| J Lesser | |
| Background: | non_performing_personnel |
| Birth Name: | Jason Doerck |
| Alias: | Lesser |
| Birth Date: | 19 December 1970 |
| Birth Place: | California, USA |
| Genre: | Electronica Glitch Drum and bass IDM |
| Occupation: | Producer |
| Years Active: | 1990–October 2015[1] |
| Label: | Matador Records Tigerbeat6 Vinyl Communications |
| Associated Acts: | Matmos Kid606 Disc Crash Worship Wobbly |
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.
Born and raised around California, including Willits and San Diego, Doerck began his music career listening to and playing bass guitar black metal and punk, including a Metallica cover band.[2] 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.[3] 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).[4]
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.