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Sergé "Jojo" Mayer (born 18 January 1963) is a Swiss virtuoso drummer born in Zürich and currently residing in New York City.
Mayer is the son of touring musician and bass player Vali Mayer and the brother of actress Delia Mayer. He began his career as a drummer at an early age, receiving his first drum set at the age of two. Having taught himself throughout his childhood, he broke out into the professional music scene at the age of 18, joining the Monty Alexander group. Touring with the group launched him into the major jazz music scene, and he has played at the North Sea Jazz Festival, Montreux, Nice, and Athens etc., which culminated with his gigging with jazz-greats such as Dizzy Gillespie and Nina Simone. Eventually, after playing with a great variety of artists, Mayer moved away from jazz and into Drum 'n' Bass.
Jojo Mayer is known for bringing together jazz, drum and bass, jungle, and other influences. He is also famous for his ability to play the rhythms of programmed jungle drum 'n' bass music on acoustic drums, terming this technique "reverse engineering", a phrase borrowed from computing. He executes this approach using various methods such as the heel-toe bass drum technique, the Moeller stroke, the Valving technique, and the "pull-out" or "push-pull" accent which takes the beat on the rebound. Using these techniques, he can play beats at astonishing speeds. A few of his main influences are Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette and Buddy Rich.
He is the leader of live electronica quartet Nerve, which he founded in 1997.
He played with the guitarist David Fiuczynski in the avant-garde jazz rock band Screaming Headless Torsos and in the fusion jazz band, Intergalactic Maiden Ballet.
He ran the popular Prohibited Beatz live electronica party in NYC from 1996–2001.




Discography


With Intergalactic Maiden Ballet:

1992 - Square Dance
1994 - Gulf
With John Medeski:

1994 - Lunar Crush
With Screaming Headless Torsos:

1995 - Screaming Headless Torsos
With Harry Sokal:

1996 - Rave the Jazz! :live:
Sulfur:

1998 - Delirium Tremens
With Leo Tardin

2005 - Grand Pianoramax
With Janek Gwizdala:

2004 - Mystery To Me - Live in New York
2010 - The Space in Between
2011 - Live at the Jamboree June 17th 2011 1st set
2011 - Live at the Jamboree June 17th 2011 2nd set
2011 - Live at the Jamboree June 18th 2011 1st set
2011 - Live at the Jamboree June 18th 2011 2nd set
2012 - It Only Happens Once
With Depart

1987 - Depart
2006 - Reloaded
2008 - Mountain Messenger
With Rebekka Bakken

2009 - Art of How to Fall
With Trace Elements

2015 - Electric Job (Live in Teramo)
Nerve (Jojo Mayer, John Davis, Jacob Bergson):

2007 - Prohibited Beatz
2010 - EP1
2010 - EP2
2011 - EP3
2011 - The Distance Between Zero And One
2012 - EP4
2014 - EP5
2015 - Live in Europe
2015 - Ghosts of Tomorrow
2016 - Vocal Collaborations
2017 - Nerve
2018 - After the Flare
2019 - Lunar Tribute
2019 - Music for Sharks
DVDs:

2007 - Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer: part 1
2014 - Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer: part 2




Media


He was featured as the cover story of the January 2008 issue of Modern Drummer magazine. Jojo Mayer was interviewed by DrummerConnection.com in May 2010, and by Linus Wyrsch on "The Jazz Hole" for breakthruradio.com in July 2010.




Gear


Mayer is a long-time Sonor endorser who also uses Sabian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks and Evans Drumheads. He helped Sonor design the Jungle kit and snare. He has also collaborated with Sabian to create three lines of cymbals: the Vault "Fierce" series, the "Omni" series, which includes both AAX and HHX models, and the HHX "Anthology" series. His Vault Fierce cymbals feature a raw, unlathed finish, and extensive hand hammering, while the Omnis are designed to function as both rides and crashes.
He also helped to develop the hoop crash of Sabian and the perfect balance (single pedal of Sonor).




References






External links


Official website
Jojo Mayer's Nerve Info at Basitours
2013 Audio Interview with Jojo from the podcast "I'd Hit That"
An interview with Jojo Mayer by The Drummer’s Journal, 2014

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