A short piece written for the recent wedding of two lovely friends... thanks to Matthew Cullen for helping to capture every squeak & creak from the #YoungChang upright in my kitchen.

Lunescape No.1 (demo)

A few recent remixes... or sorta recent anyway.

The first is "Us vs. Them" by Common Prayer. The original track can be found on the debut release "There Is A Mountain". The remix however, exists only in the ether.

And the second is "Resignation Studies" by The Silent League. This remix can be found (with other finer SL remixes on "We Go Forward"). The original can be found on "But You've Always Been the Caretaker"

Resignation Studies Remixed - Original Track by The Silent League - Remixed by  Jeff Mercel

Lunescapes Volume One  (to be released late March 2018 via The Satellite Union & Psychic Troubles Tapes) will be Jeff's first full-length, solo release. Recorded at home (mostly in the kitchen, on a sometimes unruly upright piano) the Lunescapes offer a series of instrumental vignettes, intimate landscapes, and lo-fi fantasies. The writing and recording for volume two  is ongoing and will be finished later in 2018.

Lunescapes Volume One

Lunescape No. 11 (Long Distance Declaration)

Lunescape No. 22 (You're Talking About Memories)

Lunescape No. 1

Lunescape No. 10 (Siri's Lament)

Lunescape No. 2

Lunescape No. 4

Lunescape No. 17 (Taro)

Lunescape No. 26

Lunescape No. 6 (for Larsen B)

Lunescape No. 13

Original music from Sal Bardo's latest film, "Chaser" (2012) by Jeff Mercel.

The Breeding Ground

I'm Supposed To Say That

Based in the Hudson Valley of New York State, Jeff is a multi-instrumentalist and composer. Lunescapes Volume One  (released March 30, 2018 via The Satellite Union & Psychic Troubles Tapes) is Jeff's first full-length, solo release. Recorded at home (mostly in the kitchen, on a sometimes unruly upright piano) the Lunescapes offer a series of instrumental vignettes, intimate landscapes, and lo-fi fantasies. The writing and recording for volume two  is ongoing and will be finished later in 2018.

From 1998-2011, Jeff was also a member of the band Mercury Rev - contributing to some of the band's most critically acclaimed work, including Deserter's Songs, All Is Dream, and more. It was with the band that he gained his first opportunity to write for picture, composing and producing the original score for Robinson Savary's debut feature-length film, Bye Bye Blackbird.

In addition to his ongoing solo work and work for film, television & commercial advertising, Jeff is an active session musician and current member of several groups, including: Miracle Whips (PDX-based, porch-rock dream team) and the improvisational, noise-rock/spazz-jazz collective, otherwise known as Ultraam. When not in the studio, he can be found fly-fishing the legendary streams of the Catskill Mountains.

Jeff Mercel

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