Jel

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He was but a young buck, wet behind the ears and not all that wise. But if Jeffery James Logan—Catholic-born Chicago son, one-time Chuck Berry enthusiast, junior high schooler— knew one thing, he knew that he needed to play the drums. If he knew another thing, it was that he wouldn’t get to, no matter how much angsty teen protest or sullen-eyed brooding he put into the cause, because, well, some jock kid was in better with the gym teacher.

So Jeff—the SP-1200 beatmachine master we now know as jel—took up the coronet. Thankfully, the SP found jel shortly after Christmas one high school year. He’d been helping elderly women pump gas as part of a long-term scheme to turn fuel into money into circuitry into sound. He still had the tapes from the year he fell in love with music—1989 radio broadcasts from 105.9 WGCI, The Rap Down with Franky J and Disco Dave—and had been desperately searching for a way to feed his intense attraction to beat-making ever since his first urges were denied. With cash clenched tightly in young fist, he marched to the nearest music store and happily bought the cornerstone of his entire sound: the SP-1200. Revenge on a gym teacher never felt so sweet. And jel never looked back.

The next few years were spent mostly in two places. When jel wasn’t locked away in his room with his new mechanical love, he was helping out behind the scenes at Northwestern University’s radio station. At home he’d cut, chop, record, and tap; on campus he’d pass his tapes along to local DJs and emcees that would stop by the station.

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Top Tracks

1	All Around full track	177
2	Sweet Cream in It full track	145
3	No Solution full track	142
4	All Day Breakfast full track	129
5	Know You Don't full track	118
6	Nice Last full track	112
7	To Buy A Car full track	111
8	WMD full track	101
9	Thrashin full track	74
10	Soft Money, Dry Bones full track	71
11	Mislead full track	70
12	Chipmunk Technique full track	59
13	Time Signature	26
14	Auto Correct	25
15	Subsong	24

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Dr_Thunder_MD wrote:
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Mad_Sasquatch wrote:
last month

iceeeee

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keptblue wrote:
last month

ANTICON forevaa. you guys would love http://extlabs.com/yourinfamousharp/

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chillwithschill wrote:
last month

Saw Jel at Cafe Du Nord last night in SF. I wish I could play the MPC live like that!

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

nice!
Chaffinski wrote:
August 2008

Indiefeed, then anticon then you made me realise how much I love abstract hip hop.

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xgeorgx wrote:
August 2008

very nice!

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delphia wrote:
August 2008

I stood next to him for like 10 minutes without realizing it.

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NescafeKid wrote:
July 2008

Jel's a true sound chip grenade launcher.

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gayle_grenade wrote:
June 2008

He makes me want to air mpc?

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TxusMx wrote:
June 2008

Soft Money is sooooooooo damn good!

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Moileviola wrote:
June 2008

How was he in Subtle? On wich night? And how would you compare him to the actual drummer?

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[deleted-user] wrote:
June 2008

He was great in Subtle the other night. Better than the actual drummer!
Apollofury wrote:
May 2008

He was great in Subtle the other night. Better than the actual drummer!

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OneArmedScizzor wrote:
May 2008

He was great in Subtle the other night. Better than the actual drummer!

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jkdeadite wrote:
May 2008

He was great in Subtle the other night. Better than the actual drummer!

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antilochus wrote:
April 2008

Jel looks so crazy in pictures

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snackle wrote:
April 2008

changing patterns amuse me

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irotas wrote:
March 2008

New group for fans of Abstract and instrumental hip-hop

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ViolenceUpfront wrote:
March 2008

i downloaded something called just 4 me. is this actually by Jel?

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