Charlie Jones reveals video for ‘Reconstruction’‏

Following the release of his debut album Love Form via Stranger Records, West Country gent Charlie Jones has returned with a video for album cut ‘Reconstruction’.

A sprawling seven minute affair swollen with eerie instrumentals and freeform sensibilities serves to showcase the singular musicianship on display – all instruments are played by Charlie Jones apart from Tony Orrell on drums. The accompanying footage takes us on an intimate, microcosmic tour of Jones’s home studio and the mastering technique at Electric in West London. ‘Reconstruction’ was the first piece Charlie Jones wrote for the album so the interspersing of the final album process adds to a pleasingly cyclical journey.

Watch ‘Reconstruction’ here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-9aa2GXGkQ

Love Form is out now via Stranger Records. Live UK dates coming soon…

Artist: Charlie Jones
Title: Love Form
Label: Stranger Records
Release Date: 12 August 2013
Formats: Vinyl / Digital & CD
Cat Number: STRCD016
Website: charliejones.net

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‘Love Form is a triumph’ Notion
‘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
‘An atmospheric affair’ Diva
‘It’s contemporary, exquisite and simply put a feast for the ears’ Drunken Werewolf

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 album Raising 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.