[2] Cantu-Ledesma was born and raised in Texas, United States, and studied sculpture and visual arts in San Francisco.
[2] His solo debut album, Love Is a Stream, came in 2010 and was released under Type Records.
[2] Cantu-Ledesma continued to release many solo and collaborative projects, including A Year with 13 Moons in 2015, On the Echoing Green in 2017, You Can See Your Own Way Out in 2021 with Ilyas Ahmed, and Gift Songs in 2025.
[2] His label, Root Strata, has an extensive catalog that includes artists such as Tarentel, Grouper, Yellow Swans, Charalambides, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Oneohtrix Point Never, Barn Owl, Starving Weirdos, Gregg Kowalsky, and more.
Primary solo project, primarily ambient/drone music Ambient solo project Harsh noise project of Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Jim Redd Project of Brad Rose (The North Sea, Ajilvsga, Ossining, Digitalis Records) and John Twells (Xela, Type Records) with contributions by Gregg Kowalsky, Jed Bindeman, and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma Kraut/psych rock band A heavily synthesizer based and largely improvisational group featuring Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Danny Paul Grody, and Trevor Montgomery Collaborative project between Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Trevor Montgomery Collaborative project between Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Tony Cross Collaborative project between Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Liz Harris (Grouper) Collaborative project between Félicia Atkinson and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma