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Robert Peter Schneider (born March 9, 1971) is an American musician and mathematician. He is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer of rock/pop band
the Apples in Stereo The Apples in Stereo are an American indie rock band associated with The Elephant 6 Recording Company, Elephant 6 Collective. The band is largely the project of lead vocalist/guitarist/producer Robert Schneider, who writes the majority of the ba ...
and has produced and performed on albums by
Neutral Milk Hotel Neutral Milk Hotel was an American band formed by Jeff Mangum in Ruston, Louisiana, in 1989. They were active until 1998, and then from 2013 to 2015. The band's music featured a deliberately low-quality sound, influenced by indie rock and psy ...
,
the Olivia Tremor Control The Olivia Tremor Control were an American Psychedelic music, psychedelic band from Athens, Georgia that released two studio albums, a bonus disc, a singles collection and a live album between 1996 and 2000. The main members were Will Cullen H ...
, the Minders and a number of other psychedelic and indie rock bands, as well as by
Yoko Ono Yoko Ono (, usually spelled in katakana as ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up in Tokyo and moved to New York ...
and Cornelius. Schneider co-founded the Elephant 6 Recording Company in 1992. He received a PhD in
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from
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in 2018 (doctoral advisor
Ken Ono Ken Ono (born March 20, 1968) is an American mathematician with fields of study in number theory. He is the STEM Advisor to the Provost and the Marvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics at the University of Virginia. Early life and education Ono ...
). , he is an assistant professor of mathematical sciences at
Michigan Technological University Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School, the first post-secondary institution in the Uppe ...
specializing in number theory and combinatorics, particularly the theory of
integer partitions In number theory and combinatorics, a partition of a non-negative integer , also called an integer partition, is a way of writing as a sum of positive integers. Two sums that differ only in the order of their summands are considered the same ...
and
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.


Life and career


Early life

After spending the first six years of his life in
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, South Africa, Robert Schneider's family moved to
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, where his father had taken a job teaching architecture at
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. There, Schneider befriended
Bill Doss Bill Doss (September 12, 1968 – July 30, 2012) was an American rock musician. He co-founded The Elephant 6 Recording Company in Athens, Georgia, and was a key member of the Olivia Tremor Control. Following the band's breakup, he led the Sunshi ...
,
Will Cullen Hart William Cullen Hart (June 14, 1971 – November 29, 2024) was an American musician, singer, songwriter and visual artist. He was a co-founder of the Elephant 6 Recording Company, as well as the rock band the Olivia Tremor Control. Following that ...
and
Jeff Mangum Jeffrey Nye Mangum (born 24 October 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who gained prominence as the founder, songwriter, vocalist and guitarist of Neutral Milk Hotel, as well for his co-founding of The Elephant 6 Recording Comp ...
, and began discovering and playing music with them. After graduating from Ruston High School, where he was Junior and Senior class president, and spending two years at Centenary College in
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, Schneider moved to
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to attend the
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. Although he subsequently left school to pursue his musical ambitions, his academic interests remained strong as an avid student of
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.


The Apples in Stereo and Elephant 6

Soon after moving to Denver, Colorado in 1991 Schneider met
Hilarie Sidney Hilarie Sidney is an American musician best known as the longtime drummer for The Apples in Stereo. She was previously married to Robert Schneider, the band's frontman and Elephant 6 co-founder. Their divorce was announced in 2004. She was half ...
, Jim McIntyre and
Chris Parfitt Chris Parfitt is an American guitarist who was one of the founding members of the Elephant 6 indie pop band The Apples in Stereo. Before his 1993 departure, he co-wrote the songs "Tidal Wave" and "Not the Same" with Robert Schneider and his perfo ...
, who formed the
indie pop Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with a DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and s ...
band the Apples (the name was subsequently changed to
the Apples in Stereo The Apples in Stereo are an American indie rock band associated with The Elephant 6 Recording Company, Elephant 6 Collective. The band is largely the project of lead vocalist/guitarist/producer Robert Schneider, who writes the majority of the ba ...
). The group made their first release in 1993 with the ''Tidal Wave'' EP that became the inaugural release on the
Elephant 6 The Elephant 6 Recording Company is a loosely defined musical collective from the United States. Notable bands associated with the collective include The Apples in Stereo, Beulah, Circulatory System, Elf Power, The Minders, Neutral Milk Hotel, ...
record label. Schneider's prowess in harnessing the sounds of Elephant 6 bands became apparent with his distinct production style. In addition to producing all of the albums for the Apples in Stereo, he's produced work for
the Olivia Tremor Control The Olivia Tremor Control were an American Psychedelic music, psychedelic band from Athens, Georgia that released two studio albums, a bonus disc, a singles collection and a live album between 1996 and 2000. The main members were Will Cullen H ...
, the Minders and a number of other artists, but is best known as a producer for his work on
Neutral Milk Hotel Neutral Milk Hotel was an American band formed by Jeff Mangum in Ruston, Louisiana, in 1989. They were active until 1998, and then from 2013 to 2015. The band's music featured a deliberately low-quality sound, influenced by indie rock and psy ...
’s critically lauded '' In the Aeroplane Over the Sea''. The
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production style implemented by his heroes
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and
Brian Wilson Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025) was an American musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. Often Brian Wilson is a genius, called a genius for his novel approaches to pop compositio ...
was used on these records and cemented Schneider's reputation as the producer-engineer behind the sound of many bands of the Elephant 6 label, which grew through the 1990s into a sprawling collective of psychedelic pop and experimental groups.


Solo work and other bands

Schneider has a number of solo projects. One, a project called
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, began with
lo-fi Lo-fi (also typeset as lofi or low-fi; short for low fidelity) is a music or production quality in which elements usually regarded as imperfections in the context of a recording or performance are present, sometimes as a deliberate stylistic ch ...
Beach Boys The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and their friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by thei ...
-esque recordings done with
Will Cullen Hart William Cullen Hart (June 14, 1971 – November 29, 2024) was an American musician, singer, songwriter and visual artist. He was a co-founder of the Elephant 6 Recording Company, as well as the rock band the Olivia Tremor Control. Following that ...
, and is the name most of Schneider's solo work appears under, beginning with the 1996 debut album ''"Pyramid Landing" and Other Favorites'' on spinART Records. Another project, Orchestre Fantastique, is an instrumental venture which recorded a soundtrack for the as-yet unreleased film ''Dean Quixote''. Schneider also collaborated with
Andy Partridge Andrew John Partridge (born 11 November 1953) is an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer best known for co-founding the band XTC. He and Colin Moulding each acted as a songwriter and frontman for XTC, with Partridge writing a ...
of
XTC XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972. Fronted by songwriters Andy Partridge (vocals, guitars) and Colin Moulding (vocals, bass), the band gained popularity during the rise of punk and new wave in the 1970s, later playing ...
in the early 2000s, with the pair reportedly writing over thirty songs together by telephone; the project, however, produced no recorded results. Schneider also composed a number of jingles for television commercials during the 2000s, including a string of pop songs for the Kohl's department store chain. Schneider formed a comparatively dark band in 2004 called
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in
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, which released the 2005 album ''010'' on Eenie Meenie Records recorded live with a single microphone, and released a second Marbles album ''Expo'' in 2005 influenced by
Electric Light Orchestra The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood and drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of pop and classical arrangement ...
, as well as
Gary Numan Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the New wave music, new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two st ...
,
Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Michael Jackson, one of the most culturally significan ...
, New Order and
the Cars The Cars were an American Rock music, rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the New wave music, new wave Subculture, scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek (rhythm guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass guitar), Elliot Easton (l ...
. During 2006, it was announced that Schneider was playing in a Kentucky-based psychedelic garage band with his brother-in-law, Craig Morris, called
Thee American Revolution Thee American Revolution is an indie rock band formed in 2004 by Robert Schneider of The Apples in Stereo and Craig Morris of The Ideal Free Distribution (Morris is an indie record producer/engineer, and Schneider's brother-in-law). In addition, t ...
. Thee American Revolution released the lo-fi psych-pop album ''Buddha Electrostorm'' in 2009 on Garden Gate Records; the album was reissued worldwide on December 5, 2011, on the UK label
Fire Records Fire Records was an American independent record label, set up in 1959 by Bobby Robinson. Amongst others, it released records by Lightnin' Hopkins, Elmore James, Buster Brown and Arthur Crudup. At one point it was thought Fire had issued the l ...
. Since 2007, Schneider occasionally records and performs children's music as Robbert Bobbert and released an album ''Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine''; as well as having composed the score for the animated anthology short series
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' final episode, ''Flip-Flopped'', under that name. In 2017, Schneider formed the Atlanta-based band Air-sea Dolphin with guitarist Matt Chapman and bassist Mike Chapman (better known as
The Brothers Chaps Matthew Alan Chapman (born November 1, 1976) and Michael Raymond Chapman (born September 20, 1973), known collectively as The Brothers Chaps, are American writers, voice actors, directors, animators, producers and composers. They are best known a ...
, creators of
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), guitarist Ryan Sterritt and drummer James Huggins III (
Of Montreal of Montreal is an American indie pop band from Athens, Georgia. It was founded by frontperson Kevin Barnes in 1996, named after a failed romance between Barnes and a woman "of Montreal". The band is identified as part of the Elephant 6 collec ...
,
Elf Power Elf Power is an American indie rock band that originated in Athens, Georgia, United States. The line-up consists of guitarist/vocalist Andrew Rieger, keyboardist Laura Carter, guitarist Dave Wrathgabar, bassist Bryan Poole, and drummer Peter ...
,
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, James Husband).


Mathematics and experimental music

Schneider has engaged in a number of experimental music projects taking inspiration from mathematical concepts. He has written several compositions using a
non-Pythagorean scale Robert Peter Schneider (born March 9, 1971) is an American musician and mathematician. He is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer of rock/pop band the Apples in Stereo and has produced and performed on albums by Neutral Milk Ho ...
based on
logarithms In mathematics, the logarithm of a number is the exponent by which another fixed value, the base, must be raised to produce that number. For example, the logarithm of to base is , because is to the rd power: . More generally, if , the ...
. He has also incorporated
prime numbers A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers. A natural number greater than 1 that is not prime is called a composite number. For example, 5 is prime because the only ways ...
and the
sieve of Eratosthenes In mathematics, the sieve of Eratosthenes is an ancient algorithm for finding all prime numbers up to any given limit. It does so by iteratively marking as composite number, composite (i.e., not prime) the multiples of each prime, starting with ...
in both a composition to be performed by a bell tower, and in the score for a play by mathematician
Andrew Granville Andrew James Granville (born 7 September 1962) is a British mathematician, working in the field of number theory. Education Granville received his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (1983) and his Certificate of Advanced Studies (Distinction) (1984) ...
and playwright Jennifer Granville that debuted at the
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on December 12, 2009, and he has written a plan for an electronic composition based on prime numbers lasting millions of years. Since September 2010, Schneider has performed using a mind-controlled analog synthesizer. The mind-controlled synthesizer uses a voltage generator made from a circuit-bent Mattel MindFlex electronic toy, scored for one "conductor" wearing an
EEG Electroencephalography (EEG) is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain. The bio signals detected by EEG have been shown to represent the postsynaptic potentials of pyramidal neurons in the neoc ...
sensor. Schneider, along with experimental musician and visual artist
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, use the voltage generator to control the filters of Moog synthesizers. Pieces performed with mind control include Schneider's "Composition for Two Hemispheres" and a score by
Jeff Mangum Jeffrey Nye Mangum (born 24 October 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who gained prominence as the founder, songwriter, vocalist and guitarist of Neutral Milk Hotel, as well for his co-founding of The Elephant 6 Recording Comp ...
of
Neutral Milk Hotel Neutral Milk Hotel was an American band formed by Jeff Mangum in Ruston, Louisiana, in 1989. They were active until 1998, and then from 2013 to 2015. The band's music featured a deliberately low-quality sound, influenced by indie rock and psy ...
. Other experimental musicians have subsequently built similar units from an instructional video Schneider released online. In 2012, Schneider completed his bachelor's degree (BS) in mathematics from the
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. That same year, he announced he was stopping touring; whether this hiatus is temporary or permanent is unclear. In 2018, Schneider completed a PhD in mathematics from
Emory University Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...
, where he studied number theory under
Ken Ono Ken Ono (born March 20, 1968) is an American mathematician with fields of study in number theory. He is the STEM Advisor to the Provost and the Marvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics at the University of Virginia. Early life and education Ono ...
. From 2018-2022, Schneider was a lecturer in mathematics at the
University of Georgia The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the oldest public university in th ...
. he is an assistant professor of mathematical sciences at
Michigan Technological University Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School, the first post-secondary institution in the Uppe ...
.


Non-Pythagorean scale

Schneider conceived and developed a new non-
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scale with
frequencies Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time. Frequency is an important parameter used in science and engineering to specify the rate of oscillatory and vibratory phenomena, such as mechanical vibrations, audio ...
corresponding to the
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s of successive
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. The scale was introduced in 2007 with the release of ''
New Magnetic Wonder ''New Magnetic Wonder'' is the sixth studio album from the Apples in Stereo. The album was produced by Robert Schneider with additional production and mixing by Bryce Goggin ( Pavement, Evan Dando, Sean Lennon) and was recorded in four separat ...
'', the sixth studio album by the Apples in Stereo. The album featured two brief compositions using the scale. Enhanced CD versions of the album included a third composition as well as a variety of information from Schneider concerning the scale including audio files and instructions to enable the listener to prepare a
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keyboard to play in the non-Pythagorean scale.


Performing discography

Below is a list of selected works crediting Schneider as performer (incomplete list).


The Apples in Stereo

*''
Fun Trick Noisemaker ''Fun Trick Noisemaker'' is the debut studio album by the Apples in Stereo. It was recorded in a house in Los Angeles, in Robert Schneider's (at the time) portable Pet Sounds Studio. It was released in 1995 via SpinART. The album is perhaps the ...
'' (1995) *''
Science Faire ''Science Faire'' is a compilation album by indie pop Elephant 6 group The Apples in Stereo. The album consists of two EPs and various singles that were released from 1993 to 1995, leading up to the production of ''Fun Trick Noisemaker''. All o ...
'' (1996) *''
Tone Soul Evolution ''Tone Soul Evolution'' is the second album from The Apples in Stereo. It was recorded from February to June and released in September 1997. The vinyl edition of the album was released with a bonus 7" that included the songs "Man You Gotta Ge ...
'' (1997) *''
Her Wallpaper Reverie ''Her Wallpaper Reverie'' is the third album from The Apples in Stereo. The fifteen tracks listed for the album give the impression that it is about the same length as the band's previous two albums, but only seven of the tracks are "actual" son ...
'' (1999) *'' The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone'' (2000) *''
Velocity of Sound The speed of sound is the distance travelled per unit of time by a sound wave as it propagates through an elastic medium. More simply, the speed of sound is how fast vibrations travel. At , the speed of sound in air is about , or in or one m ...
'' (2002) *''
New Magnetic Wonder ''New Magnetic Wonder'' is the sixth studio album from the Apples in Stereo. The album was produced by Robert Schneider with additional production and mixing by Bryce Goggin ( Pavement, Evan Dando, Sean Lennon) and was recorded in four separat ...
'' (2007) *'' Electronic Projects for Musicians'' (2008) *'' Travellers in Space and Time'' (2010)


Marbles

* ''Inverse Gazebo'' (Cassette Only) (1993) * ''Warm Milk and Chocolate'' (Cassette Only) (1993) * ''I ♥ the Animals'' (Cassette Only) (1993) * '' Pyramid Landing (And Other Favorites)'' (1997) *'' I Love the Summer Days b/w Our Song (For Eirene)'' (Seven-inch single) (1998) *'' Christmas With Marbles'' (Seven-inch single) (2004) * ''
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'' (2005) * ''
Dracula ''Dracula'' is an 1897 Gothic fiction, Gothic horror fiction, horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. The narrative is Epistolary novel, related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist and opens ...
'' (Split seven-inch single with Casper and the Cookies) (2007) * '' New Emotion (feat. Max Schneider) b/w Free From Grief'' (Digital single) (2024)


Neutral Milk Hotel

* ''
On Avery Island ''On Avery Island'' is the debut studio album by American rock band Neutral Milk Hotel. It was released in the United States on March 26, 1996, by Merge Records, and in the United Kingdom on September 30, 1996, by Fire Records. At the time, Neutra ...
'' (1996) * '' In the Aeroplane Over the Sea'' (1998)


The Olivia Tremor Control

* '' Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle'' (1996) * '' Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One'' (1999)


The Minders

* ''Come On & Hear'' (7") (1996) * ''
Hooray for Tuesday ''Hooray for Tuesday'' is the debut album by Denver-based Elephant 6 band the Minders, released in 1998 on spinART. It was produced by Robert Schneider, who worked on it before and after his production work on '' In the Aeroplane Over the Sea''. ...
'' (1998)


Cornelius

* ''
Fantasma (Cornelius album) ''Fantasma'' is the third studio album by Japanese musician Cornelius, released on August 6, 1997, on his label Trattoria. Cornelius envisioned the album as "a one-on-one experience between the music and the listener. ... It starts with you enter ...
'' (1997)


Major Organ and the Adding Machine

* ''
Major Organ and the Adding Machine Major Organ and the Adding Machine is an Elephant 6 supergroup led by the elusive and possibly fictional Major Organ.

Orchestre Fantastique

* ''Dean Quixote Soundtrack'' (2001)


Ulysses

* ''
010 010 may refer to: * 10 (number) * 8 (number) in octal numeral notation * Motorola 68010, a microprocessor released by Motorola in 1982 * 010, the telephone area code of Beijing * 010, the Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest ...
'' (2004)


Yoko Ono

* '' Yes, I’m a Witch'' (2007)


Thee American Revolution

* ''Buddha Electrostorm'' (2008)


Robbert Bobbert & the Bubble Machine

* ''Robbert Bobbert & The Bubble Machine'' (2009)


Sound of Ceres

* '' Nostalgia For Infinity'' (2016)


Air-Sea Dolphin

* "Exploding" / "Spillman Was a Motorhead" (2017) 7" split single with Honey Radar * "Bells (Song for Geoff W) + ASD Theme" / "B-est of B-sides + American Football Championship" (2018) 7" split single with Sloshy


Big Fresh

* ''Fall Preview'' (EP) (2017)


The Patient

* "Extension 9" / "Colony of Taste" (2017) 7" split single with Breathers


Teletron Ensemble

* ''Composition for Two Hemispheres'' (12" EP) (2021)


Robert Schneider (solo)

* ''Songs for Other Worlds'' (Cassette and download) (2022) * ''Man and the Computer'' (Download) (2024) * ''1983 edicated to Paul Schreiber' (Download) (2025)


Producing discography

In addition to producing all of the albums for the Apples in Stereo, Schneider has produced, engineered and mixed numerous albums for fellow Elephant 6 bands and other artists, including the following. *
Neutral Milk Hotel Neutral Milk Hotel was an American band formed by Jeff Mangum in Ruston, Louisiana, in 1989. They were active until 1998, and then from 2013 to 2015. The band's music featured a deliberately low-quality sound, influenced by indie rock and psy ...
: ''
On Avery Island ''On Avery Island'' is the debut studio album by American rock band Neutral Milk Hotel. It was released in the United States on March 26, 1996, by Merge Records, and in the United Kingdom on September 30, 1996, by Fire Records. At the time, Neutra ...
'' (1996) (producer, engineer, mixing) *
Neutral Milk Hotel Neutral Milk Hotel was an American band formed by Jeff Mangum in Ruston, Louisiana, in 1989. They were active until 1998, and then from 2013 to 2015. The band's music featured a deliberately low-quality sound, influenced by indie rock and psy ...
: '' In the Aeroplane Over the Sea'' (1998) (producer, engineer, mixing) *
Neutral Milk Hotel Neutral Milk Hotel was an American band formed by Jeff Mangum in Ruston, Louisiana, in 1989. They were active until 1998, and then from 2013 to 2015. The band's music featured a deliberately low-quality sound, influenced by indie rock and psy ...
: ''
Ferris Wheel on Fire ''Ferris Wheel on Fire'' is the second EP by the American indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel, released as part of their ''Walking Wall of Words'' vinyl box set. Though not released until December 12, 2011, all the songs were written between 1992 ...
'' (2011) (producer, engineer, mixing) *
The Olivia Tremor Control The Olivia Tremor Control were an American Psychedelic music, psychedelic band from Athens, Georgia that released two studio albums, a bonus disc, a singles collection and a live album between 1996 and 2000. The main members were Will Cullen H ...
: '' Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle'' (1996) (co-producer, engineer, mixing) *
The Olivia Tremor Control The Olivia Tremor Control were an American Psychedelic music, psychedelic band from Athens, Georgia that released two studio albums, a bonus disc, a singles collection and a live album between 1996 and 2000. The main members were Will Cullen H ...
: '' Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One'' (1999) (engineer) *
The Minders The Minders are an American band closely associated with the Elephant Six Collective. Started by Martyn Leaper in Denver, Colorado, in 1996, the band's original members included Leaper on guitars and vocals, Rebecca Cole on drums, Jeff Almond ...
: ''
Hooray for Tuesday ''Hooray for Tuesday'' is the debut album by Denver-based Elephant 6 band the Minders, released in 1998 on spinART. It was produced by Robert Schneider, who worked on it before and after his production work on '' In the Aeroplane Over the Sea''. ...
'' (1998) (producer, engineer, mixing) *
Dressy Bessy Dressy Bessy is an indie rock band from Denver, Colorado led by songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist, Tammy Ealom. The band is associated with The Elephant 6 Recording Company, the Elephant Six Recording Company and shares guitarist John Hill (mus ...
: '' Pink Hearts Yellow Moons'' (1999) (engineer, mixing) * Beulah: '' When Your Heartstrings Break'' (1999) (mixing) *
Great Lakes The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes spanning the Canada–United States border. The five lakes are Lake Superior, Superior, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Lake Huron, H ...
: ''Great Lakes'' (2000) (mixing) *
The High Water Marks The High Water Marks is an indie rock band associated with the Elephant 6 collective. The band has two lead creative members, Hilarie Sidney and Per Ole Bratset, who co-write the band's music. Band history Hilarie Sidney, drummer for The App ...
: '' Songs About the Ocean'' (2004) (mixing)


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Ken Ono Ken Ono (born March 20, 1968) is an American mathematician with fields of study in number theory. He is the STEM Advisor to the Provost and the Marvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics at the University of Virginia. Early life and education Ono ...
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The Man Who Knew Infinity ''The Man Who Knew Infinity'' is a 2015 British biographical drama film about the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, based on the 1991 book of the same name by Robert Kanigel. The film stars Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan, a real-life ...
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Srinivasa Ramanujan Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar (22 December 188726 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Often regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial con ...
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