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image(s) by Michael Didonna

Regardless of what a handful of dying purists believe, absolutely anything you can think of can be used as a musical instrument.  Take Matmos, Bjork’s favorite collaborators, for example.  For one track on their latest release, The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast, they pointed a laser at a light sensitive theremin (utilized to most famous effect by the Beach Boys for “Good Vibrations”), then somehow motivated snails to slither across the laser’s path, triggering fluctuation in the theremin’s pitch.  Exactly.  Semen, burning flesh, and the embalmed reproductive tract of a cow are also featured.  No joke.  If snails and lasers can be employed to produce music, then turntables should no longer be in debate.  Jason Kibler--the much lauded DJ Logic–among others, has been instrumental in closing that debate for good.

“I think it took awhile for people to understand the purpose of the turntable – just as a washboard and its connection to blues – in jazz, the turntable is looked at as an inventive instrument and is used in a unique way that is embraced by all musicians now because they can see how I have put them to use and that they actually add color to the live and studio variables.”

Logic has been flying in and out windows of opportunity ever since making his behind the decks debut at a neighborhood community center for his own fourteenth birthday party.  Being brought up in the Bronx was certainly a fortunate circumstance for an aspiring deejay, but the man has obviously done more than his fair share of time on the tables to earn not only passage out of the boroughs, but a respectable living to boot.  Ben Harper, The Dead, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Vernon Reid (formerly of Living Colour) and Medeski, Martin & Wood are a handful of his highest profile employers thus far.  Grossing a profit was never the original goal, though.  It just sort of happened that way.  Just goes to show that living what you love can be rewarding in more ways than one.

“Everything has a purpose but I worked very hard from the beginning! By being persistent I was able to achieve my goals of success – maybe I made it look effortless, but just like anything else you have to put your mind to what you want to achieve. My goal to make my hobby my career was realized because I believe in what I do and that made one thing lead to another once I put my mind toward reaching audiences through my art.”

August 4th & 5th @ Cervantes   

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