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Jason Forrest

Jason Forrest and the JF band!

About Me

Bio:

Jason Forrest is an electronic musician working in a variety of forms. His sample-based music has been a pioneering force in the experimental music community, and he has been credited as being a pioneer in the emergence of the Breakcore genre.

Currently he has 3 active musical projects. As "Jason Forrest" he continues his sample-pop music and is in the final process of completing his 5th full-length album to be called "Friday Night's Alright." It's a light-hearted party-album continuing in the vein of his critically acclaimed album " Shamelessly Exciting ". More news on this as plans are confirmed.

With "The Jason Forrest Band" he joins Ethan Shaffner and Elisabeth King to form a post-funk/hiphop-prog rock power trio. They have been touring a lot, and are now working on new material for their debut recording.

After ripping up a bunch of parties and mini-Dj sets @ Wasted (more on this below) Forrest brought back the time-tested "DJ Donna Summer" moniker. With this hat on, he focuses on party-style breakcore, some rock/pop and hybrid hard-dance/party music. It's a lot of fun!

Jason Forrest currently resides in Berlin with his wife Jen Ray. He has released records in the US, UK, EU, and Japan. He has been featured in many periodicals* all over the world. Somehow he has played on 4 continents and many, many shows around the world garnering him a large international audience along the way. His live shows involve much bad dancing, possibly some blood, and a few shattered laptops.

The fantastic War Photographer video by Joel Thrussell was named video of the year by Res magazine 2006, and top 5 by Pitchfork media. We think (conservatively) it's been downloaded about 500,000 times! The "Steppin Off" video directed by the legend Jon Watts was also named video of the year by Res magazine, 2005.

He began the Cock Rock Disco label in the summer of 2001 and also is host of the Advanced D&D radio program on WFMUfm , in NYC. In 2005 he co-founded the Wasted festival with Pure and in conjunction with Club Transmediale. To date they have thrown 5 editions in 2 countries with more parties to come. The focus for the festival focuses on breakcore and all the other forms of music that shares the same energy and reckless enthusiasm.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/13/2006
Band Website: cockrockdisco.com
Band Members:

Audio:

In-depth audio interview with JF/DS on CBC's Brave New Waves.

Hilarious radio feature on JF/DS by Sweden's National Radio P3 show Musikjournalen.
Influences: Public Enemy, Todd Rundgren, Yes, His Name Is Alive, Swans, Supertramp, Nathan Michel, End, Steely Dan
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Sonig, Cock Rock Disco, Adaadat, Irritant
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Cool JF track in Graffitti Lab Video

G.R.L. Vienna putting back the Chaos in 24C3 from Of Many Names on Vimeo.Made by some guys from Vienna. Really cool I think!...
Posted by Jason Forrest on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:42:00 PST

FREE DJ DONNA SUMMER MIX!!!! BootyBreakTranceClub-Core

http://www.cockrockdisco.com/ds-mix1.htmlYep, 60 minutes of music for you to dance your ass off too. Mostly new Japanese "-core" stuff with diversions into Booty, Gabba, the 80's, new French house and...
Posted by Jason Forrest on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:10:00 PST

Jason Forrest has assembled a band for recording and performing!

At the moment it's just called; "The Jason Forrest Band", and while we know this sounds lame, we all are too busy to think up something better- but you never know. The band will begin its real live ad...
Posted by Jason Forrest on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:13:00 PST

Yes, I am returning to USA to do a new tour!!!

Hello all,I'm scheduling an east-coast tour from Oct 16th - Nov 11th as we speak.. there are a few open dates toward the end, if you want to see me AND MY NEW BAND then def send an email now!More on t...
Posted by Jason Forrest on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:12:00 PST

War Photographer and Live in Bristol now uploaded!

Yep, go check out the massively downloaded "War Photographer" video and a little insane clip form a live show over in the video section!
Posted by Jason Forrest on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:15:00 PST

Insane Mp3 sale over at Cock Rock Disco!!!! NOW!!!!

YES!!! That's right!You can get all the CRD releases for mere fucking pennies!---------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------VVVVVVVVVVVVV VVVVVVVVVV...
Posted by Jason Forrest on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:54:00 PST