Jason Urick

Jason Urick began performing ambient dronescapes under the name themoonstealingproject in the late 1990s. In the mid-2000s, he joined noise-pop improvisers Wzt Hearts, adding live processing and laptop manipulation. When Wzt Hearts disbanded in 2008, Urick reverted to solo mode, crafting glacial compositions inspired by minimal techno pioneers like Pan Sonic, Ryoji Ikeda, and Fennesz. The result was his 2009 debut album for Thrill Jockey, a collection entitled Husbands. In 2010, he followed with Fussing & Fighting, an album inspired by an ongoing obsession with dub reggae and the marriage of dub and minimal techno by acts like Rhythm & Sound. The dub obsession continued on 2011's Title King, a collaboration with Cex released on cassette. I Love You followed in 2012. ~ Fred Thomas