Chelonis R Jones

The Kohncke mix is ace, really shivery and slow-building.

This is point blank amazing! The DJ T live set I just downloaded is unreal, key track is The Jackals-Jack Ain't Back, which was released last year on Déssous.

If you have any love for Chicago House, and I know lots of ILM do you have to get this stuff, it's so exciting!

"Dislocated Genius"
1. BLACKFACE
2. MIDDLE FINGER MUSIC
3. VULTURES
4. THE HAIR
5. I DON´T KNOW
6. MYTHOLOGIES (myths I & II)
7. L.A. MATTRESS
8. NaNaNa
9. DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS (myth III)
10. ONE& ONE
11. DEBASER
12. LE BATEAU IVRE

p.s. I'm a fan of both TTD and this album

It's very good. fucking weird too! I recommend this album to pundits as diverse as Adam and Jed.

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pundits

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2. Does he in fact "deserve all the credit"?

Does anyone else feel the bassline in "Mythologies (Myths 1 & 2)" sounds like "The Chain" by umm I don't know your archaic rock bands, Fleetwood Mac was it? The song that was on Formula One coverage on BBC for years.

"Deer In The Headlights" is amazing. Chelonis rapping!

Did anyone else notice Chelonis on the pics for "Body Language", wearing a t-shirt that says "I FUCKED CHELONIS R JONES"?

haha! NO!

Deer In The Headlights is THE track for me, right now. Listened to this on my commute this morning, so happy.

Deer In The Headlights (myth III)

http://s29.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1OGK3TQRLOS9L1SFREX44YR7HI

He complained at the end that the questions I asked were really hard to understand :-(

i hope the artwork for the chelonis album is as good as the dj t artwork.

He gave pretty good answers actually - talked a lot about what he saw as the difference between a house and techno sensibility, where he differs from the other Get Physical artists, why Germany dominates dance music etc. I was actually thinking it was one of the best interviews I'd had until he said that at the end.

(Where can we read this interview?)

He looks like he's in his late 30s but I'm not sure if that distinguishes him totally - Booka Shade were making tracks in the mid-nineties, and were apparently involved in Culture Beat?!? I forgot to ask him to confirm that unfortunately.

(the article isn't published online (it's for a local paper) but I'll put up a transcript somewhere when I've written it up)

Oh and "Oldschool Baby", when that came on he said "this record is hard for you to understand, it is a particular Berlin feeling".!!

Have you heard it Tim?

Sadly I'm stuck in no-downloading land. If it gets released here though I'll try to bag an early promo copy.

I sat on the Huntemann feat. Chelonis single "Terminate the Fire" (on Dance Electric) for a while because I didn't like the sung choruses on the "A" side and felt the instro on the "B" to be missing the good vocal bits and noticeably so. Maybe it's too late, dancefloor tastes are so fickle, but I just re-edited the two sides together to get my ideal mix of vocals. Get it here if you're interested (320k).

Hell remix of DEEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS still kills the old way

4GOTTENFLOOR - The Forgotten Floor
Posted on Monday, October 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm to News

4GOTTENFLOOR is the new Chelonis R. Jones project. His velvety voice, laying somewhere in between soul and rock, has seen him compared by the international press to the likes of Prince and Lenny Kravitz and has seen him grace releases on Get Physical including his debut album ‘Dislocated Genius’ (2005) and guest on releases from Royksopp, Tocadisco, Marc Romboy, Booka Shade, Huntemann and Franz & Shape amongst many others. Neverlethess, until now, he has remained pretty much camera shy, yet Chelonis R. Jones is considered by many inside the industry to be the “next big thing“ of electro pop thanks to his natural talent, a volcanic creativity, a glamorous, intriguing and unconventional personality and that emotional voice.

On 4Gotten Floor he teams up with Italian production maestro and DJ Alex Dandi* (also known for his productions on Irma Records as Pinktronix) to bring us a new vision of electro-soul. Dandi has spun in hundreds of clubs in Italy throughout the 90s, emerging with his distinctive eclectic style and since 2003 he has released a countless number of 12”s and the album “Right On Delay” (Irma Records).

4GOTTEN FLOOR is the amalgamation of two different studio forces uniting as one on the floor…an abandoned dance-floor. The psychiatric ward of a Miami jail (ninth floor). A different debut album from everything one can hear on the radio or in clubs today. A different way to make pop, electronic music, soul, R’n’B and disco.

On ‘4Gotten Floor’ soul and R’n’B are freed from any stereotyped formulas and meet minimal and fragile electronica, captivating and sophisticated, outlining catchy melodies and enthralling grooves, even when taking on new experimental roads of sounds. At the end of the minimal tunnel, a glimmer of hope, a light, an emancipating renaissance, a cathartic gospel. The 4Gotten Floor.

*additional percussion played by Swayzak’s Francesco Brini.

this 4gotten floor thing is FUCKING GOOD

"a new vision of electro-soul"

tynan??

his tracks on the marc romboy record from this year are really good

compared by the international press to the likes of . . . Lenny Kravitz

Thanks for ruining Chelonis R. Jones for me.

Otherwise I think I might buy the deer in the headlights remix 12" this weekend, maybe.

it is a must.

'dislocated genius' easily still the best thing on GPM, so i hope the new thing is really good. lol @ electrosoul, tho.

that Tennis Hero song "Alone" is SOOOOO good, more like that would be awesome

Ha ha, Chelonis bit my head off when I made a reference to Green Velvet in an interview, I wonder how he would have responded to Lenny Kravitz.

New album sounds pretty good...

ned is that 'chatterton'? i didn't even realise he had another record coming out. (this one's on romboy's label.)

that's it, and yeah, it's nice.

Are people listening to Chatterton?

i am! quite an interesting and impressive record but at the same time kinda...not really fun to listen to repeatedly?

I too. Really enjoying it - Sounds like a cross between Terence Trent D'arby and Coil (circa Love's Secret Domain). Pity about the album cover.

New album preview:

http://soundcloud.com/systematicrecordings/sets/the-prison-buffet-preview/

I'm predicting that "How To Entertain Your Coloured Friends" is a track title that's going to pique a lot of interest on LastFM.

Dislocated Genius sounds really great in 2025, feel like it should be better known among younger people? idk? super great paranoid funky cyber house.

i agree! was listening to it frequently a few months back and included "one & one" in a club dj set. people enjoyed it