After a stressful day getting our release announcement for "Fragments from The Cross, Vol. 2" out, we relax into a chilled, simple jam featuring Mani Maxwell on harmonium, Jules on electric piano and Stevie J on spacey guitar.
An oriental scent drifts into this spacey arpeggiated piece. Stevie J Jones on Jupiter 8, Jules Maxwell on electric piano and talky growly synth. Shimmering.
As Jules says at the end, "a stallion". 9/8 thing. Hard to hang on to but some great moments. Rolling, kicking, SH-101, guitar, synth and amped electric piano.
We are delighted to welcome Foy Vance as our special guest on drums and organ. We just agreed F#m, 175bpm, 5 minutes. We did ours. He did his. And we put them together to make this...
Crossjam is a daily music improvisation between Stevie J Jones and Jules Maxwell, recorded every lunchtime at their little workspace in Brockley Cross, London.
Jules and Stevie J grew up in a Northern Irish coastal town called Bangor and have known each other for 30 years. Between them, they have played with a host of bands and artists including Brian Eno, Dead Can Dance and AIR as well as creating soundtracks for shows at The Royal Opera House and Shakepeare’s Globe Theatre.
Crossjam is an opportunity for them to set aside their ongoing individual projects for about ten minutes each day and make some music with each other. The recordings are raw and unedited, published every weekday afternoon.