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Jack Stratton (musician)
American multi-instrumentalist (born c. 1987) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jack Stratton (born c. 1987), also known by the mononym Vulfmon, is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, bandleader, record producer, and video producer based in Los Angeles. He is best known as a founding member and bandleader of the funk band Vulfpeck. He released his first full-length album, Here We Go Jack, in 2022 and has since released two additional albums.[1][2][3]
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Stratton grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and started on drums at an early age. His father, Bert Stratton, plays clarinet in the Klezmer band Yiddishe Cup and Stratton filled the role of drum player.[4] He attended The University of Michigan for recording engineering and drums where he formed Groove Spoon in 2009.[4][5]
He founded Vulfpeck in 2011[6] and does most of Vulfpeck's management and production.[7] He has been fooling around with audio compressors since the earliest days of the band.[8] Stratton first adopted the persona of Vulfmon, an old-school German record producer, for the band's Kickstarter project to release its music on vinyl.[9]
In 2014, the group released Sleepify, a silent Spotify album that financed a free tour and attracted international media coverage.[10][11] In 2019, Vulfpeck sold out Madison Square Garden.[6]
In 2020 he performed a publicity stunt and fundraiser for Vulfpeck by auctioning the "real estate" of track 10 on their album The Joy of Music, The Job of Real Estate on eBay.[12] It sold for $70,100 to the band Earthquake Lights.[13] A portion of the proceeds were given to DonorsChoose campaigns.[14]
Stratton also conceived the instrumental project The Fearless Flyers.[15] He helped develop the Vulf Compressor plugin with Goodhertz.[16] In 2023 he released funk a harpejji single, and his piece "Harry's Theme (Lite Pullman)" was later featured in David Byrne's playlist of favorite instrumental works.[17][18]
Stratton has released several collaborations with singer Evangeline, including "It Might Have To Be You," featured on Radio Milwaukee's best new music show.[19]
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Stratton has named Bernard Purdie, the Meters, The Jackson 5, and Mickey Katz as musical influences, among others.[6][20] Doug Lussenhop is an inspiration for Stratton's video editing, along with Mel Brooks and Woody Allen.[4]
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