Jasno Swarez

Cosplaying as Nirvana fronted by Courtney Barnett. My name was a typo on The Vandelles’ self released 2007 EP which I produced on pirated recording software in my parents Rockville home. That was my first band out of high school, Sue and I met in college because we both loved The Jesus and Mary Chain, almost ten years later we toured with them. Simulation or not, that was sick. After touring through 2013 I turned to backstage production as producer of the music segments on nyc cable access shows The Special Without and Chris Gethard Presents. During this I released Beatles/Beach Boys mashup Pet Peppers where I recomposed the songs of Pet Sounds and Sgt Peppers into one album and then fully re-recorded the compositions with my second band Hellbirds. My husband and I also expanded to live production partnering with AdHoc to create events at The Park Church Co-op in Brooklyn. After the Pandi I started La Fam Recordings in Bushwick as a way of giving back to the community from whom I’ve taken so much. Being there has felt like being back in my parent’s house all those years ago; just me, a few instruments and a computer. Over a few months I found myself recording riffs and rhythms that became these songs about the off putting otherness of being queer in het society. “What can I say, nothing sounds right because I’m gay, everyone’s gay, everyone inside.”