Drexmeister
My name is Jasper Drexhage and I'm working under different aliases like: "Drexmeister", "Glovepuppet", "SlyDog" in numerous projects. Sometimes I'm the writer or producer, in other projects the mastering engineer or the session musician.
I worked with or am/was part of "Dutchican Soul", "Human Resource", "The Cliniq", DJ Eva, "Ruffneck", Plattèl, "New Believers" (with Dwight Brown, Ike Sofunky & Merel Sluman), Merel Sluman, Mark Bien, Landa Perdon, "Nil" (with Lennaert & Hans), Robert Rivera, Nikki van Dam and many others.
Influenced by my father's classical taste and my mother's feel for soul, I started out following some piano classes. This experience was shortlived because of my unwillingness to read notes, as I preffered the auditive approach when making music, and in the eyes of my teacher further effort would prove to be futile.
Determined to prove myself and driven by the passion for music I became a self taught piano man, in the process adding a few other instruments (guitar, saxophone and percussion) to my toolkit.
In the late eighties I, along with a few friends, formed a band called Human Resource. Our track "Dominator" was a massive hit worldwide, and would have a huge impact on the house scene. Artists like Joey Beltram, Frank de Wulf, Speedy J and C.J. Bolland made remixes of "Dominator"
With Human Resource taking on a more hardcore approach I decided to quit the band and pursue a solo career resulting in a few releases in the 90's. As time went by my focus shifted to the art and science of Mastering and Engineering resulting in the Solitone Music Studio's.
Jasper's sound was influenced by artists such as George Duke, Quincy Jones, Depeche Mode, Roberta Flack, Bob Katz and Nile Rodgers.