{{Short description|Australian musician & artist (born 1976)}} {{notability|1=Biographies|date=July 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox person | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}} | birth_place = Bendigo, Australia | occupation = Musician | website = https://nakamichi-600ii.bandcamp.com/releases }}
'''Jeremy Dower''' (born 1976) is an Australia-born musician and visual artist. He is best known for contributing the soundtrack to the pixel art tribute<ref>{{cite web|title=Simpsons Pixels|website = YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIZ_gDOrzGk|accessdate=20 Jan 2017}}</ref> to the iconic opening reel of The Simpsons<ref>{{cite web|title=Cowabunga, dude! The Simpsons gets the pixel art treatment in new video|url=http://www.cultofmac.com/310826/cowabunga-dude-simpsons-gets-pixel-art-treatment-new-video/|accessdate=15 Jan 2017}}</ref> in 2014. The video was created with fellow Aussie animators Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aussie Animators Recreate 'The Simpsons' Credits With Pixel Art|url=http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2015/02/02/aussie-animators-recreate-the-simpsons-credits-with-pixel-art/|accessdate=15 Jan 2017}}</ref> Dower had contributed the arcade-like remake of the theme song to the video.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Simpsons opening sequence created by Australians Ivan Dixon and Paul Robertson|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/the-simpsons-opening-sequence-created-by-australians-ivan-dixon-and-paul-robertson-20150511-ggyxj9.html|accessdate=13 Sep 2017}}</ref>
His work in the visual arts was featured in the 2011 Pictoplasma Festival in Berlin.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pictoplasma Festival 2011|url=http://www.finerats.com/2011/04/pictoplasma-festival-2011/|accessdate=15 Jan 2017}}</ref> His best known work in electronic music is "Sentimental Dance Music For Couples",<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeremy Dower|url=http://chaptermusic.com/artist/jeremy-dower/|accessdate=16 Jan 2017|archive-date=26 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226032646/http://chaptermusic.com/artist/jeremy-dower/|url-status=dead}}</ref> a double album released on Plug Research in 2000. Dower's work in combining visual arts with music has also been featured in Musikgraphics.<ref>{{cite book|title=Musikraphics: Visualizing the Rhythm of Music|year = 2008|isbn = 9789889822972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P4vqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jeremy+Dower%22|accessdate=13 Sep 2017}}</ref>
Dower has been a guest lecturer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's School of Media and Communications<ref>{{cite web|title=Dower, Mr. Jeremy|url=http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse/About%20RMIT%2FContact%2FAll%20contacts%2FStaff%2Fby%20name%2FD%2F;ID=hj35huelrnvm;STATUS=A?QRY=%2B(casual)|accessdate=18 Jan 2017}}</ref> since 2015, and a current lecturer of Professional Practice in Bachelor of Design (Digital Media).<ref>{{cite web |title=Digital Media Professional Practice - RMIT University |url=http://www1.rmit.edu.au/courses/049240 |website=Digital Media Professional Practice - RMIT University |publisher=RMIT University}}</ref>
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