Dylan Tauber is an award winning and visionary electronic music pioneer, digital artist, web designer, video artist, photographer, and author, who has been a master of his craft for over two and a half decades. After graduating from Columbia University in 1996, Dylan has been based in NYC, Jerusalem, Miami, a remote island in the south western Pacific, and now a kibbutz in northern Israel where he is Artist-in-Residence.

Dylan Tauber has been producing music, artwork, and writing since he began his prolific 28 year career in 1996 with the ambitious Double Mirrors anthology, which includes a book, photo slide shows, soundtrack, and one of the only artist websites still online since 1996, DoubleMirrors.com. A pioneer of the indie electronic movement, Dylan was also one of the first artists to offer his music for free MP3 download in 1998. The Double Mirrors project evolves years later, as Tauber continues to explore the cyber-spiritual revolution.

In addition to releasing 20 critically acclaimed transcendental electronica music albums (most for free download) through his Son of Waves Studios music label, Dylan runs a network of 27 websites which showcase his electronic music, music videos, cyberart, writing, and photography. This network of websites has reached over 6.4 million page views since 1996, and millions of video views.

Dylan completed a circle around the planet from 2000-2001, beginning and ending in Israel.

On 5/5/21 Dylan was awarded the title of "Artist-in-Residence". in his kibbutz in Northern Israel.

In September 2023, Dylan Tauber's song "I Am A Mirror" was performed with a group of dancers in his kibbutz in front of an audience of 1,500 people.

Dylan Tauber is the founder of the Double Mirrors Theory in 1994, and the and the Ones and Zeros Theory in 2000. In 2022, According to the artificial intelligence Open AI - Chat GTP, the Double Mirrors Theory has become an influential theory in the fields of psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. These theories have each had over 1.5 million video views on Facebook, and are available on Dylan's websites, and also as an ebook on Apple bookstore and as a paperback on Amazon.com.

Dylan also published two books in 2001, two ebooks in 2013, and three more books in 2018 and 2019. A picture book of Dylan's photography and digital art was published in 2005, and revised in 2018 with Blurb.com.

Dylan's music has been featured on over 120 radio stations since 2013, reviewed in approximately 100 music publications, including one print newspaper in Israel, and featured on JerusalemOnline.com on 2/1/21. His music video " He Loves Carmen Remix (Radio Edit)" was shown on Channel 98 TV in Israel in December, 2017. This video reached 644,500 views on Facebook as of November, 2020. 11 more Son of Waves Studios music videos were shown on channel 98 TV in Israel, in 2018. As of April, 2024, Dylan's music has had 784,000 plays on Soundcloud.com. Dylan's videos and music videos have had millions of views.

On 5/27/22, Dylan had 15,152 monthly listeners on Spotify.

"Son of Waves" : A screenplay / short story by Dylan Tauber, was released on 3/30/18 for free download. An audiobook was released for this "Son of Waves" screenplay on 4/17/18, also for free download. In August, 2018 this screenplay was published as a paperback available on Amazon.com.
"Son of Waves 2.0", a true story, with original photography, of my journey around the planet, and to many Pacific islands...only to find my own soul, and a woman named Carmen, was released on 5/28/19 for free PDF download, and as a paperback on Amazon.com on 3/21/20.
"Theories" by Dylan Tauber, a summary of both his Double Mirror theory and Ones and Zeros theory, was published as an ebook on Smashwords.com on 10/25/19 for free download, and as a paperback on Amazon.com on 11/29/19.

In December 2020, Tauber released his Double Mirrors, and Ones and Zeros Theories on Facebook in video format with music. This Double Mirrors Theory video has had 1.8 million views, and this Ones and Zeros theory video has had 1.5 million views since December, 2020.

Stay tuned and check back at the SWS Network of sites often.

Education:

Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts, Columbia University, 1996.

Studied at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1992- 1993.

Music experience:

19 electronica / chill out/ vocal trance albums released through Son of Waves Studios, 1996-2024, beginning with Double Mirrors Soundtrack, 1996. All 18 albums can be streamed on SWStudios.net, with most for free MP3 download. 15 albums are also available on Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon.com

-Produced 38 music videos , all available on SWStudios.net. The videos and music videos of Dylan Tauber have had millions of views.

-Featured on over 140 radio stations , including many stations in Israel, including features on Gal Gal Latz on 2/2/20 (one of the most popular national radio stations in Israel), on Radio Kol Rega (A national Israel station, 1/9/17), Social Radio (A national Israel station, 1/18/17), and Radio Kol Ramla (1/22/17), and a 1 hour special on Radio Apilog, Israel, in May, 2017.

- Over 120 international music publication reviews of "Dolphin Trance" and "Dolphin Trance 2" and "Sounds From Space", "Sounds From Space 2", "He Loves Carmen", and "The Lagoon".

- As of April, 2024, Dylan's music has had 784,000 plays on Soundcloud.com.

- 2/1/21: "Sounds From Space 2" featured on JerusalemOnline.com

- 2021: "Sounds From Space 2" featured in 14 music publications

- 11/10/17: Dylan Tauber was Featured in the Yediot Haemaek Israel Newspaper.

- 11/22/17 "He Loves Carmen Remix (Radio Edit)" ranked #1 in the Israel Combo Music chart

- 12/10/17: Dylan Tauber's music video "He Loves Carmen Remix (Radio Edit)" was shown on Channel 98 TV in Israel.

- 1/17/17: "Compilation 2" featured in the culture section of BestOneOnline.co.il, a popular Israel news web site.

- 5,379 fans on internet radio site Jango.com, as of 7/28/20.

- Founded https://303net.com , an electronic music and indie artist portal featuring 300 member artists, live trance radio, and exclusive downloadable tracks.

-"Near Death Experience" album featured in Jamsphere Magazine, 3/12/15.

-"Into the Light" won #1 on the Beat100.com Audio Chart, 2/27/15

"Son of Waves 2.0 Trance Remix" won the #3 spot on the Beat100.com Audio Chart on 1/22/16

-"Dolphin Trance" album featured in Jamsphere Magazine, 9/5/15.

-"Double Mirrors Soundtrack" album featured on IndieBandGuru.com, 2013.

- Worked with over 12 singers / vocalists on various albums, "Breathe," (2007) and "Near Death Experience." (2015) "Dolphin Trance 2" (2016), "Sounds from Space" (2017), "Sounds From Space 2"" (2021), "He Loves Carmen" (2022), and "The Lagoon" (2022).

- built several extensive multimedia / music studios independently.

- familiar with music software and digital audio/video production techniques.

- compose and digitally produce original synthesizer music independently.

- A pioneer of the indie electronic movement, Dylan was one of the first music artists to give away all his music in MP3 format for free in 1998, with MP3.com

- completed independent study of electronic music at Columbia University, 1995

 

Digital art/web multimedia experience:

- 1996-2020- own and operate 21 web sites including DylanTauber.com, SWStudios.net, DoubleMirrors.com, CyberArtist.me, DylanTauber.me, and DolphinNet.org. See the complete network.

Dylan Tauber's site DoubleMirrors.com was awarded the Bronze award for the "best of the web" in 1998, and other awards, including one of the top 10% of sites in Israel, also in 1998.

-independently released CD ROM Project Double Mirrors, 1997.

- started own multimedia/web studio, Son of Waves Studios,1997

-worked as multimedia artist at Virtual Jerusalem, an Israeli web company, 1997.

- experienced in the construction of multimedia CD ROM environments- completed Project Double Mirrors CD-ROM, 1996.

- Digital photography / computer art experience since 1994.

- Worked with Macintosh since 1987, with one of the first Macs available.

- proficient in:

Photoshop , Macromedia Director , Shockwave (streaming), Studio Vision Pro , Adobe Premiere, streaming web based multimedia, Bryce , Extreme 3D, Poser, etc.

- completed Photoshop course at Parsons School of Design, 1995

 

Photography experience:

- In 2019, thirteen of Dylan Tauber's photographs were exhibited in eleven galleries internationally: two at the BBA (Berlin Blue Art) Gallery in Berlin, Germany; two at the Ravnikar gallery in Ljubljana, Slovenia; two at the Blank Wall Gallery in Athens, Greece; the Piazza Ca' Zanardi (Itsliquid) in Venice, Italy; the Photo Synthesis Gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria; the Laurent Gallery in Melbourne, Australia; the Art Market Gallery in Budapest, Hungary; the Hinterland Gallery, in Vienna, Austria; the Valid World Hall in Barcelona, Spain; the International Contemporary Art Fair, in Thessaloniki, Greece; and the annual photography conference in Tel Aviv, Israel.

- Photography work has been featured in the original DoubleMirrors.com Image Gallery, 1996-2020, and the newer DylanTauber.me/artwork gallery, as well as the photo slide show on SWStudios.net/photo.

-Picture Book with 80 images from the Double Mirrors gallery published in 2005 with Xlibris.com, and revised in 2018 with Blurb.com.

-worked as photographer at Virtual Jerusalem, an Israeli web company. Photography work of Jerusalem featured, 1997.

- work featured in Muse Magazine, 1996.

- Work featured in Columbia Spectator Photo Exhibit, 1994.

- shown work in 4 group exhibitions, Columbia University 1993-95

- proficient in digital imaging- scanning, manipulation, and various output options including IRIS and Dye Sublimation.

- experienced in darkroom color and black and white photography.

- won a Hebrew University photography contest for a photograph of a

protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews, 1993.

-worked as a teaching assistant for Basic Photography class, Columbia University, 1994.

- certified PADI scuba diver, and experienced in underwater photography (photographing dolphins).

- first art student in the Columbia University visual art department to move from analog to digital photography, 1994

- staff photographer for The Columbia Daily Spectator, Fall 1993.

- contributing photographer for the Jerusalem Post, 1993

- expressed myself through photography since the age of 5.

 

Writing:

- Published "Son of Waves 2.0" a new short story by Dylan Tauber - 35 pages, including many original photographs, digital art, and a 21 track original electronica soundtrack by Dylan Tauber, about his journey around the planet beginning and ending in Israel. free download on May 28, 2019, and as a paperback on Amazon.com on 3/21/20.

- Published "Theories" A summary of his Double Mirrors Theory, and Ones and Theory by Dylan Tauber. Free PDF download from DoubleMirrors.com. Released October 25, 2019, and as a paperback on Amazon.com on 11/29/19, and iBookstore.

- Published "Son of Waves" A short story / screenplay, in March 2018: as an ebook available for free download on SonofWaves.promo, on iBookstore, and as a paperback on Amazon.com.

- Published two e-books in 2013: "Double Mirrors," and "The Doorway" available on iBookstore.

- Published two books in 2001 entitled "Double Mirrors," and "The Doorway" with Xlibris.com.

- completed rough draft of book project Double Mirrors, 1996

- associate editor of The Columbia Daily Spectator, summer of 1994.

- staff writer for the Columbia Daily Spectator, 1993-1994.Specialized in investigative reporting of the security department with several expose's.

- staff writer for The Aizor, the Hebrew University's Overseas Program student newspaper, 1992-1993.

- completed a research thesis at Hebrew University on the role of religious organizations in the absorption of the Ethiopian Jews, 1993.

 

Other work experience:

- worked for Virtual Jerusalem as a photographer and multimedia production artist, 1997.

- worked as freelance photographer/graphic designer, 1996.

- DJ for pirate Columbia student radio station, 1994.

- worked as a sound man for a band playing every week at The Rock bar in Jerusalem, 1993.

- worked on a kibbutz- Kfar Hanasi in Israel, summer 1992.

- worked as a lab technician, Boston City Hospital, summer 1991.

- volunteered at a local old age home, summer, 1991.

- First student from his high school in Milwaukee to be accepted to an Ivy League college, and also begin university instead of his senior year in high school, 1990.

- Three years of intensive Tae Kwon Do training, beginning with one year of private lessons with Master B.K. Yun, an 8th degree Tae Kwon Do Grandmaster in Milwaukee, 1989. Achieved the rank of green belt, and later blue belt in NYC.

- The first freshman student in his high school in Milwaukee's history to make the high honor roll in the first quarter, 1988.

 

Interests:

- travel to remote and beautiful islands
- photography
- synthesizer/ electronic music
- scuba diving
- swimming
- dolphins
- being online
- Tae kwon Do- member of the Hebrew University Tae Kwon Do team, '92-'93
- fluent in Hebrew and English

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