Segel joined the indie rock group Camper Van Beethoven in 1984, while in college at Santa Cruz.[4] His contributions as violinist became the band's hallmark, creating a distinctive identity and sound.[5]: 9 Personality conflicts with frontman David Lowery caused Segel to leave the band in 1989, prior to its 1990 breakup.[5]: 6 Ten years later, Segel returned at Lowery's invitation when the group reunited.[5]: 12 He has remained a member of the revived group since 1999[update].
During the period from 1989 to 1997, Segel was based in San Francisco, where he formed the experimental band Hieronymus Firebrain, which dissolved and reformed as Jack & Jill. He joined Dieselhed in 1989, and appeared on their 1993 self-titled debut album. He recorded or performed with projects such as Granfaloon Bus, Sideways, and Virginia Dare, and with Eugene Chadbourne.[1]
From 1997 to 2001, in Los Angeles, Segel worked with sound editor Dane Davis at Danetracks, a film sound post-production facility. During this time, he performed and toured with Sparklehorse,[6] Clyde Wrenn, Magnet, and Eugene Chadbourne, among others, in addition to Camper Van Beethoven.[1]
In 2012, Segel moved to Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and daughter. Segel has collaborated since 2014 with the Copenhagen-based improvisational group Øresund Space Collective.[8]
In addition to the revived Camper Van Beethoven, Segel records solo projects and leads the Jonathan Segel band,[9] performs improvisational electronic or avant-garde music (either solo or, since 2004, with Chaos Butterfly), and he is an occasional contributor to music from the Big City Orchestra.[1] His compositions have also included six chamber music scores written between 1989 and 2011.[10]
^ abcd"About". Jonathan Segel (official website). 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
^University of California, Academic Senate (1993). "Wiltraud Jutta Christine Pfeiffer, Microbiology". In Krogh, David (ed.). University of California: In Memoriam, 1993. pp. 138–140.
