As an electronic musician, meditator, and computer programmer since the mid-1990s, Jason Snell uses biosensors and musical neurofeedback loops to explore themes of vulnerability, entrainment, and transcendent mental states. He has presented this work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Hirshhorn, MIT, Brown, the Imperial College London, and the University of Europe in Berlin.
He earned a Master’s in Interactive Media Arts from NYU in 2023, with studies spanning New York, Berlin, and Shanghai. He taught electronic music classes at NYU Tisch and conducted musical neurofeedback research in collaboration with the NYU Department of Psychology and UCLA. His thesis work involved developing biofeedback soundscapes designed to guide the brain into creative, subconscious states of mind.
His music career, spanning three decades, includes over 180 performances, 16 albums, 33 EPs and singles, and appearances on 45 compilation albums, along with several film scores and an official selection at Sundance.
