Jonathan Segel

Best known while violinist/multi-instrumentalist/founding person in Camper Vehicle Beethoven, Jonathan Segel continues to be building music professionally because the mid-’80s, releasing albums under his personal name along with the rings Hieronymus Firebrain and Jack port & Jill. Nevertheless, he’s also mixed up in avant-garde/free of charge improv globe, having received a Grasp’s Level in Music Structure from Mills University where he analyzed with Fred Frith, Alvin Curran, and Pauline Oliveros (and previously with Gordon Mumma as an undergrad). Chaos Butterfly may be the name of his digital/improv project, energetic since 2004. He’s been composing music for numerous dance companies because the early ’90s. Although still energetic in Camper Vehicle Beethoven, Segel relocated to European countries within the 2010’s where he became energetic with improvising space-rockers Øresund Space Collective. He also created improvising trio Sista Maj with Andreas Axelsson and Mikael Tuominen, making use of their debut documenting appearing by the end of 2016. The single album Superfluity premiered in Feb 2017.