“This is what safety and all it’s open hearted spoils sounds like...Gorgeous. Really really gorgeous.”
-Marianna Pinchot
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Bio
Composer Jason Lesser has no memory of life before music. At age five, he began training in classical piano, beginning a relationship to music that has been the richest and most enduring of his life. Dream Tape is that relationship brought into being. Through the study and practice of such varying influences as the 16th century choral masters, the French romantics, jazz ballads, holy minimalism, lonesome country love songs, avant garde art pop, industrial, and all kinds of electronic music, Dream Tape is the unique emotional blueprint of its versatile composer. And yet what is created is universal—something every listener can make their own.
Alongside his solo releases, Jason has also scored an extensive catalog of films, including four for Oscar and Emmy nominated producer/director Frederick Marx (Hoop Dreams). Throughout the 2017-2018 championship season, the Golden State Warriors entered Oracle Arena to music that Jason co-wrote with Eveningland. Jason has also provided music to hit TV shows American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, Vice’s Why We Fight, and a bunch of commercials, including Reebok featuring Kendrick Lamar, Nike featuring Simone Biles, Uber, Facebook, YouTube, PayPal, GoPro, Volvo, and MTV, as well as designing the Google Pixel’s default ringtone.
These days you’ll find Jason writing for piano and quartet, warping psychedelia into vocal samples, obsessing over analog signal flow, and continually striving to make the prettiest music he can.
Notable Mention
“I want to tell you, about 3 or 4 years ago I had a dream. I was in this park like setting. It was big, there were people everywhere just being there. Like picnics and such. I felt like there were many people there I knew, but no one I actually recognized. I didn't see faces, just beings, spirits. It was calm and serene. I walked on up toward a hill top or knoll and there was an orchestra playing. The music was more beautiful than any I have ever heard in my life. In the dream I realized this must be what heaven will be like. I felt content to just be there, I didn't need anything.
When I have tried to describe the music previously, I could only refer to some of Zappa's themes from the late 60's and early 70’s.
I now have a new reference. Bonnie Doon took me to the same place.
I thank you for that as it's a welcome place in these not so easy times.”
-Michael Bendinelli
