Jel

Jel
Birth name	Jeffrey James Logan
Born	Arlington Heights, Illinois
Origin	Oakland, California
Genres	Alternative hip hop
Occupation(s)	Producer, rapper
Instruments	Sampler
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Anticon, Mush Records, Lex Records, Fieldwerk Recordings
Associated acts	Mr. Dibbs, Doseone, Odd Nosdam, Themselves, Subtle, 13 & God
Website	jelsmusic.bandcamp.com

Jeffrey James Logan,^[1] better known by his stage name Jel, is an American hip hop producer and rapper. He is co-founder of the record label Anticon.^[2] He has been a member of Presage,^[3] Themselves, Subtle, and 13 & God.^[4]

Life and career

Jel released his first solo album, 10 Seconds, on Mush Records in 2002. The album is titled after the limited sampling time of E-mu SP-1200.^[5] It features contributions from Dax Pierson, Odd Nosdam, Doseone, and Alias.^[6]

His second solo album, Soft Money, was released on Anticon in 2006. The album features contributions from Dosh, Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers, and Stefanie Böhm of Ms. John Soda, among others.^[7]

He released his third solo album, Late Pass, on Anticon in 2013.^[8]

Style and influences

Jel is primarily a producer. He is known for his use of SP-1200 and MPC2000XL to create drum beats with little or no sequencing like playing the drums live via the sampler pads.^[9] He has produced numerous tracks for underground hip hop artists such as Deep Puddle Dynamics, Atmosphere, Sole, Sage Francis,^[10] and Serengeti.^[11]

Jel is also a rapper. He provides vocals on Soft Money.^[12] One of his most notable rap performances is "Arrest the President" on Pedestrian's album Volume One: UnIndian Songs. He can also be heard rapping and performing background vocals for his groups such as Themselves, Subtle and 13 & God.

Discography

Studio albums

• Outer Perimeter (1998) (with Mr. Dibbs, as Presage)
• 10 Seconds (2002)
• Soft Money (2006)
• Late Pass (2013)

Compilation albums

• Greenball (2001)
• Greenball II (2004)
• Greenball 3rd (2007)
• Greenball 3.5 (2012)
• Greenball 4 (2014)
• Greenball 5 (2015)
• Greenball 6 (2015)

EPs

• The Meat & Oil EP (2003)
• Cloudlife (2012) (with Main Attrakionz and Zachg)
• Pot Holes Beat Tape (2012) (with Odd Nosdam)
• Geti Beats Vol. 1 (2012) (with Odd Nosdam)

Singles

• "D.I.Y. Partisan" (2002) (with 2Mex)
• "WMD" b/w "All Around" (2005)

Productions

• Doseone - "2 Ton Can of Wupass" and "Etherial Downtime" from Hemispheres (1998)
• Deep Puddle Dynamics - "June 26th, 1998", "I Am Hip-Hop (Move the Crowd)", "Heavy Ceiling" and "Mothers of Invention" from The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel? (1999)
• Sole - "Tourist Trapeze" and "Center City" from Bottle of Humans (2000)
• Atmosphere - "Free or Dead", "They're All Gonna Laugh @ You" and "Lost and Found" from Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs (2001)
• Anticon - "We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes)" and "Pitty Party People" from We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) (2002)
• Sage Francis - "Climb Trees" and "Smoke and Mirrors" from Personal Journals (2002)
• Sole - "My Head Hurts" from "Salt on Everything" (2002)
• Sole - "Respect Pt. 3" and "Sebago" from Selling Live Water (2003)
• DJ Krush - "Song for John Walker" from The Message at the Depth (2003)
• Mr. Dibbs - "Rhythmic Soaring" from The 30th Song (2003)
• Josh Martinez - "Deep End" from Buck Up Princess (2004)
• Prince Po - "Hello" from The Slickness (2004)
• Sole - "T.I.M." from "New Single" (2005)
• Pedestrian - "O Hosanna", "Arrest the President" and "The Toss & Turn" from Volume One: UnIndian Songs (2005)
• General Electrics - "Central Park (Jel Remix)" from Central Mixes (2005)
• Peeping Tom - "Your Neighborhood Spaceman" from Peeping Tom (2006)
• Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - "The Beat That My Jel Flipped (Jel Remix)" from "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" (2007)
• Skyrider - "Into the Light (Jel Remix)" from Skyrider (2008)
• Kaigen - "Counterplan B" and "Immune War" from Re: Bloomer (2011)
• Antonionian - "Another Mistral (Jel Remix)" from The War EP (2012)
• Serengeti - Kenny Dennis EP (2012)
• Serengeti - C.A.R. (2012)
• Serengeti - C.A.B. (2013)
• Latyrx - "Arrival" and "Reload" from The Second Album (2013)
• Krilla - "Devil Is in the Details (Jel Remix)" (2014)
• Pseudoubt - "Half Life (Jel Remix)" (2015)

Compilation appearances

• "Props 2000" on Strictly Indee (2000)
• "Stop (and Listen)" and "Go (Away and Think)" on Ropeladder 12 (2000)
• "Nice Last (Demo Version)" on Anticon Label Sampler: 1999-2004 (2004)
• "Last Decade" on Complex Volume 1 (2012)

References

1. Port, Ian S. (September 4, 2013). "Unsettled: Jel and the Anticon Label Celebrate 15 Years of Weirdo Hip-Hop". SF Weekly. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
2. Korbel, Meaghann (April 26, 2012). "Review: Jel’s Greenball 3.5". Alarm. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
3. Ali, Reyan (December 9, 2009). "Themselves - Two of a Kind: Doseone and Jel stay true to Themselves.". Salt Lake City Weekly. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
4. Holslin, Peter (March 18, 2015). "Jel Is the Mr. Miyagi of Beat Machines". LA Weekly. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
5. Haywood, Brad (May 16, 2002). "Jel: 10 Seconds". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
6. Quinlan, Thomas (May 2002). "Jel - 10 Seconds". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
7. Howe, Brian (May 9, 2006). "Jel: Soft Money". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
8. Gieben, Bram E. (September 5, 2013). "Jel - Late Pass". The Skinny. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
9. Korbel, Meaghann (April 20, 2012). "Q&A: Jel". Alarm. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
10. Burns, Todd (September 1, 2003). "Jel - 10 Seconds". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
11. Bromwich, Jonah (July 31, 2012). "Serengeti: C.A.R.". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
12. Jeffries, David. "Soft Money - Jel". AllMusic. Retrieved April 26, 2014.

External links

• Jel discography at Discogs
• Jel on SoundCloud