Jake Williams is a DJ, scholar and educator whose practice traverses soundscape composition, abstract turntablism, and black electronic dance music. He cut his teeth playing live electronics with the Warp-signed avant-jazz band Red Snapper, alongside creating music and sound design for major TV shows and the occasional well-received techno record. Subsequent live art and audiovisual collaborations lead to further international performances including a residency at SAT, Montreal and shows at Mutek Festival. His current work, shaped during a PhD at the University of Birmingham, uses field recording and internet rips, Shazam, digital DJ improvisation, essay writing, and pedagogy to critically explore both DJ and experimental music cultures and practices. He is also a founder member of the electronic free improvisation group Spectral Karaoke.

He currently lectures on MA and BA Music Production programmes at the London College of Communication and ICMP, London.

Photo by Matt Favero / @liminalwarp / live at IKLECTIK