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Stevie J Jones

@stevejones.music
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Producer, composer, musician: AIR, Brian Eno, Imogen Heap, Craig Armstrong, Bryan Ferry, David Byrne etc. I made the Star Wars x Withnail & I mashups. Synth & guitar fiend stevejones.music | youtube.com/@stevie_j_jones

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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 6h
I've just finished building a new portfolio site for the painter Bob Rudd. He's approaching end of life now, which is tremendously sad to me, but I felt it was important to remind the world how magnificent his watercolour paintings are. Have a look and enjoy the mastery. bobrudd.com/gallery/
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 10h
Inspired by @ronanhession.bsky.social I have reached out to a local Japanese teacher to try and get myself back into shape. My degree course and year in Okayama feel like a long time ago now! My wife and I plan to live in Osaka for a while in the next few years.
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 17h
Haha… I would not be queuing up to buy a beer called FLANGE 😂😂😂
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 10/10/2026
🙌
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 10/10/2026
I bought this beer based on it being named after my second favourite effect. They didn’t have DELAY.
Stevie J’s hand holds a can of Elusive Brewing “Reverb” West Coast IPA, 5.8% ABV, hopped with Amarillo, Talus and Krush. The label shows pixel-art of a rain-soaked city at dusk, with a spaceship shining a searchlight over the buildings.
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 08/10/2026
I am lost for words. No note except one in the tape deck saying “Tested OK. 30 September 2026. DG Horowitz in Moscow.” How can anyone be so generous?
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 08/10/2026
Today I received in the post not only the vinyl of it, but the cassette - AND - a brand new old stock Marantz cassette player from the RAF Panavia Tornado programme.
A top-down photo of a table covered in a cassette-themed haul. In the centre is a Marantz CP230 portable cassette recorder in a black stitched leatherette case. Its window shows an empty cassette well, and its side panel has switches for Dolby noise reduction, MPX filter and tape type, plus pitch and bias fine-tune dials. Above, a printed eBay listing describes the recorder as a brand new, unissued ex-Ministry of Defence unit sold through the UK MoD disposal agent. Below are a pack of Varta industrial D batteries, two TDK D90 normal-position blank cassettes, a Deutsche Grammophon cassette of Horowitz in Moscow, and Brian Eno and David Byrne's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, both as a cassette and as a vinyl LP with a "Fairly Good" price sticker. Bubble wrap and crumpled brown packing paper surround the items.Close-up, top-down view of a Marantz CP230 portable cassette recorder in a black leatherette case with contrast stitching and chrome press studs. The gold Marantz logo is printed along the top edge. A padded flap with a snap fastener covers the cassette compartment, and a small window shows the tape hubs inside. To its right is a grid of round speaker holes, and below it a mechanical tape counter reads 746. Along the front edge is a row of piano-key transport buttons, three wide and two narrow, with red, green and yellow coloured tabs on some of them. On the right, behind a clear plastic cover, a control panel holds switches for memory rewind, Dolby noise reduction, MPX filter, and tape type (normal, chrome or metal), plus two small dials for pitch and bias fine-tuning.Eye-level view of the front panel of a Marantz CP230 portable cassette recorder, sitting in its black leatherette case on a wooden floor. Along the top edge are six piano-key transport buttons. Below them, from left to right: a headphone socket, a monitor volume knob, a square button, a “Batt./Light” push button and a limiter on/off switch. To the right are two round analogue VU meters, labelled left and right, with white needles over scales that run from yellow into red. The left meter doubles as a battery check. The edge of a record volume dial and a small red indicator light are just visible at the far right.
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 08/10/2026
OMG - i was chatting with an old family friend last week about My Life in the Bush Of Ghosts. He mentioned the original imprint with Qu’ran on it and I said I didn’t have that one. He said “I think I can help you out there…”
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 03/10/2026
Same. But I now see the beauty in it. The purity of the idea. And maybe it’s part of my current desire for music that doesn’t try to do too much. Hope you enjoy a revisit!
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 02/10/2026
OH YEAH!!!!!
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 02/10/2026
When Jon Hopkins’ album “Ritual” came out in 2024 I really didn’t get it. One tempo and not much variety all the way through. A bit “ordinary” I thought. Cut to how. I am absolutely obsessed with it. I don’t know what changed. It’s that unwavering meditative quality that makes it so good.
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 30/09/2026
Getting told there are 4 unreleased tracks of the Songs In The Key Of Life sessions is like being given the keys to a big beautiful room where everything good in the world lies waiting for you. I’m just so stupidly happily listening to these tracks from this beautiful genius. I adore Stevie ♥️
Cover art for “Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life 50 - The EP”
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 19/09/2026
We dropped my son off to start his second year at Warwick Uni today. Bittersweet, but nowhere near as bad as last year. London traffic on the way home does a great job of grinding you so hard that every possible emotion is denied space in your soul. I will miss him.
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 18/09/2026
That was my degree. Japanese at Edinburgh. I was thinking of starting classes again and reading your post has just given me the nudge I needed to sort this out. がんっばてね!
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 17/09/2026
Cats do love a box… wait for it 😻
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 12/09/2026
Do you mean you thought it was all about what your right hand is doing? I think most guitarists do. But the feel, the punch, the funk - it all comes from the hand that strikes the strings. Just listen to Prince’s playing on Sign O The Times and you’ll know…
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 11/09/2026
Wow. This is a bit weird to be honest. But I can see how it might work. Is it not very strange to have someone extending something beyond where you saw it finishing?
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 11/09/2026
I’ve been reading a book by a new author and at one point they identify that the real magic in a guitar player’s feel is all in the *right hand* (for a right handed player of course)… I nearly jumped for joy as I have always thought this and will in fact die on that hill.
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 09/09/2026
Went to see my old pal Roger Eno in concert tonight at Union Chapel. Sublime. In a strange twist I also managed to win his sandals and socks in an audience auction.
Roger Eno playing a Yamaha baby grand piano in Union Chapel under a moody spotlight
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 28/08/2026
Name a famous song you can’t stand. I’ll start… Frank Sinatra - My Way
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 23/08/2026
Just got my 1980s Citizen “Ana Digi Temp” watch back from the jewellers with a new battery. I have come to a local cafe to trawl through the epic Japanese English instructions on how to reset all the displays and dials 😂
A silver 1980s Citizen “ana digi temp” watchInstructions:

‹Setting Time>
(1) Press and hold button ® for 2 seconds or more while in normal Time display. The "Seconds" will start flashing, indicating that the watch is in adjustment mode.
(2)
Each press on button ® in adjustment mode changes flashing section in the order of [Second →
Minute → Hour → 12-hour/24-hour
→ Analog 1 adjustment → Analog
2 adjustment].
(3)
Press button A to adjust flashing section. (Press and hold button for rapid advancement.)
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 20/08/2026
When did Waze get so utterly shit? Diverted via a closed road to a closed motorway FFS. Spent half the fucking night driving down pitch black country lanes. Clueless bastard of a thing - it used to be good, didn’t it? I’d have got home quicker following a map of Middle Earth.
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 14/08/2026
Am I the only person in the whole UK who didn’t get that alert?
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 07/08/2026
No cheating. Post your lock screen
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 06/08/2026
Who *doesn’t* need to go to a games arcade that has classics like “Frenzied Dog Attack”, “Divorce”, “Dead or Bad” and of course “Meat or Pet” A very fun evening at Novelty Automation in London. I love that a place like this can exist in 2026.
Alt text: A tall wire-mesh cage arcade machine with a metal sign reading "TEST YOUR NERVE" mounted above it in pink/red lettering. Inside the cage is a snarling animatronic dog with glowing red eyes and bared teeth, facing forward as if guarding a red push-button. A red sign on the front reads "INSERT COINS / PUT HAND IN CAGE / PUSH BUTTON FOR AS LONG AS YOU DARE."Alt text: A coin-operated mechanical arcade machine titled "DIVORCE" in red neon-style letters. Behind glass, two wooden puppet figures — a woman in an orange top with a yellow bob haircut on the left, and a man in a beige shirt with a scowling expression on the right — stand holding a small model house with a cracked wall between them. Visible mechanical gears, chains, and levers sit beneath the figures. A printed sign reads "DIVORCE INSTRUCTIONS: Part with cash (insert coins) / Divorce proceedings start when bell rings / Turn handwheel to separate from your partner / When you see red, push lever for surge of rage / Continue until one partner separates completely." Two "SEPARATION (Degrees of Freedom)" dials (0–100%) flank the scene, along with a "TIME SPENT DIVORCING" gauge and hand-crank wheels at the base.Alt text: A wooden arcade machine titled "DEAD or BAD" in glowing green cutout lettering. Two illuminated panels below read "KEEP GRANNY WARM" and "SAVE THE PLANET," each above a dial gauge — one labeled "Granny's Temperature" (Cold to Hot) and one labeled "Carbon Footprint" (Low to High). Below is a diorama of a hunched wooden granny figure sitting in a yellow armchair in a small room with a lamp, a window showing a night sky, and an electric bar heater glowing on the red floor. A red hand-crank at the bottom has a sign reading "Turn handle to generate green electricity and keep granny warm through a cold night." Shelves of miscellaneous objects are visible through a glass panel to the right.Alt text: A tall olive-green arcade machine titled "PET OR MEAT" at the bottom in red lettering. It features a large illuminated spinner wheel labeled alternately "PET" and "MEAT" around its rim, with a gold arrow pointer, above a red push-button labeled "SETTLE LAMB'S FATE." Below, a lit diorama shows a wooden family of four figures (a man, woman, girl, and boy) standing with a small toy lamb. Decorative silhouettes of leaping lambs and cuts of meat cover the green panel background. A partly obscured instruction panel is visible on the left. To the right, an adjacent machine with red coiled springs and a red rubber glove is partially visible, displaying text about checking for "suspicious bulges."
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 01/08/2026
Ah - I had hoped I would see you there but alas it was not to be. Just phenomenal.
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 01/08/2026
I wouldn’t claim to be a diehard Nick Cave fan. I like him and have a few albums. But the gig at Preston Park last night was one of the best I’ve ever seen. A band playing as one being, Nick like a cross between God and the devil, the best outdoor sound imaginable - all shared with my best friends ♥️
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on stage at Preston Park at sunset. The stage is lit with yellow lights and the large screens at the sides are showing Janet Ramus, Nick’s backing vocalist
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 30/07/2026
See you there in the not-too-distant future. Less of a pilgrimage but no less of a god.
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 29/07/2026
Oh man - this is how I have discovered this tragic news 😢
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Attack Decay Hold Decay @timexile.com · 28/07/2026
Karst.systems is my new platform for instrument-building, launching in private beta today. Go play with now at app.karst.systems ! Standalone app and plugin coming later this year.
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 21/07/2026
Please give him my best - always liked him a lot and he was so good to me when I was a young player ♥️
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 21/07/2026
They did indeed. This is basically one, but Ernified.
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 20/07/2026
Also @davidcleland.com great photo - did you take it?
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 20/07/2026
He also made this cool ass bass which I bought from him when I was 18. I think he made it from his work desk at Lowden 😂
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 19/07/2026
I looked up “Paredes” in a Spanish - English dictionary and was pleased to see it means “wankbudgie” #WorldCup2026
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 19/07/2026
Having seen the actual half time show, this would have been a vast improvement
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 17/07/2026
Does anyone know a good Japanese teacher in (south east) London? I speak some but need to brush up! 🇯🇵
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 15/07/2026
What time is the football on? I’ve turned on BBC One but it seems to be a live stream of a street fight in Peckham?
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 14/07/2026
You’ve got ANTIFREEZE!!!
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 12/07/2026
Spotted in Sicily - a wine that describes the effect it will have on you 😂
A bottle of Marsala wine called “Terre Arse”
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 08/07/2026
You fantastic bastard
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 08/07/2026
😂
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 05/07/2026
😂
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 01/07/2026
Eye wish you all the best mate ♥️
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 27/06/2026
Hey Chris - that is one lucky girl right there! Love this story ♥️
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 26/06/2026
I would have dibs on that if I was one of your kids. It’s so damn cool 🤩
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 26/06/2026
I am sorry to hear you feel this way about your son. That’s pretty heartbreaking. I suppose we can get ahead of ourselves with our plans. I hope you can find a really amazing home for your gear. And I hope your son finds a way to your heart in time.
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 26/06/2026
Not gonna lie - I did feel a little pang as I left the house carrying it. But seeing the wee guys face when I handed it over was worth it. May it have many more adventures now it is truly loved by another. Buy a replacement? Now there’s an idea 🤣🤣🤣
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 26/06/2026
Ah Papa Dave you’re too kind and seriously it just feels like the right thing to do. It’s just a drop in the ocean compared to the generosity I’ve experienced over the years ♥️
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Stevie J Jones @stevejones.music · 26/06/2026
Nah man, seriously. Just paying it forward. I’ve received so much generosity in the past as a musician. Been given effects, guitars and even a piano! My turn now. But thanks, you’re very kind to say that ♥️
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