Crossjam

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.

Friday 23rd April 2021

Infinite guitar with random note selections and drone synth descending. Ethereal, at times dissonant but chance occasionally delivers a degree of glory. Dismissed by Stevie J at the end.

04-23
03:42

Thursday 22nd April 2021

Sympathetic rasping drone strings and acoustic guitar

04-22
04:28

Wednesday 21st April 2021

Jules starts on the baglama, changing to organ halfway through. Stevie J on spacey guitars.

04-21
07:00

Tuesday 20th April 2021

Driven electric piano and guitar blues workout. Stevie's amp explodes bringing things to a short and not-so-sweet conclusion.

04-20
02:47

Monday 19th April 2021

One of our favourites yet. Epic. SH-101, distorted keyboard solo and huge texture guitar. 4 unexpectedly amazing chords at the end.

04-19
06:26

Friday 16th April 2021

Accordion and space guitar. Sunset on the Adriatic.

04-16
04:19

Wednesday 7th April 2021

For Brendan. Droning synth tambura, electric piano and crystals guitar.

04-07
06:40

Tuesday 6th April 2021

One for Big Ken. Stevie J opts for a clean guitar sound with no effects for once, and Jules stays chilled with the electric piano.

04-06
06:00

Monday 5th April 2021

On the day that our "Fragments from The Cross, Vol. 1" NFT sells out, we settle into an ambient piece of harmonizer electric guitar, Rhodes piano and synth.

04-05
03:47

Friday 2nd April 2021

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.

04-02
06:01

Thursday 1st April 2021

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.

04-01
04:15

Wednesday 31st March 2021

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.

03-31
04:13

Tuesday 30th March 2021

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...

03-30
05:07

Friday 26th March 2021

Jules and Stevie J explore their 80s side... Juno 60, SH-101, piano and organ, and of course, masses of Blade Runner type reverb.

03-26
08:52

Thursday 25th March 2021

A chilled bluesy number with spacey guitar and moody organ

03-25
05:51

Wednesday 24th March 2021

"Raw and unedited..." as proved by the ending. Guitar, organ and electric piano.

03-24
05:16

Tuesday 23rd March 2021

Lighting things up a bit with a driving groove inspired by Bitches Brew... Jules on fire on the Rhodes, SH-101 bass and delay guitar.

03-23
06:38

Monday 22nd March 2021

A minimal circular chord progression. Spacey guitar, electric piano and organ.

03-22
04:09

Friday 19th March 2021

Start on Eb and see what happens.

03-19
07:12

Thursday 18th March 2021

Morse code SH-101. Persia. Space guitars.

03-18
06:10

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