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Jeph Jerman

born agana, guam jan. 16, 1959. began my musical \"career\" in high school, playing in various dance and show bands. sometime in the \'80\'s began seriously documenting my own sound work. founded the bands: big joey, blowhole, city of worms, and began working solo under the name hands to. released far too many cassetttes cds and lps. founded the big body parts label which existed from 1984 to 1989. moved around the country, sometimes taking my bands with me. since 1997 or so, have been releasing work under my own name. i am most interested in listening, in what happens when we listen.

born agana, guam jan. 16, 1959. began my musical \"career\" in high school, playing in various dance and show bands. sometime in the \'80\'s began seriously documenting my own sound work. founded the bands: big joey, blowhole, city of worms, and began working solo under the name hands to. released far too many cassetttes cds and lps. founded the big body parts label which existed from 1984 to 1989. moved around the country, sometimes taking my bands with me. since 1997 or so, have been releasing work under my own name. i am most interested in listening, in what happens when we listen.

Registro De Piedra
*165 (hand-numbered) copies limited edition* "Registro de Piedra plays with the idea of place memory. I have heard a few stories of people spending the night in or near ancient ruins and witnessing strange sights and sounds. What some might call ghosts. Modern science has no way of explaining these apparitions, casting doubt on the authenticity of the experience. Other researchers have propounded the idea that these places may hold memories of past occurrences, and that under certain circumstanc…
For Alvin Kelly
*120 copies limited edition* Tsss Tapes presents For Alvin Kelly by Jeph Jerman.
Et si c'​é​tait le Vent qui avait Raison ?
*200 copies limited edition* Great compilation from French label Fern Recordings. Featuring: Vincent Jehanno, Alice Kemp, BRB>VOICECOIL, Leif Elggren, Jeph Jerman, Yeast Culture, Aliénor Golvet, Anne Gillis.
Hiss Lift
"What I remember … a car on fire alongside the highway in the middle of the night. Waking in someone else’s bed in London with an entire poem spilling into my head, and then recording it with Tim in the kitchen after breakfast. Seemingly endless car, bus and train rides full of the country side splintered and refracted through glass and fatigue, always the same, always different. The screaming woman at the airport who pulled the fire alarm, evacuating the terminal. Some guy in Brooklyn talking t…
Goethe
"Across a dozen years, the duo of Jerman and Barnes has offered powerful, minimal music rooted in a shared dedication to the creative act of listening. Jerman is a veteran of the creative music scenes in Denver and Seattle, and in more recent years has been thoroughly investigating the sonic possibilities of the desert Southwest where he lives and works. Tim Barnes's resume as a percussionist, engineer, and curator is studded with all-star collaborators including Tony Conrad, Sonic Youth, Ken Va…
Ku
The act of conjuring remarkable sound from found objects is at the very heart of this recording from American musicians Greg Davis and Jeph Jerman. Having met in Arizona some years back, Davis and Jerman commenced working together on a series of recording projects. Improvising with a range of implements and devices ranging from sticks, stones and lo-fi electronics to prepared instruments, gongs and broken percussion, the pair sought to develop a personal language that reflected their individual …
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