Wil Robinson vs
Jesse and the Plastic Cats
self-released, debut album came out in April 2003. WRJPC’s consists
of only two musicians, Wil Robinson and Jesse Lee Jacobs.
The duo
wrote, produced and recorded all the music on the multi-layered,
Lost n Space. Before the record was
even released, a track called “Suzy and the Telepathic Monkey” was
chosen from thousands of submissions nation-wide to appear on the
compilation CD, Kid Antrim Music. In it’s first week the same hit
song was played on LA’s KXLU. The sound
has been
described as a mix between The Flaming Lips, Brian Eno, Sterolab and
Pink Floyd. Jesse’s vocals run the gamut from melodic (like Jeff
Buckley) to dramatic (like a male
Kate Bush). The music includes Wil
and Jesse on guitar, synthesizer, bass, moog, mandolin and percussion.
All vocals were written and performed by Jesse. Wil engineered &
treated the tracks to give the music an ambient sound. Wil Robinson
vs Jesse and the Plastic Cats,
Lost n Space, is an enhanced CD with extras including a short
film, two music