- Jel
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Jel
Background = solo_singer
Origin =Oakland ,California
Genre =Hip hop ,Alternative hip hop
Years_active = 1997-present
Label =anticon.
Associated_acts =Subtle 13 & God Themselves Jel (born Jeffrey Logan) is a
hip hop producer andrapper for theanticon. label. He is a part of the hip hop duoThemselves and is also heavily involved in the bandsSubtle and13 & God .tyle
Jel is primarily a producer, and is known for his use of the SP-1200 to create drum beats with little to no sequencing. Jel produces tracks for many fellow anticon members and is featured on a number of anticon releases. He has also released several solo and instrumental albums.
Jel is also a rapper, and performs on several of his tracks on the "Soft Money" album. One of his most notable vocal outings occurs alongside fellow anticon members pedestrian and sole in "arrest the president", a track off pedestrian's "unindian songs vol. 1" which Jel also helped produce. He can also be heard rapping and performing background vocals for the groups Subtle and Themselves.
Discography
olo Albums
*"10 Seconds" (
2001 )
*"Soft Money" (2006 )EPs
*"The Meat & Oil - EP (
2003 )Instrumentals
*"Greenball" (
2001 )
*"Greenball II" (2004 )
*"Greenball 3rd" (2007 )External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/jelanticon Jel's Myspace]
* [http://www.anticon.com/index.php?section=artist&target=Jel&js=yes Jel's Anticon Bio page]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jel Jel on Discogs.com]
* [http://remixmag.com/artists/remix_jel/ Remix Mag interview with Jel on his "Soft Money" album]
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