Jesse F. Keeler - a Pemberton Preview Profile

I am a day away from the Pemberton Music Festival and shaking with excitement. Just a few days ago the line-up schedule was posted, and I was disappointed that there will be a few sacrifices I will be forced to make: I will be missing Death Cab for Cutie for Wintersleep, and half of Tom Petty's act to see MSTRKRFT. Don't get me wrong, I love Petty and "You Don't Know How it Feels," but you know and I know that Petty is a dinosaur now, and I'm not expecting to be totally blown away by his set. I am willing to miss out on hearing "Last Dance with Mary Jane" live for the first time, because I have heard it 987 times.
Now before you die-hard Petty fans fall off your seat please understand my situation in 3 words: DEATH FROM ABOVE.
After the death of Death From Above 1979 Jesse F. Keeler, the band's bassist and mastermind, went off to form an electronica project. I am not a huge fan of MSTRKRFT, but I hold DFA 1979 close to my heart. PLUS he has performed and recorded with my rock hero Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age. I MUST see Jesse F. Keeler in the flesh, because he is a genius. This is his story:

GENRE: Heavy alternative - DFA 1979 and electronica - MSTRKRFT (pronounced 'Master Craft')
FROM: Toronto, Canada
STATUS: Genius
BEST KNOWN HIT: "Little Girl" (DFA 1979) or the Justice remix "D.A.N.C.E." AKA "1-2-3-4-Fight" (MSTRKRFT)

• Keeler met his future DFA 1979 band mate Sebastien Granger when they were in prison and used to live in a funeral parlour together
• The front cover of DFA 1979's only album You're a Woman I'm a Machine symbolizes how Keeler wanted their sound to be "like an elephant in your living room"
• DFA's break-up was bitter, and the two still refuse to speak to each other
• In MSTRKRFT Keeler has remixed songs by Pemberton artist Metric ("Monster Hospital"), Bloc Party ("Luno," "Two More Years," and "Flux"), Justice ("D.A.N.C.E."), Pemberton artist Wolfmother ("Woman"), actress Juliette Lewis' band Juliette and the Licks ("Got Love to Kill"), Pemberton artist Buck 65 ("Kennedy Killed the Hat"), Usher ("Love in this Club"), Jesse McCartney ("Leavin"), Kylie Minogue ("Wow"), Pemberton artist The Crystal Method "Keep Hope Alive"), Pemberton artist Chromeo ("Tenderoni"), All Saints ("Rock Steady"), Pemberton artist Brazilian Girls ("Jique"), Gossip ("Listen Up!"), the Polysics ("Ceolakanth Is Android"), The Kills ("No Wow"), and various DFA tracks

Stay tuned for my Pemberton Festival review AND pictures!!!