Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

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Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
Origin San Francisco, California
Genres Ambient, drone, noise, experimental
LabelsRoot Strata and others

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma is a multi-instrumentalist, [1] member of several bands, and co-founder of the Root Strata record label based out of San Francisco, California. Cantu-Ledesma got his start in the band Tarentel. He was one of the founding members and is still a primary figure in the band's line-up. Cantu-Ledesma continues to be involved with many musical projects.

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His label, Root Strata, has an extensive catalog that includes artists such as Tarentel, Grouper, Yellow Swans, Charalambides, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Oneohtrix Point Never, Barn Owl, Starving Weirdos, Gregg Kowalsky, and more.

Cantu-Ledesma currently lives in Germany.

Discography (by project)

Tarentel

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

Primary solo project, primarily ambient/drone music

Colophon

Ambient solo project

The Holy See

Harsh noise project of Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Jim Redd

Sea Zombies

Project of Brad Rose (The North Sea, Ajilvsga, Ossining, Digitalis Records) and John Twells (Xela, Type Records) with contributions by Gregg Kowalsky, Jed Bindeman, and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

The Alps

Kraut/psych rock band

Moholy-Nagy

A heavily synthesizer based and largely improvisational group featuring Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Danny Paul Grody, and Trevor Montgomery

Isidore Ducasse

Collaborative project between Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Trevor Montgomery

Josephine

Collaborative project between Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Tony Cross

Raum

Collaborative project between Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Liz Harris (Grouper)

Félicia Atkinson and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

Collaborative project between Félicia Atkinson and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

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