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Nash The Slash (born Jeff Plewman, 26 March 1948 - 10 May 2014) has been creating his unique concept of sound and vision for over twenty years. His first live presentation of music to film was a performance to the surreal silent film Un Chien Andalou at the Roxy Theatre in Toronto.

Nash The Slash was born of silent film. The name comes from a killer butler (The Tipton Slasher) encountered by Laurel and Hardy in their first film 'Do Detectives Think?' in 1927. Nash the musician has gone on to create the music scores for such recent cult films as Roadkill and Highway 61' - both directed by Bruce McDonald.
Between experiments with film and music Nash The Slash became first a familiar name to music fans through his association with the pop electronic group FM. Having co-written the hit songs Phasors on Stun and Just Like You Nash established his credibility as a versatile artist. His talents have been recognized with a U-KNOW (later called CASBY) award for best instrumental artist as well as a JUNO nomination for best new male vocalist.
Nash's profile was raised on the international stage when he toured the world with the likes of Gary Numan and Iggy Pop. Other high- profile shows include opening for The Who at C.N.E. Stadium in Toronto to a crowd of 70,000 people, and opening for The Tubes at a sold-out Maple Leaf Gardens.

He started his own independent label, [l37824] and was the first Canadian to use a drum machine on record when this was still considered illegal by laws of the Toronto Musician Association.
Nash has released numerous solo albums, the best known being 1980's Children of the Night with the hit single Dead Man's Curve. Other albums include Decomposing, the first record playable at any speed (reviewed in Playboy Magazine 1982) and American Bandages, a collection of all-American Rock classics.
Nash has recorded new music for the silent film classics The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) and The Lost World (1925) and for other silent film classics including Nosferatu (1922) and the original Phantom of the Opera(1925).

In 2012 he officially retired from composing and performing.



ALBUMS


Nash The Slash
Bedside Companion b/w Decomposing
2019, Cass, Comp, RE, Cut-Throat Records
Nash The Slash
Dreams And Nightmares Including Bedside Companion
2016, 2xCD, Comp, RE, RM, Artoffact Records
Nash The Slash
The Reckless Use Of Electricity
2011, CDr, Album, Comp, Cut-Throat Records
Nash The Slash
Live In London 2008
2010, CDr, Album, Cut-Throat Records
Nash The Slash
In-A-Gadda-Da-Nash
2008, CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Synth-pop
Nash The Slash, Robert Vanderhorst
View From The Gallery Two
2005, DVD-V, Album, Copy Prot., NTSC, Two Artist Productions, ,
Experimental/Ambient/Modern Classical
Nash The Slash, Robert Vanderhorst
View From The Gallery / One
2004, DVD-V, Album, Copy Prot., NTSC, Two Artist Productions
Matt Howarth And Nash The Slash
The Simultaneous Man
2003, CD, Cut-Throat Productions
Nash The Slash, Cameron Hawkins & Martin Deller
Lost In Space (Reel-To-Reel Obscurities)
2001, CD, Album, Cut-Throat Records
Nash The Slash
Nosferatu
2001
Nash The Slash
Lurid , Livid and Live Volume 1 - American Banned 1983
1999, VHS, Ltd, PAL, Planned Anarchy Productions
Nash The Slash
Lurid , Livid & Live Volume 2 - Give Me The Creeps 1997
1999, VHS, Ltd, PAL, Planned Anarchy Productions, ,
Synth-pop
Nash The Slash
Lurid , Livid and Live Volume 3 - Halloween 1999
1999, VHS, Ltd, PAL, Planned Anarchy Productions
Nash The Slash
Thrash
1999
Nash The Slash
Blind Windows
1997
Nash The Slash with Doc Satan's Orchestra
Highway 61 The Original Score
1991, CD, Album, Cut-Throat Records, World Records (3)
Nash The Slash
Bandstand Boogie
1985, 7", FM
Nash The Slash
American Band
1984, 7", Single, Quality, Quality
Nash The Slash
4 External Cuts Only
1984, 12", Smplr, Quality, ,
Synth-pop
Nash The Slash
Born To Be Wild
1984, 7", Quality
Nash The Slash
The Million Year Picnic
1984, Vinyl, ,
Experimental
Nash The Slash
American Band-ages
1984
Nash The Slash
1984
1984, ,
Electro/Synth-pop
Nash The Slash
Dance After Curfew (Dance Mix)
1982, 12", PVC Records, Cut-Throat Records
Nash The Slash
And You Thought You Were Normal
1982, ,
Electro/Synth-pop
Dedringer / Nash The Slash
Untitled
1981, 12", Promo, Smplr, W/Lbl, Dindisc
Nash The Slash
19th Nervous Breakdown
1981, ,
Synth-pop/Experimental
Nash The Slash
Decomposing
1981
Nash The Slash
Novel Romance / In A Glass Eye
1981, ,
Synth-pop/Experimental
Orchestral Manoeuvres* / Nash The Slash
Pretending To See The Future / Swing Shift
1981, ,
Synth-pop/New Wave
Nash The Slash
Children Of The Night
1980, ,
Darkwave/New Wave
Nash The Slash
Dead Man's Curve
1980, ,
New Wave/Synth-pop
Nash The Slash
Hammersmith Holocaust
1980
Nash The Slash
Dreams And Nightmares
1979
Nash The Slash
Bedside Companion
1978
Trevor Jackson
Metal Dance (Industrial Post-Punk EBM Classics & Rarities 80-88)
2012, 2x CD, ,
Industrial/EBM/New Wave/Post-Punk/New Beat/Synth-pop/Minimal

APPEARANCES +


Nash The Slash
Live In London 2008
2010, DVDr, Cut-Throat Productions
Nash The Slash
The Not-So-Silent Film Collection
2008, 3xDVDr, Ltd, Cut-Throat Records
FM
NEARfest 2006
2014, CD, DVD, ,
Prog Rock
Gary Numan
5 Albums
2013, 2xCD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, R, Beggars Banquet, Beggars Archive, ,
Synth-pop/New Wave
FM
Black Noise
2013, Box, Comp + CD, Album, RE, RM, SHM + CD, Album, RE, Arcàngelo
Fudge
Have A Brownie
2006, 5xFile, MP3, EP, VBR, Happy Puppy Records, ,
Indie Rock/Experimental/Synth-pop
Gary Numan
Living Ornaments '81
1998
Burning Bridges
In The Strangest Of Places
1996, CD, Album, Electric Ladybug Records
FM
RetroActive: FM Archives Volume I
1995, CD-ROM, Album, Enh, Now See Hear
FM
Hideaway
1995, CD-ROM, Single, Promo, Now See Hear, MCA
Various
MCA Records Canada CD Compilation #21 (November 1995)
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, MCA Records Canada
Tubeway Army / Gary Numan
Tubeway Army / Dance
1993, ,
New Wave/Punk/Synth-pop
Look People
Boogazm
1991
FM
Magic (In Your Eyes)
1988
FM
She Does What She Wants
1988
Tubeway Army Featuring Gary Numan
Tubeway Army • Dance (Selections From The Albums)
1987, CD, Comp, Beggars Banquet
FM
Dream Girl
1987,
FM
Tonight
1987
Various
Canada Booth • Midem '88 Sampler
1987, CD,
Gary Numan
Exhibition
1987, 2x Vinyl, ,
Synth-pop
FM
All Of The Dreams
1985, 7", Single, Quality
FM
Until The Night Is Over / The Only Way To Win
1985, 7", Single, Promo, MCA Records, ,
Art Rock/Experimental/Prog Rock
Voices Of Hope
Nature's Eyes
1985, 7", Nightflite,
FM
Con-Test
1985, ,
Electro/Synth-pop
FM
Why Don't You Take It / Just Like You
1985
FM
Just Like You
1985
Gary Numan
Micromusic
1982, ,
Synth-pop
Michael Waite
Cosmic Wave
1982
Claudia Robot
Alarmsignal
1982
Various
Overflight
1981, LP, Comp, Dindisc
Gary Numan
She's Got Claws
1981
Various
Cash Cows
1981, Vinyl, ,
New Wave/Power Pop/Punk/Synth-pop
Ken Lockie
The Impossible
1981, ,
New Wave/Pop Rock
Gary Numan
Dance
1981, ,
Synth-pop/New Wave
102.1 Band*
Working On The Radio
1979, 7", Single, Ready Records
FM
Black Noise
1978
FM
Phasors On Stun
1978, ,
Prog Rock
David Pritchard
Nocturnal Earthworm Stew / Bouillabaisse Nocturne Aux Vers De Terre
1976
Various
Concept
1973, LP, Comp, Promo, Concept 376 Limited
Various
Close To The Noise Floor Presents... Third Noise Principle (Formative North American Electronica 1975-1984)
2019, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Cherry Red, ,
Synth-pop/Ambient/New Wave/Minimal/Experimental/Industrial
Psyche
Secret Thirteen Mix 138
2014, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Secret Thirteen Journal, ,
Post-Punk/Industrial/Ambient/New Wave/Synth-pop
Tobias Freund
RA.085
2008, File, MP3, Mixed, 160, Resident Advisor, ,
Minimal/Synth-pop/Experimental/Ambient
Various
Brampton Indie Arts Festival Vol. One: The Suburban Manifesto
2007, CD, Album, Comp, Sunday League Records, The Pumpkin Pie Corporation, ,
Alternative Rock
Various
Music For The 3rd Millennium Vol. 2
2001, CD, Comp, Ltd, AMP Records
Various
The Canadian Independent Box Set
2000, 9xCD, Comp, Num + Box, Meathead Records
Various
Exposed III: Hot-Doggin' Tha Great Midwest
2000, 3xCD, Comp, Sin Klub Entertainment
Various
Badaboom Gramophone #3
1998, CD, Comp, Badaboom Gramophone
Various
Highway 61 The Soundtrack
1992
Various
Roadkill
1990, CD, Comp, Denon Canada Inc.
Various
Ontario Electronic Music Tape Project 1985
1985, Cass, Album, Comp, Ltd, C60, Not On Label
Various
Sam The Record Man Presents/Presente Wide World Of Music
1982, 2xLP, Comp, Promo, Smplr, A&M Records
Various
Untitled
1981, 12", Promo, Ricordi, ,
Synth-pop/Pop Rock/Disco/Latin
Various
Hot Shots
1981, Cass, Promo, Smplr, CBS
Various
Rock 80's Vol. 2
1981, Vinyl, ,
Punk/New Wave/Pop Rock/Synth-pop
Various
Class-X - Volume Eight
CDr, Comp, Promo, Razormaid Records, ,
New Wave/Synth-pop
FM
Black Noise
2013
World* / Nash The Slash
The Loop (Extended Edit) / Wolf
2007, 12", Ltd, Promo, Unofficial, Cloud
Various
Shock Waves Vol. V
1997, CDr, Comp, Ltd, Num, Unofficial, Noise Records (4), ,
Minimal/Synth-pop/New Wave/Darkwave/Experimental/EBM/Industrial
Various
The New Wave Complex - Volume 5
CDr, Comp, Unofficial, New Wave Complex, ,
New Wave/Electro/Synth-pop
Various
Return Of Flexi-Pop Vol. 7
CDr, Comp, Unofficial, Flexi-Pop