J-Hecht

Making the move from a hip hop listening skateboarder in New York to a house music producer in the creative arts mecca of Asheville, North Carolina may seem a stretch to some. For J-Hecht, born Jason Hecht, it’s just a natural progression in his musical journey, taking him not only to new places geographically, but also to varied genres, styles, and sounds. Jason first took notice of music as a teenage Black Sabbath fan which, with help from his skateboarding buddies, progressed into the worlds of EPMD, Big Daddy Kane, and Public Enemy. It was in the early nineties that Jason noticed some of his fellow skateboarder friends mixing records on turntables as well as attending New York’s earliest rave parties. Fascinated, Jason was soon hooked on acid house and