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tone|date=October 2011BLP sources|date=October 2011Infobox musical artist| image = DJ Logic Vail Snow Daze Concert Dobson Ice Arena 12-12-2008.jpg| caption = DJ Logic performing at Vail Snow Daze| name = DJ Logic| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Jason Kibler| alias =| birth_place = The Bronx , New York , United States | death_date =| origin =| instrument = Turntablism|Turntables | genre = Hip hop music|Hip-hop , jazz , jam band | occupation = Disc jockey|DJ , turntablist | years_active = 1990–present| label = Ropeadope Records|Ropeadope , Relix | associated_acts = Project Logic, Eye and I, Yohimbe Brothers, The John Popper Project | website = http://www.djlogic.com DJLogic.com DJ Logic (born Jason Kibler ) is an United States|American Turntablism|turntablist http://books.google.com/books? id=BTV5KNXsRIwC& pg=PA106& dq=%22DJ+Logic%22+jason& hl=en& ei=E6KTTp-JD7SNigK32P2ZBQ& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=1& ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage& q=%22DJ%20Logic%22%20jason& f=false active primarily in jazz and with jam band s.
Kibler was born and raised in The Bronx . An early interest in hip hop music|hip hop led to his using the phonograph|turntables , practicing often. Kibler was also interested in funk and jazz music, and began collaborating with various musicians. His own recordings are perhaps best described as contemporary soul jazz with a strong Hip hop music|hip hop feel.
Kibler tours often with his own group, Project Logic, and has recorded or performed with Vernon Reid , moe. , John Mayer (musician)|John Mayer , Medeski Martin & Wood , Bob Belden , Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson , Chris Whitley , Uri Caine , Christian McBride and others. On April 6, 2006, Kibler sat in with Bob Weir 's Ratdog , adding his style to the famous Grateful Dead song combo "China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider". He is a founding member of The John Popper Project . On August 15, 2009, Kibler sat in with O.A.R. at Madison Square Garden , adding his style to their latest single "This Town".
His mentor was Vernon Reid , and the twosome recorded and toured occasionally as the Yohimbe Brothers with various guests. Kibler has appeared on studio and live performances with Reid's solo projects, and Reid also did a guest solo on one track from Kibler's original band, Eye and I , which also featured D.K. Dyson and Melvin Gibbs , the latter of which has played on all of the DJ Logic solo releases as well.
Discography
Project Logic ( Ropeadope Records , 1999)
The Anomaly (Ropeadope, 2001)
For No One In Particular (2003)
Zen of Logic (Ropeadope, 2006)
The John Popper Project| The John Popper Project Featuring DJ Logic (Relix, 2006)
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External links
http://www.djlogic.com/ Official site
http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/logic.html Biography
http://members.tripod.com/vermontreview/Interviews/djlogic.htm An interview with DJ Logic
http://www.archive.org/details/DJLogic DJ Logic collection at the Internet Archive 's live music archive
http://www.amuletrecords.com/CATALOG/amt012/amt012.htm For No One In Particular on Amulet
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php? id=26101 Video interview with DJ Logic at allaboutjazz.com
Persondata | NAME = Logic, DJ | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Kibler, Jason | SHORT DESCRIPTION = United States|American Turntablism|turntablist | DATE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH = The Bronx , New York , United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Logic, DJ Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:American DJs Category:People from the Bronx Category:Ropeadope Records artists
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