Jack Prest is a respected name when it comes avant-garde, alternative and progressive music and sound design. Jack has worked extensively within Australia’s alternative music scene with artists such as Jonti, Sampa the Great, The Preatures, Godtet, Golden Vessel, Bus Vipers, Kid Fiction, Leftenent, Crooked Letter, Broken Mountain and Rapaport.
With a background in Fine Art, Jack also works as a sound designer for experimental theatre, dance and film. Including the 2014 Helpmann Award winning Whelping Box and the break-dance experience Cypher, winner of a Green Room Award in 2016. Works featuring Jack’s original compositions and design have been performed at the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Festival, Arts House Melbourne, Tanz Im (Berlin), Freespace (Hong Kong) and Carraigeworks.
Although a specialist in electronic music production Jack is equally at home engineering for all styles of music having engineered for and assisted the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Action Bronson, Flume, Skrillex, Will.I.Am, Sean Kingston, B.O.B and Billy Joel.
Jack is also a practicing interdisciplinary artist, working across sound, video, performance and internet art. This understand of the creative process gives him a unique insight into how best to shape his clients vision. As an artist he has performed on some of Australia’s biggest stages including the Big Day Out, Good Vibrations, Vivid and Groovin The Moo. His current project Future Love Hangover has featured on FBi, Rage, Thump (Vice), Earmilk and Spin Magazine, and has received support from the Australia Council.