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George Nelson

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American industrial designer (1908–1986)

Person · Open Library

Works
9

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1933-04-29
bluescomposercountrycountry popfartheroutlaw country

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
28
Total plays
2,223

Tags

ambientelectronicindie rockexperimentalpost-rock

George Nelson changes the music performance by adding mathematical sound equations in the stanzas of his music. He first learned about this technique from the roaming shamans of Bali, who changed their musical styles to ward off the rattlesnakes in the desert. The erratic sound would be displeasing to the snakes, giving the shamans safe passages through the brush. After learning these ancient techniques, George has returned to us, infusing his modern progressive music with ancient tribal undert

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
George
Family name
Nelson
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Hartford
Place of death
New York City
Occupation
designer
Languages spoken
English language
Official website
www.georgenelson.org
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has works in the collection
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
date of birth
1908-05-29
date of death
1986-03-05
Commons category
George Nelson
start of work period
1936-00-00
Commons Creator page
George Nelson
Sources (8)

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