Jeff Witscher (born August 13, 1983) is an American

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Biography

Witscher has recorded and performed under many aliases, of which the best-known is Rene Hell. Witscher got his start in the underground music scene in

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in the early 2000s performing with his brother Greg in groups such as Rainbow Blanket and Cruel Face. In 2004 he started the label Callow God, releasing music by many important west coast

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artists. Following a move to Iowa City in 2007 Witscher began using the moniker Rene Hell. During this time he began the label Agents of Chaos, on which he released the earliest Rene Hell releases along with releases by Keith Fullerton Whitman, Greg Davis and many others. In 2013 he released ''Vanilla Call Option'' on PAN. In 2018 he released ''Approximately 1,000 Beers'' under his name on his own imprint Salon. In April 2019 he performed at the festival Neo-Pastiche: Changes in American Music at

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alongside Petr Kotik, the S.E.M. Ensemble and other contemporary experimental artists. In May 2019 Witscher and Jack Callahan performed their collaborative piece ''What Happens on Earth Stays on Earth'' at

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. In late 2020 Callahan and Witscher founded the contemporary music label

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Discography

As Rene Hell

* ''Vanilla Call Option'' LP ( PAN, 2013) * '' Music for Reliquary House / In 1980 I Was a Blue Square'' (split with

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LP (NNA Tapes, 2012) * ''The Terminal Symphony'' LP (Type, 2011) * ''Porcelain Opera'' LP (Type, 2010)

As Jeff Witscher

*''Bifurcating A Resounding No!'' CD (Salon, 2014) *''Approximately 1,000 Beers'' CD (Salon, 2018) *''Cob Music'' Cassette (

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, 2019)

References

External links

Discogs entry for Jeff Witscher
{{DEFAULTSORT:Witscher, Jeff 1983 births Living people American electronic musicians Musicians from Long Beach, California American experimental musicians