New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 - Music

Jana Hunter From Houston TX Is An American Lo-Fi Experimental Songwriter And Musician Currently Based In Baltimore. Previously He Founded The Houston Band Matty & Mossy And Later In 2009 He Formed Lower Dens And In 2010 Toured The USA With Future Islands. He Is Signed To Gnomonsong A Record Label Run By Devendra Banhart And Vetiver's Andy Cabic. His Solo Debut Album Blank Unstaring Heirs Of Doom Was The Label's Debut Release. He Later Completed His Second Album "There's No Home" As Well As "Carrion EP". While In Texas Hunter Founded And Played In The Houston Band Matty & Mossy With Heath Flagtvedt Matt Frey And John Hunter. Their Album Fraimers Haimey Was Recorded In Athens Georgia With Chris Bishop And Released On Fleece Records. The Album Reached #1 On The Radio Charts Of KTRU-FM And KSPC And Songs From The Album Were Used In The Soundtrack Of Andrew Bujalski's Films Funny Ha Ha And Mutual Appreciation. In 1994 When Hunter Was 16 He Was Violinist In The Greater Youth Orchestra Of Fort Worth Texas. This Quickly And Naturally Led To Smoking Cigarettes Hanging Out In A VW Van And Joining Local Hippie Band McGillicutty. Hilariously This Group Soon Disbanded Due To Creative Differences And Hunter Began In Earnest The Pursuit Of Solo Writing Performing At Local Open Mics And House Parties. Arlington TX Jana's Hometown Is A Depressing Place And Hunter Took That Sentiment To New York 1996 And Eventually Houston 1998 Writing Dark Severe And Beautiful Songs That More And More Reflected A Paranoiac View Of The World. These Were Shared For The Most Part With A Few Friends Occasionally In The Guise Of Rock Songs In His Now-Defunct Band Matty & Mossy And Eventually At A Few Shows In Houston Opening Up For Touring Bands. A Show In 2003 With Devendra Banhart Led A Year Later To Hunter's Inclusion On His Golden Apples Of The Sun Compilation Bastet . In 2005 Devendra And Jana Released A Split Vinyl Album On Troubleman Records Followed Quickly By The Release Of Hunter's Debut Solo Album Blank Unstaring Heirs Of Doom In October Of That Year On Gnomonsong. Since His Initial Release Hunter Has Repeatedly Toured North America And Europe Joined Forces With Castanets As Their Sometimes Touring Bass Player And Vocalist Guested On Albums By CocoRosie And Metallic Falcons Played At The Banhart-Curated All Tomorrow's Parties Recorded A Soon-To-Be-Released Album With A New Band Jracula And Prepared A Split Release With His Fellow Houstonians Indian Jewelry. Hunter Has Also Appeared On The Following Compilations The Enlightened Family Voodoo-Eros The Black And White Skins Les Disque Du Crespuscule Furniture Record's Sheets Of Easter Everywhere Singles Series And The Online Lullaby Collection From Blogupmusique.Com. ...Heirs Of Doom Was Re-Issued In A Very Limited Run As A Double Cassette On Fuck-It Tapes In June 2006. Hunter In A Fit Of Drunken Ingenuity Helped Devise A Plan To Tour By Sea. Along With Friend Red Hunter Peter & The Wolf No Relation Hunter Charting A Late Summer Tour For 2006 Along The Intracoastal Waterway From New York City To Norfolk VA. In A Sailboat. Good Friend And Former WFMU Staple OCDJ Skippered His Own Vessel And Ray Raposa Castanets Completed The Bill. read less