Joe Armon-Jones (Ezra Collective), the flagbearer of genre-defying London jazz, releases his new album All The Quiet (Part II).
Released on Armon-Jones’ own label, Aquarii Records, All The Quiet (Part II) once again explores new musical and sonic worlds. The London-based keyboardist, producer, songwriter, and bandleader is joined by an impressive list of special guests, including Asheber, Greentea Peng, Wu Lu, Hak Baker, and Yazmin Lacey.
According to Armon-Jones, he was greatly inspired by the radical productions of dub master King Tubby and dub sound systems in general:
“I got really into exploring the sound world of dub. Taking that process and applying it to jazz, funk, and all those other musics that I really love.”
Listen to the album and come see him live at AB on October 26!
- ★★★★ “Welds funky shades of Herbie Hancock's fusion era with a heavy dub influence and much post-production tomfoolery.” Mojo
- “Boundary-pushing future-jazz. Intricate, intoxicating and nodding in multiple directions often simultaneously” Electronic Sound
- “Joe Armon-Jones tantalisingly displays a new darker side to his introspective compositions” Jazzwise
- “The winning blend of soul, funk, Afrobest, hip-hop and electronica has a personal imprint, with pleating subtlety and restraint in places, but the input of vocalist/MCs such as Asheber, and Goya Gumbani who grace Kingfisher and Eye Swear respectively, is impressive” Echoes
- “It’s in his solo work that the purest form of Armon-Jones’ vision shines though, combining elements of jazz, dub and the more atmospheric ends of UK electronic music his first solo album in six years represents his most ambitious statement to date” Music Radar
- “Joe Armon-Jones paints a gorgeous sonic portrait in composition, production, and sound.” All Music
