Jason Bentley

Jason Bentley (born July 27, 1970) is a radio disc jockey of electronic music in Los Angeles, California. He currently has two popular radio programmes, "Afterhours" heard on KROQ-FM, and "Metropolis" heard on KCRW-FM.

In 2004, Bentley was part of a group that successfully lobbied the Recording Academy to add a Best Electronic/Dance Album category to the Grammy Awards. [cite press release|url=http://www.free-press-release.com/news/print-1095186384.html|title=Best Electronic-Dance Album GRAMMY excites electro-pop composers and performers around the world!|date=September 14, 2004|publisher=G-Man Music] cite news|url=http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/?id=1512&IssueNum=82|publisher=Los Angeles City Beat|title=The super-DJ and KCRW staple on the state of the beat at the dawn of 2005|first=Dennis|last=Romero|date=December 30, 2004|accessdate=2008-07-25]

Bentley collaborated with other artists on remixes, such as "Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell" by The Flaming Lips.

He also coordinated music for all three Matrix films, as well as The Animatrix and Matrix video game titles.cite web | author=Staff writer | title=Jason Bentley Host of Metropolis | url=http://www.kcrw.com/people/music/programs/mt/bentley_jason?role=music_host | publisher=KCRW | date= 2008| accessdate=2008-04-26] Other films that include his music credits include City of Industry, , Green Street Hooligans, Shooting Gallery, and . In the video game field, he has worked on Full Spectrum Warrior, Destroy All Humans! [cite news|url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/08/25/news_6105681.html|title=Jason Bentley to score Destroy All Humans!|quote=Celebrated DJ and Matrix music supervisor will remix '50s standards to accompany THQ's alien-invasion game.|first=Tor|last=Thorsen|publisher=GameSpot|date=August 25, 2004|accessdate=2008-04-26] , and .

References

*cite web|url=http://www.laist.com/2007/09/07/morning_becomes_1.php|title=Morning Becomes Eclectic 30th Anniversary Interviews: Jason Bentley|publisher=LAist|date=September 7, 2007| accessdate=2008-04-26|first=Robert|last=Takata
*cite web|url=http://www.voxonline.com/alternative/bentley/bentley.htm|publisher=VOX Online|title=Q&A with Jason Bentley|accessdate=2008-07-25
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*cite web|url=http://www.m-audio.com/artists/en_us/JasonBentley.html|publisher=M-Audio and Avid|title=Jason Bentley biography|work=M-Powered Artists|accessdate=2008-07-25

External links

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* [http://www.kroq-data.com/afterhours/index.asp KROQ's "Afterhours" webpage]
* [http://www.kcrw.com/show/mt KCRW's "Metropolis" webpage]