Joe Armon-Jones – The ‘Altered Currents’ Mix

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Six years after his last solo album, Joe Armon-Jones returns with All The Quiet, a two-part project blending jazz with dub production techniques featuring musicians including Nubya Garcia and members of Ezra Collective.

All The Quiet is a two-part project inspired by King Tubby and recorded over four intensive days at Livingstone Studios with musicians including Nubya Garcia and members of Ezra Collective. Armon-Jones then spent months mixing and editing the sessions in his home studio, complete with reel-to-reel machines and spring reverb.

Entirely written, produced and mixed by Armon-Jones on his Aquarii Records label, the album features collaborations with Greentea Peng, Wu Lu, Hak Baker, Asheber and Yazmin Lacey. What emerges is a textured sound that maintains the freedom of jazz improvisation while exploring themes of community and creative resistance through the sonic possibilities of dub.

With all that in mind Armon-Jones has put us together a mixtape inspired by the album.

Listen below:

Who are you?

My name is Joe Armon-Jones and I play the piano, produce and mix music.

Where are you?

I’m currently sat in a cab on the way to Glastonbury, having just got back from Paris Fashion Week.

What are you?

I am a musician

Where was the mix recorded?

This mix was recorded in Aquarii Studio which is my home studio

What would be the ideal setting to listen to the mix?

Any setting without distractions! Put the phone facedown somewhere on silent, and enjoy some soulful music

What would be your dream setting to record a mix?: Location/system/format.

On a beach infront of the sea. With a big soundsystem and a record player

Which track in the mix is your current favourite?

The Stylistics – You Are Everything – one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard

If you could go back to back with any DJ from throughout history, who would it be and why?

Hmmm probably Maxwell Owin that is one of my best friends and one of the best DJs i have ever seen perform live

What was your first DJ set up at home and what is it now?

It’s basically the same as it always was, a technics turntable and a set of Sony home surround sound speakers

What’s more important, the track you start on or the track you end on?

The track you end on! That’s what people remember when they go home

One record in your collection that is impossible to mix into anything…

No such thing as impossible to mix. But Miles Davis – Bitches Brew is a tricky one

Upcoming in the world of…

My latest album All The Quiet (Part II) has just dropped and I’m touring it in October! Playing a special show at Hackney Church in London on the 24th October

All The Quiet is out now