Judy Nylon is an American

United States

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 artist who moved to London

London

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 in 1970. She was half of the punk

Punk rock

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 act called Snatch, which also featured Patti Palladin. Only those who lived in New York

New York

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 and London

London

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 during the era that spanned glam rock

Glam rock

Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...

, punk and no wave are likely to appreciate her importance, most of which isn't preserved in print, vinyl, or CD

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. In terms of cultural significance, she has been ranked with Patti Smith

Patti Smith

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....

, The Raincoats

The Raincoats

The Raincoats are a British post-punk band. Ana da Silva and Gina Birch formed the group in 1977 while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England.-Career:...

, Chrissie Hynde

Chrissie Hynde

Christine Ellen "Chrissie" Hynde is an US musician best known as the leader of the rock/new wave band the Pretenders. She is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and has been the only constant member of the band throughout its history.-Early life and career:Hynde is the daughter of a part-time...

, of The Pretenders

The Pretenders

The Pretenders are an English rock band formed in Hereford, England in March 1978. The original band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde , James Honeyman-Scott , Pete Farndon , and Martin Chambers...

, The Slits

The Slits

The Slits were a British punk rock band. The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators. The members were Ari Up , who died of cancer in October 2010, and Palmolive , with Viv Albertine and Tessa Pollitt replacing founding members, Kate Korus and...

, Lydia Lunch

Lydia Lunch

Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, and actress whose career was spawned by the New York No Wave scene...

, Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees and even Nico

Nico

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Her Pal Judy record was released in 1982 and has been described as "a classic rainy day bit of sound and song to drift away to"by Paul Tickell in NME. It was co-produced by Judy Nylon and Adrian Sherwood

Adrian Sherwood

Adrian Sherwood is an English record producer best known for his work with dub music as well as for remixing a number of popular acts such as Coldcut, Depeche Mode, The Woodentops, Primal Scream, Pop Will Eat Itself, Sinéad O'Connor, and Skinny Puppy...

 of On-U Sound and Tackhead

Tackhead

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That she is the Judy in Brian Eno

Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...

's Back In Judy's Jungle is stated in her 3:AM Magazine

3:AM Magazine

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 interview. Nylon is responsible for inspiring the Eno version of ambient music

Ambient music

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 according to Brian Eno's liner notes (the back cover of his Discreet Music

Discreet Music

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contains his version of how this happened).

See John Cale

John Cale

John Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....

's autobiography What's Welsh For Zen as well as his song "The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy", from the album "Fear

Fear (John Cale album)

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" (1974). Also, for sound montage/cut-up techniques innovation (hers), see the Brian Eno track "R.A.F.", the B-side of Kings Lead Hat, which is by Eno and Snatch, and released on Polydor Records

Polydor Records

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A vinyl release, called Witch I, is, more or less, a Snatch roundup from 1983. It provides more information and has photographs and liner notes provided by Jon Savage

Jon Savage

Jon Savage , real name Jonathon Sage, is a Cambridge-educated writer, broadcaster and music journalist, best known for his award winning history of the Sex Pistols and punk music, England's Dreaming, published in 1991.-Career:...

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Her current multi-disciplined arts practice is focused on international co-authorship and decentralized many-to-many style video storytelling. Since 2007 she has been involved with the group Aether9, who collaborate in multinational multi-streamed networked performances intending to develop a low cost, open source, nomadic public art production. Aether9 are currently focused on the collaborative development of dramaturgical rules and language particular to Internet modes of communication and performance.

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