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Between his highly acclaimed solo career and his work with the influential Ezra Collective, Joe Armon-Jones is at the epicentre of the London underground scene. Now building on a rush of acclaim – winning Session of the Year at Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards and being nominated for UK Act of the Year at the Jazz FM Awards – Armon-Jones is set to release his eagerly anticipated second album ‘Turn To Clear View’ on September 20th via Brownswood Recordings. ‘Turn To Clear View’ finds Armon-Jones pushing the boundaries of his sound into exciting new territory. It’s a set which blurs the lines between bass-heavy dub, contemporary club culture and his background as a pioneering force in the modern jazz scene. That singular vision is heightened with flourishes of R&B, hip-hop and p-funk. It’s music of substance – relevant to the here and now, but sure to be heralded as an influence in the years that follow. Inspired by fresh influences and experiences that have arisen over the course of the past year, the album is the result of Armon-Jones’ studious creative process and those around him. He writes continuously and organically – initial ideas coming quickly and swiftly recorded as voice notes before they’re evolved and tweaked, often over the course of several months. Hype may come and go, but Armon-Jones seems sure that the music, and he and his peers' desire to create it in the uncompromising, experimental way that has won them that hype, will remain. "People might stop paying attention, but I don't think it will stop Shabaka playing as many gigs as he does, or Nubya playing as many as she does. It won't stop any of us writing. It won't slow that down. People who are swept in the hype now might move on, but that's fine because they probably weren't buying the records anyway."
