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JESTER RECORDS

Pulling Rabbits Since 1998

About Me


Promulgating vision – volatile, valiant, etc. – with the knack. Not necessarily music. But always quality shit. We are very conscious.
Our current discs include progressive / avant / psychedelic / rock / jazz / industry / noise / cut-up / sample / collage / ambience and soundtracks. Non-genre purist, fringe fucking, outstanding, withstanding, name it, shmuck!
You can kiss our behind below:
"Im a bit of a fanboy when it comes to the label Jester Records. Ive loved everything that Ulver has done since departing from the metal scene about six years ago and find myself enthralled with each band on the label that their main-man runs. From the experimental goodness of When to the guitar driven psychedelia of Kåre João; from the darkly seductive Bogus Blimp to the neo-classical Star of Ash. Its all been wonderful to these ears, and despite being extremely diverse, it all seems right at home on the label." - Ian Dreilinger/Indie Workshop
"There are some record labels that become like old friends to you. You know the ones: they dont just spew out crap like someone who has mistaken the senokot for the imodium, its as though they appreciate your taste in music so well that every record they release is like a personal recommendation of quality to you and your greedy tastebuds. Jester Records fits that bill. Their roster deliver spicy cut 'n' pastings, heavy beats that move your mind rather than your body and occasional interjections of live instruments, wacky samples and faint glimpses of pop, with effortless brilliance as well. Bollocks! More stuff to shell out cash for unthinkingly." - Musical Bear
"Sometimes I am left slack-jawed in awe at the capacity for beauty and human creativity in the world. Its labels like Jester Records that keep my mouth open. Any of their records would be an asset to your collection, but beware Norwegian music is addictive!" - Ed Chamberlin
"Jester has rapidly become one of our favorite labels, what with releases by When, Ulver, Arcturus, Rotoscope, Esperanza, Bogus Blimp, Single Unit, and Origami Galaktika -- we've liked 'em all, actually! So whenever Jester puts out something new, even if we've never heard of the artist before (which is often the case) we make sure to check it out. Hmm, high time we made a Jester section in our bins!" - Aquarius Records, San Francisco

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/4/2005
Band Website: jester-records.com
Band Members: 1349 RYKKINN - ANTHONY CURTIS - ARCTURUS - BOGUS BLIMP - ESPERANZA - KÅRE JOÃO - ESPEN JØRGENSEN - ORIGAMI GALAKTIKA - ROTOSCOPE - SINGLE UNIT - STAR OF ASH - ULVER - UPLAND - VIRUS - WHEN
Influences: Some family influences: Alcohol, Antonin Artaud, Aphrodite’s Child, Autechre, Francis Bacon, John Barry, Georges Bataille, Charles Baudelaire, Beach Boys, Samuel B. Beckett, André Bjerke, Jens Bjørneboe, Black Sabbath, William Blake, Maurice Blanchot, Curt Boettcher, Hieronymus Bosch, Bragolin, André Breton, Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, Kate Bush, Can, Peter Carroll, Nick Cave, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Paul Celan, Chaos, Leonard Cohen, Coil, Joe Coleman, John Coltrane, Commodore, David Cronenberg, Aleister Crowley, Dali, Dante, Darkthrone, Miles Davis, Death, Philip K. Dick, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Drugs, Isidore Ducasse, Torbjørn Egner, The Electric Prunes, Faust, Charles Fort, Serge Gainsbourg, Diamanda Galás, Alberto Giacometti, Michael Haneke, Françoise Hardy, Lee Hazlewood, Werner Herzog, Michel Houellebecq, Henrik Ibsen, Edmond Jabes, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Tor Jonsson, C. G. Jung, Wong Kar-Wai, King Crimson, Kiss, Theodor Kittelsen, Kool Keith, Kraftwerk, Paul Laffoley, Anita Lane, Timothy Leary, The Left Banke, Mike Leigh, Life, Love, Lucifer, David Lynch, J. H. Lynch, Charlie Manson, Curtis Mayfield, Mercury Rev, Charles Mingus, Missy Elliott, Lucas Moodysson, Moog, Moondog, Ennio Morricone, Edvard Munch, Gerard de Nerval, Nature, Nico, Michael Palmer, Van Dyke Parks, Arvo Pärt, Fernando Pessoa, Astor Piazzolla, Edgar Allan Poe, Prometheus, The Residents, Terry Riley, Arthur Rimbaud, Rotary Connection, Marquis de Sade, Lalo Schifrin, Sinatra, Slayer, Sofokles, Space, Spiritualized, Dusty Springfield, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Snorre Sturluson, Sun Ra, Talk Talk, Andrej Tarkovskij, This Heat, Thule, Tuxedomoon, Tor Ulven, Univers Zero, Jean-Claude Vannier, Scott Walker, Robert Anton Wilson, Joel Peter Witkin, Townes Van Zandt, Frank Zappa, Peter Wessel Zapffe, The Zombies.
Sounds Like: 1349 RYKKINN - ANTHONY CURTIS - ARCTURUS - BOGUS BLIMP - ESPERANZA - KÅRE JOÃO - ESPEN JØRGENSEN - ORIGAMI GALAKTIKA - ROTOSCOPE - SINGLE UNIT - STAR OF ASH - ULVER - UPLAND - VIRUS - WHEN
Record Label: That is what we are, yes.
Type of Label: Indie

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