Jade Leary is a fiercely independent artist from Montreal. A musician from a very young age, he evolved from the Montreal underground scene of the late 80s. He has played with renowned avant-rock musicians Bernard Falaise and Remi Leclerc (Miriodor, Klaxon Gueule, Papa Boa) in various projects. His 90's rock band SoulCirkus caught the eye (and ear!) of The Cult bassist Jamie Stewart, and spent 4 weeks on CHOM-FM's top ten list.

In 2002, well before the current wave of digital downloads, he initiated a project called FairPlay - a distribution model for the new millennium that urged musicians to take matters in their own hands and distribute their music as digital files under a shareware type license. Although the project has since folded he continues to believe in its underlying principles, which are now present in projects like Magnatune and Gabriel/Eno's MUDDA, says Jade, "when various individuals, from different parts of the world, from diverse backgrounds get the same idea pretty much at the same time, it means this idea's time has come. This is a revolution. We're not going back."

A multi-instrumentist, he now works alone, weaving projects that have taken more and more of an intimate and introspective turn. His third album The Lost Art of Human Kindness, his first on the Magnatune label, is a perfect reflection of that tangent. It was featured on Apple's Quicktime web site and media player for several weeks and described in QuickTime News as "...a surrealistic blend of voice, electronics, and unusual orchestrations that defy categorization.".