J4ME5

About

Tracks for Days

Greetings, Digizen. I’m J4ME5 — a cosmic wanderer, a being of light and meat, broadcasting from an alternate timeline where the remains of a past civilization still pulse with electric life. For over two decades I’ve carried that sound across festivals, parties, and events coast to coast — Cascadia, Photosynthesis, Decibel, Gemini, Skylab III — sharing the decks with Terry Mullen, Kevin Ford, Amon Tobin, the Ninja Tune crew, and the legendary DJ Keoki.

I see the chaos of the world clearly — the glitches, the crashes, the occasional existential dread — and keep creating, dancing, and growing. Somewhere between the doom and the redemption of our species, I find through pain and elation the crucible of a new track. Join me as we explore this mystical and magical universe, where we shall discover the marvels that exist between the realms of the known and the unknown.

“I don’t want it to sound like a ‘real’ band. I want it to sound like a technician made it. That’s what I am: a technician with human feelings. Bringing love into the machines we use as our art is the most important. And THIS is how we save the world from bad music.” — Derick May