John Also Bennet, otherwise known as JAB, has been operating in the avant-garde underground of New York for the better part of a decade. He's currently a member of kosmiche trio Forma, one half of the ambient-exploring duo Seabat and has collaborated with countless like-minded artists such as Jon Gibson, Christina Vantzou, American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME), Peter Burr, Zin Taylor and many others. The creative energy that drives JAB is unparalleled — last year he released an album with Vantzou, plus new albums with both Forma and Seabat. This March he finally put out his solo debut album, a project ten years in the making. _Erg Herbe_, its title, is a phrase that combines a word meaning "a sea of desert dunes" with the French word for grass; it calls to mind an imaginary place that echoes the perplexing but dreamy mixture of synthetic and organic instruments. Bennet says the record is "strange and thoughtful music that reflects a genuine inner vision of self.
