Jerry Paper

Lucas Nathan (born August 7, 1990), They also had a noise project named Diane Kensington Devotional Band, which depicts Nathan as the eponymous female who starts a fictional religion based on traveling into the "space between the 1 and the 0" through the ritual of "Trance Channels". The story of the project involves Paper quitting from the spiritual community setting of Zonotope™ to find a "less orthodox alternative spirituality."

Nathan explained that they wrote International Man of Misery (2013), "a cartoonish version of depression," as a way to poke fun on the "ridiculously melodramatic thoughts" they went through at the time. The LP also has some tracks where Nathan focused on non-repetitive pop structures instead of the typical verse–chorus form, including "I Feel Emotions," "Unless It’s," "Other Please," and "Heartbreak Module #3." a soundtrack for their Unity game Dr. Javer's Genneheigen's Chameleon World. The album explores simulacra, looking for "the dividing line" between a real object and a simulated version of it. The band acted as Nathan's anonymous backing band, being billed as "Easy Feelings Unlimited". Toon Time Raw! involves anthropomorphic animals dealing with human issues. This led her to contact Nathan via Twitter before the two came together personally in Los Angeles to collaborate. In the same year, Nathan also featured on Tyler, the Creator's debut extended play Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. Seuss' The Grinch on the track "Hot Chocolate".

On May 15, 2020, Nathan released a new album titled Abracadabra. The song "Quicksand" was teased first while "Puppeteer" and "Cholla" were released on their Bandacamp profile and Spotify. Two years later, Nathan announced the release of their new album Free Time with first single "Kno Me". The album centers around Nathan's coming out as non-binary and was released on April 15, 2022, on Stones Throw Records.

Musical style and philosophies

" Richard Rorty wrote this excellent short book that I think everyone should read called Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity. In it he talks about how philosophy is futile and an outdated vocabulary to try to get things that we can’t get. What he proposes is narrative as an alternative-- to philosophy, to religion, an alternative to basically all moral or philosophical constructs. And I am heavily invested in this idea. I focus a lot on, instead of trying to explain mystical experience, to try to create a context and a vocabulary that maybe gets at it slightly more. And I feel that way with music as well." — Nathan on the philosophy they use to produce their music This translates into Nathan's musical style, which Bloom described as "genre-less" but compared to Daft Punk in that it combines the "coldness of technology with the foolproof warmth of human music."

Discography

As Jerry Paper Studio albums + List of studio albums with detailsTitle Album detailsVol. I Released: January 25, 2012 (Worldwide) Label: Digitalis Limited Formats: Cassette, digital downloadFuzzy Logic Released: October 17, 2013 (Worldwide) Label: Digitalis Limited Formats: Cassette, digital downloadFeels Emotions Released: February 11, 2014 (Worldwide) Label: Patient Sounds Formats: LP, digital downloadBig Pop For Chameleon World Released: August 20, 2014 (Worldwide) Label: Bayonet Formats: CD, LP, digital downloadLike a Baby Released: October 12, 2018 (Worldwide) Label: Stones Throw Records Formats: CD, LP, digital downloadAbracadabra Released: May 15, 2020 (Worldwide) Label: Stones Throw Records Formats: CD, LP, digital downloadFree Time Released: April 15, 2022 (Worldwide) Label: Stones Throw Records Formats: LP, digital download

Collaborative albums + List of collaborative albums with detailsTitle Album detailsToon Time Raw! (with Easy Feelings Unlimited) Released: June 17, 2016 (Worldwide) Label: Bayonet Formats: CD, LP, digital download

Mini-albums + List of mini-albums with detailsTitle Album detailsInternational Man of Misery Released: September 17, 2013 (Worldwide) Label: Orange Milk Formats: Cassette, digital download

Split albums + List of split albums with detailsTitle Album detailsThe Now Sound For Today's Lovers / Turn Of The Century (with Andy Boay) Released: April 22, 2014 (Worldwide) Label: Hausu Mountain Formats: Cassette, digital download

Remix albums + List of remix albums with detailsTitle Album detailsBig Pop Traveler's Delight Released: December 24, 2014 (Japan) Label: birdFriend Formats: Cassette, digital download

Singles As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Gotta Know" 2017Primary

Music videos + List of music videos, with director Title Year Director"Chameleon World" 2014 Misha Spivack, Hunter Steinman"Real. Now. Love." 2015 Campbell Logan"Kno Me" 2022 Alan Resnick"Just Say Play" 2022 Dan Streit"Duumb" 2022 Steve Smith

As Zonotope™ Studio albums + List of studio albums with detailsTitle Album detailsExcellent Realms Released: November 9, 2010 (Worldwide) Label: The Curatorial Club Formats: Cassette, digital downloadZero Gravity Released: January 3, 2011 (Worldwide) Label: Hobo Cult Formats: Cassette, digital downloadHuman Unity Released: October 12, 2011 (Worldwide) Label: Ruralfaune Synth Series Formats: CD, digital downloadMAINFRAME'S Tetralogy Released: December 21, 2012 (Worldwide) Label: Dœs Are Formats: Cassette, digital download

Extended plays + List of extended plays with detailsTitle Album detailsCruising Through the Hypersphere of Resonance Released: July 21, 2010 (Worldwide) Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download

Split albums + List of split albums with detailsTitle Album detailsI Fell in Love With a Cyborg (with Panabrite) Released: July 15, 2011 (Worldwide) Label: MABA Tapes Formats: Cassette, digital download

Reissue albums + List of reissue albums with detailsTitle Album detailsMAINFRAME'S Tetralogy Released: July 1, 2015 (Worldwide) Label: Samling Formats: Cassette, digital download

As Diane Kensington Devotional Band Studio albums + List of studio albums with detailsTitle Album detailsWorship and Festival Music for MAINFRAME Devotees Vol. 37 Released: July 15, 2011 (Worldwide) Label: Self-released Formats: Cassette, digital download34 Wordless Mantras For Augmented Ascension Meditation And Silencing Your Inner Monologue Released: February 23, 2012 (Worldwide) Label: Self-released Formats: Cassette, digital download

Extended plays + List of extended plays with detailsTitle Album details...And Her Ministry of Digital Devotees Released: September 30, 2011 (Worldwide) Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download