Jason Hates Jazz

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“Well it’s not so much that I hate jazz, but dinner party music is not where my sound is at. In fact, it’s about as far removed from it as you can get.” Now, relative newcomer to the recording side of the music biz he may be, but Jason Mercer, the creative force behind Jason Hates Jazz, is certainly not reticent when it comes to dispensing his forthright views on the subject. "Music is really just a metaphor for life and love I think and really needs to be used to express that," Jason asserts. “But instead it seems like there’s been such a flood of mediocre records the last few years – poor songwriting, obvious loops, and uncredited samples. I worry the whole scene is moving in the wrong direction. Maybe it’s the current economics of music," he wonders. "Maybe music isn’t being made by musicians any more, but DJs and computer technicians." An uncompromising perspective, perhaps, but one laced with more than a hint of mischievous irony – the result of a passionate and protracted love affair with music that stretches back to Jason’s formative years in his native Canada. Growing up near Toronto, Jason fell in love with dance music at an early age. Inspired by the positive energy and lyrical hooks of disco and early synth pop, he spent untold hours wearing down the grooves on his first records like Robin Scott’s Pop Muzik and the Bee Gees’ Tragedy. It wasn’t until the 80s, however, with the new wave of extended dance mixes coming in from the UK and the arrival of acid house, t

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