
Jake Latakas Orrall is an interdisciplinary artist, composer, music archivist and producer/engineer currently based in the USA.
Selected life events:
1986 - Born in Boston, MA
1987 - No memory
1988 - Possible first memory/dream in black and white
1989 - Caught dying squirrel in yard
1990 - Move to rural Tennessee
1991 - Exploring meadow
1992 - Exploring meadow/woods
1993 - Early works include crude bow and arrow, spear made from sticks
1994 - Kurt Cobain died
1995 - Attempt to read Thoreau
1996 - Learn to program Roland TR-808
1997 - Smashing Pumpkins "discovered"
1998 - Dungarees retired, beaded curtains installed
1999 - Wore silver shirt for new years eve party
2000 - New directions in music collaboration with Jamin
2001 - Difficult adjustment period
2002 - SAIC Early college program, Fluxus studies
2003 - Begin year in Höfn, Iceland, Framhaldsskólinn í Austur-Skaftafellssýslu
2004 - Evergreen State College, ethnomusicology, Javanese gamelan ensemble
2005 - Evergreen State College, exploring systems in movement theatre, cybernetics
2006 - Move to Chicago briefly, Balinese gamelan ensemble in Wellington, NZ
2007 - Mostly lost
2008 - Convert school bus to vegetable oil with Sigmund
2009 - Become transient, JEFF The Brotherhood tour full time
2010 - Chronic strep throat
2011 - JEFF The Brotherhood performs "Diamond Way" on "Jimmy Fallon" TV show
2012 - JEFF The Brotherhood perform "Staring at the Wall" on "Conan" TV Show, "Sixpack" on "Late Night With David Letterman" TV Show
2013 - Existential difficulties, JEFF The Brotherhood festival tour
2014 - Too much work
2015 - JEFF The Brotherhood dropped by The Warner Bros, release three studio albums
2016 - "Magick Songs" conceptualized
2017 - "Magick Songs" realized
2018 - "Magick Songs" released
2019 - Became transient, photography explored, extended periods of international travel
2020 - Respiratory difficulties, move to New Orleans
2021 - Earthbound Sound studio established
2022 - Advanced sound experiments continue
2023 - New pair of pants purchased
2024 - Vorhex Angel live performance tour
2025 - Webpage created, Soul Selects residency in Hopewell, NJ