Jake Sinetos
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Jake Sinetos is a Midlands-based multidisciplinary artist, musician, and radio presenter originally from California, USA. Known for his eclectic style and genre-defying output, Sinetos blends sound, visual art, and experimental storytelling across multiple platforms. He is the creative force behind the music project Mazmere, and was formerly part of Anderson Congress and the long-running spontaneous pop collective The What I Wanted To Does (WIWTDs).
Early Life and Education
Born in California, Sinetos studied art and film at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where he developed an interest in experimental media, post-punk aesthetics, and the intersection of music and visual storytelling. He later relocated to the UK, eventually settling in the Peak District.
Music and Sound Projects
Sinetos is known for creating music that merges lo-fi textures with ambient collage, noise pop, and leftfield electronics. His current project, Mazmere,[1] explores themes of mental health, memory, rupture, and disconnect through layered noisy instrumentation and cryptic lyrics.[2]
Anderson Congress, his previous outfit, leaned into psychedelic punk and avant-pop territories, while The What I Wanted To Does (WIWTDs), a spontaneous pop project, embraced improvisation and whimsical absurdity, resulting in over a hundred recordings with over 50 different people.
Radio Work
Jake Sinetos is the presenter of Tangled Sounds,[3] a monthly radio show on Louder Than War Radio. The show curates a wide-ranging selection of offbeat, genre-blurring tracks, weaving together experimental electronics, underground pop, global obscurities, and audio oddities. It reflects Sinetos' deeply personal and curious approach to music discovery. He has interviewed the likes of[4] Kai Slater (Sharp Pins), Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Fields), JD Pinkus (Butthole Surfers) Scott Kannberg (Pavement), Doug Martsch (Built to Spill). EMA (EMA, Gowns) Tim DeLaughter (Polyphonic Spree, Tripping Daisy), Michael Ivins (Flaming Lips, Lolly Bombs, and many more.
Visual Art
As a visual artist, Sinetos works across digital collage, mixed media, and film. His work is often characterised by surreal imagery, layered textures, and a playful engagement with nostalgia and disorientation. While not formally exhibited widely, his artwork often accompanies his music releases and radio show visuals, forming a cohesive aesthetic universe.
Style and Influence
Sinetos' work draws influence from outsider music, punk ethos, hauntology, and experimental cinema. His lyrics and sound design often explore the friction between personal vulnerability and broader cultural noise, creating intimate yet disorienting worlds.
Personal Life
He lives in the Peak District and continues to write, record, and broadcast from his home studio.
References
- ↑ "MBJDEBNRBM, by Mazmere". Mazmere. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ↑ "Mazmere – 'MBJDEBNRBM'". That Blogger Music. 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ↑ "Jake Sinetos — Tangled Sounds". Louder Than War. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ↑ "Mixcloud". www.mixcloud.com. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
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