Denis Jones - 3333 (2018)

Manchester-based multi-instrumentalist Denis Jones is a guarantor of musical quality; when you see his name associated with a project, expect inventive results! In recent years, the loop-building guitarist has undergone ‘metamorphosis into a drummer, producer and mixing engineer’ and new album 3333 is both a reflection of that process and a final chapter to his album trilogy, first conceived in 2003.

Having premiered Jazz Squared – a track which began as an idea for jazz guitar but morphed into a piece of minimal electro-acoustic pop – via CLASH, Denis is streaming the album in its entirety on Spotify. It features contributions from vocalist Leonore, but was otherwise a solitary endeavour. Graham Massey, whose group Toolshed support Jones at his album launch show, and DJ/producer Mr Scruff provided invaluable guidance, but aside from mastering at 80Hertz studio, all knob-twiddlery and production was the work of Denis himself. Working at Old Granada Studios – ‘the perfect ground for artist development’ – Denis has drawn from an array of influences including mythological, religious and science-fiction texts in this work. Most of the albums songs come in at exactly 3:33 in length but this doesn’t in any way inhibit the material, adding to the modern dystopian undercurrents of the record.