Kristian Gjerstad – Jazz Turtablist – Producer – Composer

My Emotions
Right, a different offering here. This is a Detroit Techno styled track I did about two years ago. I recorded this straight live to reel to reel using only analog hardware and a midi sequencer.
I love recording tracks straight live as it captures the spirit of the performer. I could do this piece a [...]

Lucid Dream
Made by programing the drums first in Logic Pro and then everything else done in one take on the turntable and using vintage synths, wah wah pedal and a space echo. This was also done about a year and a half ago.

Breathless
A track done about a year and a half ago. Arranged in Logic Pro this is more produced than the last couple of tracks I have uploaded. I still add some layers with turntable here as well as featuring heavily on vintage synths. I overdubbed  the bass and looped that part but the solos and [...]

The Sermon Of The Sea
An ambient Jazz styled piece I did about a year and a half ago. I created this again predominately by turntable. I also am playing the Upright Bass and old vintage synths running through a space echo.
Each layer of this was done in one take without use of click tracks or [...]