Jesse F. Keeler

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Jesse F. Keeler

Jesse Frederick Keeler (born November 11, 1976 in Toronto) is a Canadian musician. He is perhaps best known as the bassist of former Canadian rock band duo Death from Above 1979, as well as being one half of the electronic music group MSTRKRFT.

Although Keeler's rise to fame came through Death from Above 1979, he is currently focusing on MSTRKRFT. In one interview he was noted as saying, "Dance music was what I wanted to make in the first place." ^[1]

1 Biography
2 Current occupations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Keeler first started off playing in many different local Toronto bands, his first most popular project being Black Cat #13. Once Black Cat split, he formed his own 7-piece music project, Femme Fatale. Though the live band broke up, Keeler recorded all 3 of the released EPs himself, with production work from longtime friend Al Puodziukas (AKA "Al-P"), a longtime friend of Keeler's, with whom he would later go on to form MSTRKRFT.

While looking for a more skilled drummer than himself while working on Femme Fatale's EP Fire Baptism, Keeler got ahold of Sebastien Grainger, another Canadian musician. Playing together for the EP gave the two the idea of starting a band, which eventually became Death from Above 1979.

After touring extensively for DFA1979's second release, You're a Woman, I'm a Machine, the band took time off. Keeler finished building MSTRKRFT studios in East York, Toronto, and started up MSTRKRFT along with producer Al-P. On August 3rd, 2006, DFA1979 officially announced their breakup via their website, making MSTRKRFT more or less Keeler's full-time occupation.

[edit] Current occupations

Recently, Keeler and Al-P finished touring with MSTRKRFT and are now working on their second LP. Also, Keeler has released some information on a new "Femme Fatale" Album, planned to be out in March.

A new project has also begun with Keeler and a friend, known as "Rambo Knife". Not much is known though at this point.