Stevie J Jones

I also adore 70s / 80s synths and drum machines and have been collecting some over the years... here are a few of my favourite synths. What are your favourite synths that you have?

Give me 4 versions of you…

Just so good…

Upmixing my old music with finalist.audio. The original master was already solid so it blew me away how much weight Finalist's Upmixing added.

Oh man - this is SO good from @timexile.com – UPMIXING! Take your old tracks to a whole new level... drop in a stereo file and some crazy alchemy will do some magic mastering by splitting the stems and processing them all. My mind is blown. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsT6...

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/

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.

I bought this beer based on it being named after my second favourite effect. They didn’t have DELAY.

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.

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 ♥️

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.

Cats do love a box… wait for it 😻

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.

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.

Name a famous song you can’t stand. I’ll start… Frank Sinatra - My Way

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 😂

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.

Am I the only person in the whole UK who didn’t get that alert?

No cheating. Post your lock screen

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.

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 ♥️

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.

I looked up “Paredes” in a Spanish - English dictionary and was pleased to see it means “wankbudgie” #WorldCup2026

Does anyone know a good Japanese teacher in (south east) London? I speak some but need to brush up! 🇯🇵

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?

Spotted in Sicily - a wine that describes the effect it will have on you 😂

I had this guitar made for me in the 90s by Ernie, one of the guys that worked in the Lowden factory. It’s a friend’s son’s 18th today. He’s so into music and he fell in love with it, so today I’ll give it to him so it can have another life. Farewell old friend ♥️

Whoa @boardsofcanada.bsky.social - Inferno is blowing my mind. Truly worth the wait. Amazing stuff ♥️

I always use this name when ordering in a public place. Can you name the reference? If so you are a friend of mine for sure ♥️

Moments like this are so inspring. I fucking love (the real) America 🇺🇸♥️

Love how the Artemis II parachutes were designed to look like Tunnocks Teacakes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The crew of Artemis II in the Integrity module are a few minutes from interfacing with the earth’s atmosphere at 16000 miles an hour. I’m just sitting watching it eating Frazzles.

I’m doing my studio room up soon, but for now my favourite guitars are hanging up on the outside wall while we build a new internal frame. Which one would you take home?

I’m not 100% convinced that the Hong Kong restaurant I added to Google Maps is getting that many views because of its food credentials 😂

Home From The Sea, the Juliet Turner EP that I co-wrote and produced last year is finally up on streaming services 🤩 Please take it for a spin if you have 20 mins ♥️ open.spotify.com/album/2PBCFU...

Just heard the news that James Gadson, one of the grooviest drummers ever to draw breath, has passed away… I’m feeling this one. He was one of my favourites. I mean just listen to this - and see how effortless he makes it look. One of the true greats. #RIP 💔 youtu.be/9SmtgkIlF7A?...

Let the weekend begin

Keiji Haino was utterly unique. On the challenging side of avant garde for me but memorable and the real deal. Tonight: Indre and Shahzad Ismaily at Crypt Gallery!

David Byrne was absolutely astonishing. Simple as that. Musically, visually, emotionally perfect. So uplifting at a time when we need it most. Tonight, Keiji Haino at the ICA!

Kinda losing my shit right now as I’m heading off to see David Byrne at The Apollo.

Happy Mothers Day Maaaa - miss you every day ♥️

#ChurchOfRockAndRoll #69 Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. The Jimmywebb, all mimsy, came whiffling through the tulgey wood. Rested he by the Tumtum tree and sat a while in thought. Wichita lineman up and away he chortled in his joy.