Hieroglyphic Being

Hieroglyphic Being is the main alias of Jamal Moss, a producer, DJ and label owner from Chicago. Moss came out of the city's house and rave scene of the 1980s and 1990s and makes electronic music that moves between raw house, techno, noise and improvised music. He has released his work on his own label, Mathematics Recordings, since a white-label 12-inch in 1996. Moss was a DJ on the Chicago radio station WNUR and names house producer Adonis as a mentor. We Are Not The First (RVNG Intl.), credited to Hieroglyphic Being and J.I.T.U.