Grasshopper is Jesse DeRosa and Josh Millrod's behemoth answer to "jazz infused" experimental electronic music. Using trumpets, EVI, and a modest amount of electronics the duo warp classical and traditional instrument sound sources into otherworldly drones and peaking waves of pulsating electric mire.

Grasshopper has shared stages with the likes of Graveyards, John Wiese, Noveller, Ducktails, Nonhorse, Ghost Moth, John Fell Ryan, Grey Skull, Theo Angell and Telecult Powers among others.

A label run by Doug Kaplan and Max Allison. We operate out of Chicago, IL and release music on vinyl, on cassette tape, and digitally via Bandcamp.

It’s likely that we’ve never met, but we believe that all of the decisions you make as a person operating in this world are well-intentioned and correct in their own way and with that belief in our minds we’d like you to know how deeply we admire you.

Improvisations and noise compositions using effected percussion and bass guitar while synthesizing found sounds field recordings under the name Xanthocephalus. I also take part in Urkas, Gjallarhornet and Silent Isle. 


Josh Millrod lives in a castle in Brooklyn, New York where much to the chagrin of his neighbors he focuses nearly all of his energies on making noise with a trumpet, a modest amount of electronics and synthesizers.  Josh has performed in 15 countries playing solo, as a member of Grasshopper and Hex Breaker Quartet/Quintet and with a symphony orchestra.   Josh started playing trumpet in 9th grade to join a ska band and after that plan went horribly right he attended Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music where he was crowned a professional musician with slightly less debt that professional musicians who attended schools in New York.

Josh has shared the stage with Excepter, Tim Hecker, Oneohtrix Point Never, Jon Olson of Wolf Eyes, Tiger Hatchery, Emeralds and Telecult Powers.  Josh has collaborated with or currently collaborates with Excepter, Lea Bertucci, Konrad Kamm, G. Lucas Crane, Sandy Gordon, Ed Bear and Mike Haley.  As a member of Grasshopper, Josh has also appeared on albums on a number of album of the year list and made NPR's best of 2010 cassettes list.  He has solo releases on Baked Tapes, Hausu Mountain and Tranquility Tapes under the names Josh Millrod and Dads Against Vietnam.

Host of 'The Avant Ghetto' on WFMU:

www.wfmu.org/playlists/AH

Psych, folk, noise, free jazz, electronic and whatever.



live performance / music / sound design / custom instruments & performing systems

Producer/Composer/Sound Designer BM + MM Peabody Conservatory

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