Jeff Bujak

Jeff Bujak is a pianist, music producer and live performer from Syracuse, New York. Born on June 6, 1979, he began classical piano lessons at age 5. He now resides in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Jeff Bujak, the solo project, has progressive piano songwriting with electronica rhythms behind it; some classify it as "intelligent dance music.". Based on classical and jazz progressions, the tracks progress through multiple time signatures, tempos and rhythms. He often offers teases and samples of other band's songs into his own songs when playing live. Bujak is also known for his distorted tone of a Fender Rhodes electronic piano.
Solo albums
Peaces of Man and Machine
Peaces of Man and Machine is Jeff Bujak's debut solo recording. It contains 12 non-stop tracks and plays for 78 minutes and 6 seconds. According to the album booklet, the album was released on November 11, 2006 and was engineered, produced, recorded and performed by Bujak alone. All album artwork was also created by Bujak. Recording began on December 28, 2005 at Lizardflag Studios in Northampton. The final track was laid on September 3, 2006. Mixing and mastering took about a month.
Track listing: I, Cake, Channelise, Puzzle, Intrinsic, Gemini, Agitate, Veil, Persuaders, Bonfire, Cycle and Duodenary.
Building: An Arsenal
Building: An Arsenal is Bujak's second recording to be released on Lizardflag Recordings and the Homegrown Music Network. Like its predecessor, this album is also a non-stop conceptual recording and lasts 76 minutes. According to the album booklet, the album was released on February 2, 2008 and was engineered, produced, recorded and performed by Bujak alone. All album artwork was also created by Bujak. Recording began on October 13, 2007 at Lizardflag Studios in Northampton, MA. The final track was laid on December 7, 2007. Mixing and mastering took about 2 weeks.
Track listing: Vacuous, Muses, Crowd, Py, Vy, Gears, Majority, Wyx, Sill, Ascended, Bishop and Slope.
Alive Like the Spine
Alive Like the Spine is the 3rd solo record to be released and the first to be released on Harmonized Records for Bujak. It's a 78-minute 8-track album. This is also the first record to feature Jeff Bujak on acoustic guitar. Justin Eck and Christine Eck from the band rock band Somebody's Closet are featured as vocalists for a full track making them the first people to sit-in on one of Jeff Bujak's solo discs. Amanda Milazzo is also featured as a vocalist for the last track. According to the album text, the album was released on May 12, 2009 and was engineered, produced, recorded by Bujak alone. All album artwork was also created by Bujak. Recording began on November 4, 2008 at Lizardflag Studios in Northampton, MA. The final track was laid on January 7, 2009.
Track listing: Sea, Nomadd, Mutator, Yogoque, Kicker, Prodigium, Hepsira and Utopia
A Coordinate Time EP
A Coordinate Time is the first remix collection released by Jeff Bujak. The EP includes 4-tracks all featuring 3-4 other musician's samples; including Nas, Michael Jackson, Kurt Cobain, Rick Ross, Maynard James Keenan, DJ Shadow, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, M/A/R/R/S, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Aaliyah, Lil' Wayne, Erykah Badu and Rage Against the Machine. The EP was released on December 31, 2010 and was engineered, produced, recorded by Bujak alone. All album artwork was also created by Bujak. Recording began on December 12, 2010 at Lizardflag Studios in Northampton, MA. The final track was laid on December 28, 2010.
Track listing: Fat Gat Cat, Nor Rea Aga, Nex Epi Sod and Fye Yer Out.
A Gravity Well EP
A Gravity Well is the second remix collection released by Jeff Bujak. This EP includes 3-tracks all featuring 3-4 other musician's samples; including Rihanna, Grand Puba, Phil Collins, Jonathan Davis, Chrisette Michele, Soulja Boy, Phish, Nintendo, The Luniz, Charlie Sheen and Method Man. The EP was released on March 17, 2011 and was engineered, produced, recorded by Bujak alone. All album artwork was also created by Bujak. Recording began on February 18, 2011 at Lizardflag Studios in Northampton, MA. The final track was laid on March 15, 2011.
Track listing: Trust, Pleasure and Ego, Greed, Anger and Pain, and Hope, Drugs and Love.
Live performances
Jeff Bujak started full-time US touring in 2001 with the addition of keyboards to the Tempe, AZ based jam-rock band Somebody's Closet. Somebody's Closet toured for 9-years and released 4-full length albums; 2 of which Bujak is playing keyboards. In 2006 after releasing "Peaces of Man and Machine," Jeff Bujak started performing small select solo shows as a one-man electronica act playing songs from that album. Over short time, the solo project became his main focus. According to Jambase, Bujak played 22-live shows in 2007, 91-shows in 2008, 106-shows in 2009 and 72-shows in 2010.
When performing live, Jeff Bujak controls all aspects of the performance, down to the lighting. He strictly performs solo with the occasional exception of a sit-in or a live improv session. In 2010, he started playing limited shows with "Normal Instruments," a side-project for 4-northeast area musicians.
Live recordings
Every Jeff Bujak live performance is recorded off of Bujak's own live rig. Some are used for reference and some get used for live recording release. As of mid-2011, Jeff Bujak offers 140-live albums spanning back to performances in early 2007. He likes to document his song evolution and offer it to his fans.

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