Jefre Cantu-Ledesma is a multi-instrumentalist, member of several bands, and co-founder of the Root Strata record label based out of San Francisco, California. Cantu-Ledesma got his start in the band Tarentel. He was one of the founding members and is still a primary figure in the band's line-up. Cantu-Ledesma continues to be involved with many musical projects.
His label, Root Strata, has an extensive catalog that includes artists such as Tarentel, Grouper, Yellow Swans, Charalambides, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Oneohtrix Point Never, Barn Owl, Starving Weirdos, Gregg Kowalsky, and more.
Cantu-Ledesma currently lives in Germany.
Discography (by project)
Tarentel
Tarentel CDEP (Temporary Residence Limited) Travels in Constants vol. 3 CDEP (Temporary Residence Limited) ltd. to 1000 copies (OOP) Part of the Travels in Constants CD Subscription Series When We Almost Killed Ourselves 8" EP (Temporary Residence Limited) ltd. to 200 copies (OOP) From Bone to Satellite CD/2×LP (Temporary Residence Limited) vinyl ltd. to 1000 copies (OOP) Looking for Things, Searching for Things 12-inch EP (Resonant) ltd. to 500 copies (OOP) Two Sides of Myself 7-inch (Static Caravan Recordings) ltd. to 500 copies (OOP) split 7-inch w/ Rothko (Jonathon Whiskey) ltd. to 250 copies (OOP) split 7-inch w/ Lilienthal (Awkward Silence) ltd. to 500 copies (OOP) The Order of Things CD/2×LP (Neurot Recordings/Static Caravan) vinyl ltd. to 500 copies (OOP) Fear of Bridges CDEP (Three Lobed Recordings) ltd. to 700 copies (OOP) Mort aux Vaches CD (Staalplaat) ltd. to 1000 copies (OOP) Ephemera | Singles 99-00 CD (Temporary Residence Limited) Latency 12-inch EP (En/Of) ltd. to 100 copies (OOP) We Move Through Weather CD/2×LP (Temporary Residence Limited) Paper White CDEP (Temporary Residence Limited) Big Black Square CDEP (Temporary Residence Limited) Ghost Weight CDEP (Acuarela Discos) Paper White / Big Black Square CD (Human Highway) Home Ruckus 12-inch EP (Root Strata) ltd. to 500 copies (OOP) Live Edits: Natoma CD (Root Strata) ltd. to 500 copies (OOP) Ghetto Beats On the Surface of the Sun 4×LP (Music Fellowship) ltd. to 500 copies of each (OOP) Home Ruckus: Double-Sided Air 7-inch (Type Records) ltd. to 500 copies (OOP) Home Ruckus: Bottled Smoke CD-R (Digitalis) ltd. to 100 copies (OOP) Ghetto Beats On the Surface of the Sun 2×CD (Temporary Residence Limited) Live Edits: Italy & Switzerland CD (Digitalis) ltd. to 500 copies (OOP) You Can't Hide Your Love Forever Vol. 3: Space Junk 7-inch (Geographic North) ltd. to 300 copies, part of the You Can't Hide Your Love Forever 7-inch Subscription Series (OOP) Over Water DVD-r collaboration with filmmaker Paul Clipson (Root Strata) "Latest installment of the ongoing collaboration between San Francisco based band Tarentel & filmmaker Paul Clipson. Three shorts of Super8 film and music mostly culled form live performances in Italy & Switzerland in 2005." ltd. to 100 copies (OOP) Split 7-inch w/ Seaworthy (Sound&Fury) ltd. to 300 copies (100 colored, 200 black), part of the Passeridae 7-inch Subscription Series (2009/2010) Untitled cassette (Digitalis Limited) (Late 2009/early 2010)