aj lambert

aj is a new york-based songwriter, producer, filmmaker and performer. she started her musical career as a founding member of the la band sleepington, which was around back in the giddy 90s. it was then that she met her mentor and matchmaker, don fleming, who produced sleepington's record for his instant mayhem imprint. since then aj and don have collaborated on many projects, including a vinyl-only label called glimmerfed records. they released music by sleepington, the singer-songwriter-composer jaye luckett (aka ate 13, aka jayethoven, aka poperratic, aka...), and otto, who went on to become the fabulous arlo. don and aj also worked together on 'seven miles high', the one and only album by rocket, which featured matt azzarto, aj and the tremendous murph of dinosaur jr. after rocket left the confines of earth, aj took a few years to live life as a jazz singer in hoboken, new jersey, where she has some way-back musical and familial roots. during that swinging time, she got her rock fix producing her mother nancy sinatra's self-titled 2004 record with don and matt. it featured collaborations with jarvis cocker & richard hawley, dennis diken, jim o'rourke, jon spencer, calexico, little steven, pete yorn, thurston moore, and morrissey. aj and matt also cowrote a song with the english dance duo reno for the album. now that the swing has swung aj is reinvented once again with a new piece called 'EP'. it is a combination short film and full length album, which is in the process of being completed with don fleming and others. the film features david sullivan of 2004's 'PRIMER', and it is aj's directorial debut. well, not counting the countless (and pointless) shorts she made at usc.