JASON WILLETT

This must be a release intended to transcend city limits, because no one within Baltimore’s musical rhizome would even have use for a one-sheet, web page, whatever about Jason Urick and Jason Willett.  These two men each operate or have operated the best record shops in our uncommon city (Once Twice Sound (R.I.P.) and The True Vine, fyi) have lived and breathed musical curiosity for years, and have endless friendship and R.E.S.P.E.C.T.  worldwide because they know how to give back just that and do it generously, naturally, everyday. They are humbly prolific creators and mentors., humor-full, dedicated, perfectly-awkward living monuments for music (for sound) extraneous of music media and the market gambit. 

Jason Willett has the eyes of a spirit reincarnate in this world, an incredibly absorbent sponge that you are invited to squeeze and drink strange wisdom from   He is the mouthpiece of the Megaphone label, a former member of Half Japanese and current member of Leprechaun Catering, recent tourmates of Matmos.  He has recorded thousands of songs on thousands of instruments with dozens of collaborators (11-year olds and ducks included).  On this track, he plays the Moisturizer, a handmade spring reverb manipulator becoming the new popular tool in Baltimore head dens.  He is the devious cherub in black and white. 

This split is in the lineage of Friendship/Trips 2 & 3:  70g vinyl, letterpressed reverseboard, a homage project. 

Jason has toured the world with Half Japanese and Leprechaun Catering.  He is a member of all of these bands and counting:  Can Openers, Pleasant Livers, The Jaunties, The Dramatics, X-Ray Eyes.  He has recorded with and released music by all of these people and counting:  Jac Berrocal, Ruins, Yamatsuka Eye (Boredoms), James Chance, Jon Rose, Chris Cutler, Little Howlin Wolf, Michael Evans, Ron Anderson, Benb Gallaher, Mick Hobbs. 

He has an infinite collaborative link to Jad Fair, with whom Jason has made thousands of songs.

He has created his own pizza at Baltimore’s own Philly’s Best, called the Taj Mahal.

Release Date:  November 11 2009