Charlie Jones reveals new video for ‘Love Form’, announces 2014 live dates

Following the release of his debut album Love Form via Stranger Records, West Country gent Charlie Jones has returned with a video for album title cut ‘Love Form’ – eerie, yet strangely compelling footage of banger car racing works seamlessly with the album standout. This follows the ‘Reconstruction’ video that took on a life of its own whilst stealthily amassing well over 55K plays.

Added to this, Charlie Jones has assembled a crack cast on west country players for the albums live debut in February 2014 – calling at Bristol and Eat Your Own Ears presents from London’s legendary The Vortex.

As Charlie says himself “Combining musicians who can really play to the backdrop of pure technology and putting it through a sonic mangler will be fun”.

Watch ‘Love Form’ here: http://youtu.be/974RZVq8pSY

Charlie Jones UK live dates:
Sun 9 February 2014 Bristol The Folkhouse £10 www.wegottickets.com
Tues 11th Feb London The Vortex
Eat Your Own Ears presents Charlie Jones £12.50
http://eatyourownears.eventgenius.co.uk/events
Website: charliejones.net

Praise for Love Form
‘Thrillingly dense and crafted with modest virtuosity, it’s an unexpected gem’ 4/5 Q
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‘Hugely ambitious’ Uncut
‘A gifted composer and multi-instrumentalist who should be let loose on the soundtrack to a harrowing horror movie’ Metro
‘Albums of the Month’ Dazed
‘It’s contemporary, exquisite and simply put a feast for the ears’ Drunken Werewolf
‘An atmospheric affair’ Diva

Charlie Jones is what we call a musician’s musician. His bass playing has been called upon by the likes of Robert Plant, Page & Plant, Siouxsie Sioux and, latterly, Goldfrapp. His talents as a composer saw him win a Grammy for co-writing on the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss albumRaising Sand.

On Love Form, Charlie finds his own métier, stretching out to two sides of instrumental languor and tension that only a well-seasoned writer and player could conjure. Stylish, intellectual and sensuous noir of this ilk is at best hinted at or sampled these days but here we are blessed with the talents of a composer able to fully immersive himself in the depths of such kaleidoscopic dimensions.

When asked about the influences that inform his sound, Charlie recalls the creaking of the boat swing in the playground next to his Grandmother’s house as keenly as Sundays spent listening to his father’s jazz and classical LPs. When asked whether years touring with Robert Plant have rubbed off, Charlie – who revealingly refers to himself as a ‘blue-collar’ musician – recalls the feedback from his monstrous stack during stadium sound checks. It’s the bits in between that count for Charlie as much as his love for everyone from Messiaen to Miles, from Bernard Hermann to Barry White.

The emphasis on live performance, often recorded in one take, is complemented by the absence of samples, loops, synthesizers or digital manipulation of any kind. Electronic sounds are generated using Charlie’s collection of pre-1970s, valve-driven equipment which Charlie maintains are at their best after warming up for at least eight hours. Tellingly, his favourite chunk of vintage machinery is the Rhode & Swartz Resonant Filter Amp, as used by Karlheinz Stockhausen. This wholly tactile approach is carried through to the mixing of the album by veteran producer/engineer Stuart Bruce, resulting in a deeply visceral sound.

Love Form is an album of singular vision, unfettered ambition and an oceanic musicality, the likes of which is currently in scarce supply. Finally stepping out from the shadows, Charlie Jones is going to quietly blow your mind.