Jesse B. Foerster is a German-American-Japanese visual artist and music producer. He first gained recognition in the 1990s as co-founder of the label Overdose, which became internationally recognized for its charting club hits and innovative electronic sound. His solo project Major North also reached the U.S. Billboard club charts with “Annihilate,” supported by Junior Vasquez in New York City. Collaborations include Nina Hagen, Afrika Islam, Tyree Cooper, Vanessa-Mae, and Malcolm McLaren.
Raised between Miami, New York City, and Frankfurt, his path led from breakdancing on the streets of early-1980s Manhattan to spinning records in GI clubs and European hip-hop jams, and eventually to founding record labels that helped shape 1990s club culture. Since the 2010s, Foerster has increasingly focused on photography and visual art. His artistic practice combines photography, CGI, image composition, retouching, and digital post-production. His current work moves between photographic reality and surreal image-making, exploring artificiality, identity, cultural memory, and the shifting boundaries between what appears real and what is constructed.
