Jeremy Shaw

As an esteemed visual and installation artist and musician, Jeremy Shaw understands aesthetic and intrigue more than most people. Add that to the worldliness acquired by traveling the globe on tour with his band Circlesquare and showing exhibitions of his installation art, and you've got a recipe for unimaginable kicks.



The most noteworthy of Jeremy's installations is probably DMT (2004) an 8-channel video installation featuring video cameras focused on 8 different subjects (including himself) who have taken Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a potent psychedelic drug that is found naturally in many plants and even in the human body. Though the drug's purpose in the human body is not entirely clear, it's release has been noted during birth, death, and dreaming. The 8 subjects were then filmed with the music of their choice in the background and their eyes and heads rolling. In the editing room the subjects' post-trip description of their experiences were added as subtitles - curious, disjointed recountings that might make even the squarest of squares want to go circle. The exhibition has shown in Vancouver, Toronto, Los Angeles and London.

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The album "Songs About Dancing and Drugs" (2009) leaked in Vancouver several months ago because Jeremy has so many friends here, but whatevs, sharezies today are still Circlesquare's "Hey You Guys." I was browsing through all the remixes of Circlesquare that are out there as freebies right now (by artists like The Juan MacLean and Russ Chimes/Annorak), thinking maybe i'd turn up something a little fresher, but while the remixes seem to be getting significantly more attention from fans and critics, i staunchly swear by Jeremy's OG (Original Genius).

mp3: CIRCLESQUARE - Hey You Guys
Blog credit: Certain Songs