Jel (born Jeffrey Logan) is an American hip hop producer and rapper. He is a member of Themselves, Subtle, 13 & God and Presage. He is also a co-founder of Anticon.

History [link]

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.^[1] The album features Dax Pierson, Odd Nosdam, Doseone and Alias. His second solo album Soft Money was released on Anticon in 2006. The album features Dosh, Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers, Stefanie Böhm of Ms. John Soda among others.

Style [link]

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.^[2] He has produced numerous tracks for Anticon label mates.

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

Discography [link]

Jel [link]

• Greenball (2001)
• 10 Seconds (2002)
• The Meat & Oil EP (2003)
• Greenball II (2004)
• "WMD" b/w "All Around" (2005)
• Soft Money (2006)
• Greenball 3rd (2007)
• Greenball 3.5 (2012)

Themselves [link]

• "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 [link]

• 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 [link]

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

Presage [link]

• Outer Perimeter (1998)

Productions [link]

• "2 Ton Can Of Wupass" "Etherial Downtime" by Doseone on Hemispheres (1998)
• "June 26th, 1998" "I Am Hip-Hop (Move The Crowd)" "Heavy Ceiling" "Mothers Of Invention" by Deep Puddle Dynamics on The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel? (1999)
• "Props 2000" on Strictly Indee (2000)
• "Tourist Trapeze" "Center City" by Sole on Bottle of Humans (2000)
• "Stop (And Listen)" "Go (Away And Think)" on Ropeladder 12 (2000)
• "Free Or Dead" "They're All Gonna Laugh @ You" "Lost And Found" by Atmosphere on Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs (2001)
• "We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes)" "Pitty Party People" by Anticon on We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) (2002)
• "D.I.Y. Partisan" by Jel vs. 2Mex on D.I.Y. Partisan (2002)
• "Climb Trees" "Smoke And Mirrors" by Sage Francis on Personal Journals (2002)
• "My Head Hurts" by Sole on Salt On Everything (2002)
• "Respect Pt. 3" "Sebago" by Sole on Selling Live Water (2003)
• "Song For John Walker" by DJ Krush on The Message at the Depth (2003)
• "Rhythmic Soaring" by Mr. Dibbs on The 30th Song (2003)
• "Deep End" by Josh Martinez on Buck Up Princess (2004)
• "Hello" by Prince Po on The Slickness (2004)
• "T.I.M." by Sole on New Single (2005)
• "O Hosanna" "Arrest The President" "The Toss & Turn" by Pedestrian on Volume One: UnIndian Songs (2005)
• "Central Park (Jel remix)" by General Electrics on Central Mixes (2005)
• "Your Neighborhood Spaceman" by Peeping Tom on Peeping Tom (2006)
• "Into The Light (Jel remix)" by Skyrider on Skyrider (2008)
• "Chap 3" "So Whut" by Main Attrakionz & Zachg on Cloudlife (2012)
• "Last Decade" on Complex Volume 1 (2012)

References [link]

External links [link]

• Jel on Mush Records
• Jel on Myspace
• Jel on Discogs

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