Simon Huw Jones

Simon Huw Jones performing in Dortmund (May 1998)

Simon Huw Jones or Simon Jones (born June 1, 1960 in Birmingham ) is a British musician , singer and photographer .

biography

Simon Huw Jones grew up in Inkberrow, a small village in the county of Worcestershire , where he founded the post-punk band And Also the Trees with Nick and Graham Havas and his brother Justin Jones , of which he is the singer to this day.

He also attended the art college, where he devoted himself to photography. He then attended a photography school, although at the time he was already working as a photographer's assistant. He then worked as a commercial photographer for four years. However, he found no fulfillment in it and did not take any photos for many years. Simon Huw Jones was primarily dedicated to the And Also the Trees . Later he worked as a photographer again, albeit as a freelance and artistic one.

It was not until 1996, after he went on a trip through India with his then girlfriend and current wife, where he was socially committed and which inspired him to take photos, that Simon Huw Jones made his first public photo exhibition. In addition, Jones photographs adorn some single - and EP - Cover his band.

He also founded the electronica- and ambient-heavy project November with the musician Bernard Trontin, who plays drums with the Young Gods . They released an album under the same name in 2006.

Discography

2006: November (Shayo)
2011: Lena Fennell - Nauticus (Lieder Nauticus & Forgot The Silence , vocals), (Irascible Distribution)
2011: Goodbye Ivan - Ten Inch Interval (Track The Visit (Anxiolytikk) , lyrics and vocals), (Shayo)
2012: Various Artists - Last Summer (Track The Lockkeeper's Cottage , vocals), (Les Disques du 7ème Ciel)
2012: Olivier Mellano - How We Tried A New Combination Of Notes To Show The Invisible Or Even The Embrace Of Eternity (CD 2-1 to CD 2-4, voice), (Naive)

With And Also the Trees

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^ Photographs by Simon Huw Jones on the And Also The Trees website

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Jones, Simon Huw
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English singer and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 1, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Birmingham

[1] Photographs by Simon Huw Jones on the And Also The Trees website