
    • Commissioned by Montez Press Radio
  • Friday Night Is Music Night (Live) (2020)
    • Presented as part of the "Requiems" series on the rooftop at Lubov
  • We Sing For The Futureless (2020)
    • Mix with Bergsonist for NTS Radio
  • Collected Fashionable Beats From 2014 (2020)
    • Compilation
  • On Demonic Listening: “Like a Ship Sailing the Open Sea with a Demon For a Pilot” (2020)
    • Mix for Montez Press Radio
  • Who Makes The World? (2020)
    • Mix for Cashmere Radio
  • 10 Voices Read "Preliminary Writing On Wrath & Music" (2020)
    • With Alec Sturgis, Presented as a part of "Noise & Politics" #1 on Montez Press Radio
  • 10 Badly Built Audio Worlds & Diametrics of Unbuilding (2019)
    • With Rachelle Rahme, performed at ISSUE Project Room
  • For Clark Filio (2019)
    • Performed live at Magenta Plains
  • New Wrecked American Music of a Cancelled Species (2019)
    • With DeForrest Brown Jr. Performed live at Neo-Pastiche: Changes In American Music
  • Necromantic Glissando / Necromantic Bounce (2019)
    • Released by Banh Mi Verlag, Performed live at Control Sythesizers & Electronic Devices & Bossa Nova Civic Club
  • head above the water (2018)
    • With Aaron Dowdy & Xander Seren
  • imperceptible (2018)
    • With Aaron Dowdy & Xander Seren
  • Wounded Wind (2017)
    • With Aaron Dowdy, Xander Seren, and Deforrest Brown Jr, November, Performed live at MoMA PS1
  • Drafts of Wounded Wind (2017)
    • With Aaron Dowdy, Xander Seren, and Deforrest Brown Jr, November, broadcasted on NTS Radio
  • Waterboarding a Soul Whisperer (2017)
    • With Xander Seren and DeForrest Brown Jr, October, Performed live at H0L0 and presented as a soundscape at Artists Space
  • Vampyroteuthia (2017)
    • With Xander Seren, Kyselina, Vilem Flusser & Louis Bec
  • Sangiovese Original Soundtrack (2017)
    • With Francoise Pie
  • Dark Pool Group (2017)
    • With David Grubba & Xander Seren, August, Performed live at Umbrella Factory
  • Visions, first meeting (2017)
    • With David Grubba & Xander Seren, May, broadcasted on NTS Radio
  • Liths (2017)
    • April, broadcasted on NTS Radio
  • Wago's Barbet Original Soundtrack (2017)
    • With Francoise Pie
  • In-formation, or Picking Mushrooms (2017)
    • With Aaron Dowdy and Xander Seren, May, broadcasted on Various Artists
  • Vorsch (2016)
    • With Sasha Popovici, Alec Sturgis
  • Heirless (2016)
    • As Fang
  • Mark (2016)
    • With Aaron Dowdy
  • Two Sundays (2016)
    • December, broadcasted on NTS Radio
  • Deviation of a Makoto Oshiro Performance (2016)
    • November, broadcasted on NTS Radio
  • Patetic Variation (2016)
    • Collaboration with Aaron Dowdy and Xander Seren, October, broadcasted on NTS Radio
  • 111 (2016)
    • Collaboration with Aaron Dowdy and Xander Seren, September, broadcasted on NTS Radio
  • For Voice and Amplified Strings (2016)
    • August, broadcasted on NTS Radio
  • plastic (2016)
    • Collaboration with Graham Schaafsma, July, broadcasted on NTS Radio
  • A5 (2016)
    • May, broadcasted on NTS Radio
  • To Filmmaker & Writer Hito Steyerl (2016)
    • April, broadcasted on NTS Radio
  • To Pianist Cecil Taylor (2016)
    • April, broadcasted on NTS Radio
  • Allopatric Tern (2016)
    • March, broadcasted on NTS Radio
  • As Not, We (2016)
    • February, broadcasted on NTS Radio
  • Cherry Blood Mp3 (2015)
    • With Tashi Dorji, Norman Orro
  • Airbnb Sutras (2015)
    • With Dogen
  • Drago (2015)
    • With Norman Orro, Xander Seren, released as Saytri.co
  • The Hawk (2014)
    • Released as hawkcoin.info
  • Jingo Mixfile for Shenzen (2014)
    • With sohsie LAN
  • Reality Prank / Anon. $$$ (2014)
    • As Shenzen with Xander Seren
  • Lucy (2014)
    • With Dow One, BB Lush, sohsie LAN, Matt Moore, Æsc-CPI, Wei Zhongle & Shenzen
  • WORRI3D (2013)
    • As Shenzen with Xander Seren

    SELECTED REVIEWS & Interviews
  • Interview with Hesaitix
    • Published on Nina Protocol
  • On Random Gear Festival 2023
    • Published on Flavortone
  • On QUALIATIK's Discarnate
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Various Artists, released by Wild Flesh Productions
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On die Reihe's Vocoder, released by anomia
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Kayla Guthrie's Falling Star, released by Wild Flesh Productions
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Klein's cc
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Luke Moldof & Peter Ablinger's split LP, released by Banh Mi Verlag
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Klein's Tommy EP
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Dick Higgin's Poems & Metapoems, released by Recital
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Konrad Sprenger's Stack Music, released by PAN
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Felicia Atkinson's Hand In Hand, released by Shelter Press
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Mono no Aware, released by PAN
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Dasychira's Immolated
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Rashad Becker's Traditional Music for Notional Species, released by PAN
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Lorenzo Senni's Persona EP
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Eli Keszler's Last Signs Of Speed, released by Empty Editions
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Scott Walker's The Childhood of a Leader Original Soundtrack
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On James Ferraro's Human Story 3
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Lolina's Live In Paris
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Dan Graham & The Static at Riverside Studios London, released by Primary Information
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On City's Arcadia, released by Halcyon Veil
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Yen Tech's Mobis
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Amnesia Scanner & Bill Kouligas' Lexachast, released by PAN
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Aaron David Ross' Deceptionista, released by PAN
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Arca's Mutant
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Oneohtrix Point Never's Garden of Delete
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Why Be's Snipestreet EP, released on Halcyon Veil
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Chino Amobi & Rabit's The Great Game: Freedom From Mental Poisoning, released on Halcyon Veil
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Kuedo's Assertion of a Surrounding Presence, released on KNIVES
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Elysia Crampton's American Drift
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On M.E.S.H.'s Piteous Gate
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On RP Boo's Fingers, Bank Pads & Shoe Prints
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Mohammad's Segondè Saleco
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Young Thug's Barter 6
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On D/P/I's Ad Hocc
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Jam City's Dream A Garden
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Graham Lambkin & Michael Pisaro's Schwarze Riesenfalter
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • Interview with Lotic
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Javier Estrada's Tribal Prehispánico
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • Interview with Andy Stott
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On 18+'s Trust
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Giant Claw's DARK WEB
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes
  • On Lotic's Damsel In Distress
    • Published on Tiny Mix Tapes