Artist Snapshot
Based in the Hudson Valley of New York State, Jeff Mercel is a multi-instrumentalist and composer. From 1998 - 2011, Jeff was also a member of the band Mercury Rev, contributing to some of the band's most critically acclaimed work, including Deserter's Songs, All Is Dream, and more. It was with the band that he gained his first opportunity to write for picture, composing and producing the original score for Robinson Savary's debut feature length film, Bye Bye Blackbird. Mercel's newest effort, Lunescapes Volume One, offers a series of instrumental vignettes, intimate landscapes, and lofi fantasies - it's our top ambient/modern classical pick of 2018.