Noise Pop: Jesse Marchant, Howard Ivans
Jesse Marchant is a Swiss-Canadian multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and record producer based in New York City. He has recorded 4 studio albums and an EP, Brightest of Feathers. His most recently completed LP Illusion of Love will be released in January of 2018. Marchant has produced or co-produced all of his records and performed many of the recordings himself. Stray Ashes was engineered and performed by Marchant alone, in a rented great lodge in N. Argyle, NY. Bass was later added by Macy Taylor with additional drumming by Makenzie Smith. The album was mixed by Grammy-winning producer John Congleton and released on Western Vinyl in 2012. Marchant’s album’s since have been engineered, mixed and co-produced D. James Goodwin, and released on Marchant’s No Other label.