Jaye Muller

Jaye Muller
Jaye Muller in LA, 2006
Jaye Muller in LA, 2006
Background information
Birth nameJens Müller
Also known asJaye Muller, J., Count Jaye
Born(1967-12-23)23 December 1967
Berlin, German Democratic Republic
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, Co-Founder of j2 Global and Flasher Factory
Instrument(s)Drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals
Years active1983–present
LabelsPolyGram, A&M, PolyEast, Flasher Factory
Member of
  • Count Jaye & The Hard Beats
  • Muller and Patton
Formerly of
  • kleinkariert
  • die anderen
  • Flat Car Drive a Jet
Websitecountjayeandthehardbeats.bandcamp.com

Jaye Muller (born Jens Müller) is a German musician and Internet entrepreneur who performed under the name J. in the 1990s, and later in a duo named "Muller and Patton" with American musician Ben Patton and since 2015 under the name "Count Jaye". In 1992, he released his second solo album, We Are the Majority, which as of 1996 had sold 350,000 copies worldwide.[1]

The NME once called him "A ludicrously talented maestro". Dave Marsh wrote in PLAYBOY "If there's a cure for Morrissey, this is it". Muller later co-founded, together with ex-Beach Boys Manager and lyricist Jack Rieley, the multi billion dollar internet company JFAX,[2] later renamed to j2 Global (NasdaqJCOM), which initially allowed its users to receive fax and voicemail through their email, one of the first unified messaging systems. Müller is no longer active in the company since 2004, but remained shareholder until 2016.

  1. ^ Sreenivasan, Sreenath (23 September 1996). "Expanding the Boundaries of E-mail". The New York Times.
  2. ^ https://companiesmarketcap.com/j2-global/marketcap/ [bare URL]