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A truly ground-breaking songwriter, Denis Jones began playing the guitar while he was at school, but it was not until he moved from the North west to London that his music took the electronic direction that runs throughout his startlingly polished debut album, humdrum virtue. Borrowing a sampler from a friend, Denis experimented with distorted chords and the manipulation of sound in the same way as Four Tet or Matthew Herbert had done before him, retained the rootsy vocals from singer-songwriter past.
Swiftly building a devoted following, Denis has taken his distinctive live shows as far as Lithuania, and astonished crowds at Glastonbury, as well as during support slots with Amp Fiddler, Efterklang, Merz and Okkervil River. humdrum virtue was initially released with limited edition handmade cover art, and these early copies are now highly-coveted collectors’ items.
"Lancashire born Denis Jones is a 24 year old self-taught guitarist, who plays a uniquely textured blend of rhythmical future-folk. Denis draws inspiration from a wide range of traditional, song-based music, inventively blending these influences with modest experimental electronics. Whilst striving to maintain a song writing philosophy that generates a pure emotional response, Denis never overcomplicates this process and, even with the technical appeal of the live performance, he remains true to the initial drive of emotive creativity. Comparisons have been drawn with One World era John Martin mixed with Tunng and re-assembled through a Basic Channel filter. In recent years Denis has played regularly around the country, including current support slots for Coco Rosie, Ella Guru, Steve Tilston, Bent, bone box, Okkervil River, The Boats, Merz, Jack Rose and Chris Corsano."
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![Table - 17 [MP3]](http://www.humblesoul.net/catalog/images/7.gif "Denis Jones - 17 [MP3]")
![Denis Jones - Beginning [MP3]](http://www.humblesoul.net/catalog/images/8.gif "Denis Jones - Beginning [MP3]")
![Denis Jones - humdrum virtue [CD]](http://www.humblesoul.net/catalog/images/HumdrumVirtue_510x510.gif "Denis Jones - humdrum virtue [CD]")
