jhno, a.k.a. John Eichenseer, began releasing music in 1995 under his own label, Delicate Ear - including three full-length cd's (understand, KWNO, membrane), and a 12" single (Fly). He is also a member of SPOOL (with John Ridenour) and CRATER (with Scott Amendola, Nels Cline, and others).

Playing piano since age four, jhno has studied jazz, classical, electronic, and ethnic music. All of these come into play in his studio compositions, which stretch to connect drum&bass with gamelan, jazz with ambient, experimental with downtempo. His music has been praised by critics and listeners alike as a unique and mind-bifurcating synergy of technology and organic processes.

understand

© 1995 delicate ear (634479475719)

Debut recording from experimental electronic musician JHNO: techno-industrial plunderphonic narratives from ambient to noise and back again.

kwno

© 1997 Delicate Ear (785351009123)

JHNO's second cd - ambient and drum&bass-influenced collage stories with jazz, gamelan, fender rhodes, and psychedelic influences.

membrane

© 2000 Delicate Ear (634479264665)

JHNO's third album: electronica with a jazz touch, a deep and lulling ambience, and ear-combing journeys.

spool

© 2000 Delicate Ear (785351009024)

Beautiful and groovy instrumental electronic/jazz/ambient pieces that capture the magic of chill out rooms and warehouse downtempo parties circa 1999.

SPOOL is the collaboration between jhno (John Eichenseer) and John Ridenour.

spool saves the world

© 2006 Delicate Ear (634479309472)

live improvisational core with ambient and junglist-tip hyper-chill listening music for the next generation with a warm, moody vibe
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SPOOL SAVES THE WORLD is the long-anticipated second CD from the band SPOOL, whose debut self-titled release in 1998 stunned and seduced listeners and critics alike with its lush foliage of acoustic/organic electronica. SSTW delivers more of SPOOL's unmistakable vibe, but pushing in new directions - from the melancholic reflection of 'tuesday' to the triumphant cataclysm of 'xok'.