Hieroglyphic Being

American electronic music artist and DJ.

Recorded for a variety of labels (including Sony Europe, 6277, Spectral Sound, Crème Organization, Klang Elektronik, and Mathematics Recordings), and as a former member of The Dirty Criminals on International Deejay Gigolo Records.

Voted URB magazine's Top 100 in 2004 as a group, Jamal Moss has long been a part of the Chicago house & techno scene as both a promoter, producer, and DJ.

One of the last of the line of producers directly influenced by Ron Hardy at the Music Box.
Moss’s first creative endeavors were as part of a crew that created industrial soundscapes or 'Art Noise' for the Liquid Love parties held at the famed Powerplant in Chicago from 1989 to 1990. When the Powerplant was closed, Moss and his cohorts started Liquid Sex, which became a magnet for many well-known house artists such as Steve Poindexter, who put Moss in touch with future collaborators the Chicago Bad Boys collective.

From the autumn of 1993 to the summer of 1996 he was host and DJ for 89.3 WNUR's radio program StreetBeat, showcasing a segment named Jack-FM.

He was also taken under the wing of house legend Adonis, who became a key mentor figure in Moss’s life and an inspiration for his moniker.

Key moments include:
- performing live in 2004 at DEMF (Detroit Electronic Music Festival) underground stage.
- featured artist in issue 92 of German magazine De:Bug in 2005.
- voted URB magazines Top 100 in 2005.
- having work featured on Time Out magazine's "The Other Side Of Paris" DVD guide (along with Bauhaus, Front 242, Black Strobe, and others).
- track featured on a Robert Moog compilation "A Tribute To Robert Moog".
- featured in XLR8R's 100 anniversary issue in August 2006.

Current Update :
Genre: Electronic ( Acid House / Detroit Techno / Deep House / Industrial / Avant Gard – Improv Jazz – Sound Sculptures )

Live Pa – 90-120 minutes
Sound Selector – 3 Hours

MAGAZINE PRINT + DIGITAL COVERAGE:
The Wire – The Guardian – Bomb Magazine – Chicago Reader – Chicago Tribune – Washington Post – Resident Advisor – Fact Magazine – Vice – Mixmag – The Georgia Straight – XLR8R – The Quietus – South Side Weekly – Crack Magazine – Electronic Beats – Groove Magazine – The Fader – Pop Matters – Financial Times – Village Voice – Time Out – Spin – Noisey – Pitchfork – Vogue .

RADIO APPEARANCES:
BBC – Red light Radio – Red bull Radio – RinseFm – NTS – NPR – World Wide FM – Beats In Space – Intergalactic FM – WMTS Radio – WNUR

HAS OPENED FOR:
The Sun RA Arkestra – Kamasi Washington – Shabazz Palaces – Chris & Cosey – Holly Herndon – William Basinski – Actress – Silver Apples – Senyawa – Morton Subotnick – Vatican Shadow – Dean Blunt – Mala - Senor Coconut

HAS REMIXED:
Animal Collective – Pantha Du Prince – Hans-Joachim Rodelious – Paul Woolford – Alexander Robotnick –
Fatima Yamaha – Matrixxman – Cavern of Anti-Matter – Illum Sphere

PERFORMED/COLLABORATIONS/LECTURES WITH:
Mark Sanders – Orphy Robinson – Adonis – Evan Parker – Shabaka Hutchings – Marshall Allen – Jean-Francois Pauvros – Danny Thompson – Hamid Drake – Steve Poindexter – Jean-Marc Foussat – Wolf-Eyes – Reggie Watts –
Janelle Monae – Shazad Ismaily – Greg Fox

FESTIVALS PERFORMED:
ADE – Big Ears – BEMF – Moogfest – Bestival – Dance City – Unsound – Le Guess Who – Phono Festival – Free Rotation – New Forms Festival – Roskilde Festival – Melbourne Music Week – Milhoes De Festa – Donau Festival – Dimensions Festival - Dekmental

CLUBS + VENUES PERFORMED:
Berghain – Corsica Studios – Cafe OTO – University Of Chicago – Oberlin – Tate Modern – Zoo – MOMA PS1 -HKW : Art Institute In Berlin – Palazzo Re Enzo – Barbican – EMPAC – Royal Albert Hall – Paradiso – Rex Club – Jazz Cafe – The Art School – Trafo : House of Contemporary Arts – Exploratorium of San Francisco –
Smart Bar – Panther Room – Dude Club – Lux Fragil – House Of Electronic Arts Basel

Heiroglyphic Being, Hieroglyphic Being And The Configurative Or Modular Me Trio, The Hieroglyphic Being Experience