Jel

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

History

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.^[2] It features contributions from Dax Pierson, Odd Nosdam, Doseone and Alias.^[3]

His second solo album, Soft Money, was released on Anticon in 2006. The album features contributions from Dosh, Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers, Stefanie Böhm of Ms. John Soda among others.^[4]

He released his third solo album, Late Pass, on Anticon in 2013.^[5]

Style

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.^[6] He has produced numerous tracks for underground hip hop artists such as Deep Puddle Dynamics, Atmosphere, Sole, Sage Francis,^[7] and Serengeti.^[8]

Jel is also a rapper. He provides vocals on Soft Money.^[9] 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

Albums

• Greenball (2001)
• 10 Seconds (2002)
• Greenball II (2004)
• Soft Money (2006)
• Greenball 3rd (2007)
• Greenball 3.5 (2012)
• Late Pass (2013)
• Greenball 4 (2014)

EPs

• The Meat & Oil EP (2003)

Singles

• "WMD" b/w "All Around" (2005)

Themselves

• "Joyful Toy of a 1001 Faces" (1999)
• Them (1999)
• "This About the City too..." (2002)
• The No Music (2002)
• The No Music of AIFFS (2003)
• Live (2003)
• "P.U.S.H." (2004)
• Live II (2005)
• The Free Houdini (2009)
• CrownsDown (2009)
• CrownsDown & Company (2010)

Subtle

• Summer (2002)
• Autumn (2002)
• Winter (2002)
• Spring (2003)
• "F.K.O." (2004)
• "The Long Vein of the Law" (2004)
• A New White (2004)
• Earthsick (2004)
• Wishingbone (2006)
• "The Mercury Craze" (2006)
• For Hero: For Fool (2006)
• Yell&Ice (2007)
• ExitingARM (2008)

13 & God

• "Men of Station" (2005)
• 13 & God (2005)
• Live in Japan (2008)
• "Oldage" (2011)
• Own Your Ghost (2011)

Anticon

• We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) (2002)

Presage

• Outer Perimeter (1998)

Productions

• Doseone - "2 Ton Can of Wupass" "Etherial Downtime" from Hemispheres (1998)
• Deep Puddle Dynamics - "June 26th, 1998" "I Am Hip-Hop (Move the Crowd)" "Heavy Ceiling" "Mothers of Invention" from The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel? (1999)
• Sole - "Tourist Trapeze" "Center City" from Bottle of Humans (2000)
• Atmosphere - "Free or Dead" "They're All Gonna Laugh @ You" "Lost and Found" from Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs (2001)
• Jel vs. 2Mex - "D.I.Y. Partisan" from "D.I.Y. Partisan" (2002)
• Sage Francis - "Climb Trees" "Smoke and Mirrors" from Personal Journals (2002)
• Sole - "My Head Hurts" from "Salt on Everything" (2002)
• Sole - "Respect Pt. 3" "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" "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)
• Skyrider - "Into the Light (Jel remix)" from Skyrider (2008)
• Main Attrakionz & Zachg - "Chap 3" "So Whut" from Cloudlife (2012)
• Serengeti - Kenny Dennis EP (2012)
• Serengeti - C.A.R. (2012)

Compilation appearances

• "Props 2000" on Strictly Indee (2000)
• "Stop (and Listen)" "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

External links

• Jel on Bandcamp
• Jel on Mush Records
• Jel discography at Discogs
• Jel on SoundCloud