Jeff Surak is an experimenter from Washington, DC. He started in the early 80s participating in the international hometaper network. He released his music under the name [[artist:1348]] on his own [[label:Watergate Tapes]] imprint along with other artists such as [[artist:Controlled Bleeding]], [[artist:Kapotte Muziek]], [[artist:Odal]], and collaborations with [[artist:John Hudak]], [[artist:Crawling With Tarts]], [[artist:Zan Hoffman]] and others. Surak also performed and toured with his live unit [[artist:New Carrollton]] creating improvised post industrial soundscapes. During the early 1990s Surak spent most of his time living in Russia, where he formed the noise group [[artist:Sovmestnoye Predpriyatiye]] (Joint Venture). In the late 90s, Surak returned to recording and live performance with the free music duo [[artist:V.]]. After releasing numerous recordings and touring the USA, [[artist:V.]] disbanded and Surak focused on solo works under the name of [[artist:Violet (2)]].

He has collaborated with such artists as [[artist:Alexei Borisov]], [[artist:Frans De Waard]], Zan Hoffman, Rinus Van Alebeek, and Michael Gendreau. Surak runs the [[label:Zeromoon]] label. From 2005-2018 he directed the annual Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music in Washington DC.