With over ten years of experience navigating the twisted paths of the music industry, Jamie Myerson has built up a body of work that reflects an amazing amount of versatility and depth. As a remixer, he's been responsible for an array of chart-topping singles for the likes of Duncan Sheik, Dido and Jewel. As a producer, he's steered projects for Jan Johnston, Karen Lehner and AM. And as a recording artist, his numerous albums and singles have showcased an unprecedented ability to defy the conventions of genre and shatter stylistic boundaries. From breakthrough dance tracks to the delicate acoustics of the singer/songwriter movement, Jamie has refused to let his music become complacent. Nowhere is this duality more apparent than on Jamie's current releases, travelling the landscape between love and loss, exploring dusty back roads where lush guitars merge with cutting-edge electronics. Jamie's musical career has, in many ways, come full circle. As a teenager in the New Jersey suburbs, Jamie played drums in a succession of local bands, but found himself gravitating to electronics as a form of experimentation with his live playing. Influenced by the hardcore rhythms of the emerging drum & bass scene and the lushness of bands like Depeche Mode, Jamie soon found himself selling his drum set for a sampler and keyboards. The gamble soon paid off as Jamie signed a succession of tracks to the UK's influential Reinforced Records, becoming the first American drum & bass producer to record for a British label. His early output on Reinforced was soon joined by releases on Quayside, Belgium's Crammed Discs and NYC's Sm:)e Communications. His ability to steer clear of trends, coupled with an emotional pastiche of strings, breakbeats and keyboards, won him praise from thousands of fans and positive reviews in highly-regarded magazines like the UK's Melody Maker and Mixmag. Jamie's next move was even more ambitious. Not content to be pigeonholed as a drum & bass pro
1 | Revisions | Diamond Jungle Collection CD1 |
2 | Music For The Lonely | Global Underground 004: Oslo (Paul Oakenfold) |