The Lonely by Jerk
Taking its name from being one of Jerk's favourite episodes of the original Twilight Zone series, where a man is sentenced to solitary confinement on an asteroid, 'The Lonely' captures the solitary nature of the episode in its sonic form through the composition, performance and recording of the track. Composed, arranged, played, produced and mixed & mastered entirely by Jerk, the track shows the fruits of all those lonely years, as Jerk goes on to explain:
“My experience growing up in Binghamton, NY was lonely - I was a closeted queer kid, I had a difficult time relating to my peers as I grew into my teenage years, and most prevalently I was the one of the only people in my school interested in playing and writing music. My compromise to this was learning everything I could about music - how to play all of the instruments I currently play, how to write music, and how to record and edit audio. This period of my life laid the foundation for Jerk. Returning to my childhood home during the 2020 lockdown, I found myself making music in the same room I spent all those lonely teenage years – ‘The Lonely’ is one of the compositions to come out of that period, and was made from April 15-22.”
The track follows Jerk's 2021 album 'Circling' and is the first of new music to come from the Brooklyn-based artist in 2022.
Tracklist
| 1. | The Lonely | 3:01 |
Credits
Composed, arranged, played, produced and mixed & mastered by Jerk
License
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Based in Brooklyn, NY, Jerk is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer known for exploring the liminality between jazz, hip hop, and r&b, citing influences ranging from traditional jazz artists Charlie Parker and Gene Ammons to 70s fusion figures Don Blackman and Patrice Rushen to hip hop producers J Dilla and Madlib.