J Lesser
J Lesser is the stage name for Jason Doerck (born December 19, 1970). Between 2003 and 2006 Doerck was a member of the defunct laptop group Sagan, alongside Blevin Blectum, Wobbly, and video artist Ryan Junell. Early years. Born and raised around California, including Willits and San Diego, Doerck began his music career listening to and playing black metal and punk, including a Metallica cover band. In San Diego, he had a job coloring New Kids on the Block comic books using computers. In 1997, he helped form the group Disc with Kid606, M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel  (of Matmos). An interest in electronic music drove Doerck to begin work with record label Vinyl Communications in 1992, adding more electronic flavor to what was otherwise a punk record label. Doerck settled in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1994, where he participated in the drum & bass scene. There he toured with A Minor Forest, and later collaborated with Kid606, publishing a number of records on the label Tigerbeat6. Doerck also played with members of Crash Worship. Doerck's early electronic music influences included Luke Vibert's work released under the alias "Plug", which Doerck admits he tried to  imitate (with little success). 2000s. In 2001, Doerck became a live/touring member of Matmos when they toured as an opening act with Björk in addition to playing as supporting musicians in her band on the "Vespertine" tour. During the same year, his album "Gearhound" won an Honorable Mention for Digital Musics in the Prix Ars Electronica. In 2001, Doerck released an MP3 compilation of Lesser material on CD entitled "LS-MP3CD-R" that included hundreds of files and over 12 hours of audio. In 2004, Doerck remixed "Who Is It" from Björk's "Medúlla" album.