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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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Bamlaflamme wrote:
yesterday evening

this is the jam! so black, i am.

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coffeeandpigs wrote:
Sunday evening

just realised how sick this is

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IRIENESSCHILLED wrote:
last week

jels the shit

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Dr_MoonOrGun wrote:
last month

greenball 4 plz

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thekillingspree wrote:
last month

Guess I'm the only one here listening to the Portuguese Jel... o_O

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ZipZapRap wrote:
last month

how come it took me so long to discover Jel...!?!

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Oz_Alchemist wrote:
September 2009

ABSTRACT AND TRIP-HOP ARTIST, COME CHECK THIS PAGE : http://www.last.fm/music/Oz+Alchemist

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MULCHDRAGON wrote:
August 2009

thanks for playing oakland last year it was real dope

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zeltswagon wrote:
July 2009

Yo Jeff. Dope show. I was cracking up at that guy talkinga bout Abraham Lincoln and then spouted something to the degree of "go dose....immortal technique" hahahah. Terrific show and I cannot get enough of that MPC mastery my frend!!!

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kNox- wrote:
July 2009

PLEASE come to SF

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molua wrote:
June 2009

So good...

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NikeBlazer wrote:
May 2009

I just caught the youtube video for "all day breakfast" wow man, blow my mind. love it, absolutely love it. you are genius I need this music for my life! please come play canada. Ill hype the shit outta you.

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BurntFingers wrote:
May 2009

Horizontal Hip Hop

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spinz21 wrote:
April 2009

pushing buttons

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jeffstevens199 wrote:
April 2009

jel is an asset....soo talented...

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Neverlearn wrote:
April 2009

Jel kills it. Masterful production

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muttonstash wrote:
March 2009

the reason i bought an mpc

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Meloprint wrote:
February 2009

jel is the progress of hip hop believe it. phenomenal.

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psidre wrote:
February 2009

man you look familiar to me. prob just one of them thangs. but still

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jeffdevine wrote:
January 2009

You have to see this guy live to believe it, MPC Madness. Saw him at the 3rd annual 10th Anniversary of Anticon at the Knitting Factory. Completely bad ass.

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