Chelonis R. Jones
Chelonis R. Jones is an American painter, electropop musician, producer, poet, singer, songwriter and performer.
Biography
Born and raised in California and New York, Jones lives in Europe.[1] While he has released albums (Dislocated Genius,[2][3] The Forgotten Floor,[4] Chatterton[5][6][7][8][9] and The Prison Buffet[10]), the earliest single releases (2002–2006) came complete with original cover artwork edited from original oil canvases painted in the late 1990s by the artist. Around this period, he formed his provo-art-rockgroup COON, but Jones decided to shelve the long-awaited art rock debut to concentrate on electropop releases. With over 70 singles (mostly on Get Physical and Systematic Records), he is perhaps more widely known as the vocalist and co-writer[1] of the popular Röyksopp single "49 Percent", appearing on the album The Understanding, his hit songs "I Don't Know?" and "One & One", from his critically praised Dislocated Genius debut album, working with DJ Hell, and appearing on the Kris Menace album Features with the successful "Voodoo Dilate (Samo)" track in 2013.
In 2011, he exhibited his theme title-based paintings in exclusive galleries: "American Anarchist", followed by "The Dream", "Awakenings", "Outside Inside I & II" (Gallery Sassen) and many other European exhibitions and various International Art Fairs, which displayed his paintings covering the first 15 years receiving rave and controversial reviews from corporations such as Monopol Magazine and many others. In 2013, Cassina sponsored and premiered the first of their kind (followed later by a Cassina exhibition with Karl Lagerfeld) collaboration exhibitions: "American Anarchist II", "The Wonderful and Startling World of Chelonis R. Jones" and "CHEVOLUTION!". Artworks were also displayed in connection with The Saatchi Gallery, Cologne Paper Art (Kunstmesse) and The 2013 ARTFAIR Köln.
Discography
Albums
| Dislocated Genius (2005) | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Blackface" | 4:09 |
| 2. | "Middle Finger Music" | 8:36 |
| 3. | "Vultures" | 5:15 |
| 4. | "The Hair" | 4:40 |
| 5. | "I Don't Know?" | 7:14 |
| 6. | "Mythologies (Myths I & II)" | 10:16 |
| 7. | "L.A. Mattress" | 4:36 |
| 8. | "Na, Na, Na" | 7:10 |
| 9. | "Deer in the Headlights (Myth III)" | 7:14 |
| 10. | "One & One" | 7:02 |
| 11. | "Debaser" | 6:50 |
| 12. | "Le Bateau Ivre" | 6:30 |
Total length: |
79:32 | |
| The Forgotten Floor (Chelonis R. Jones & Alex Dandi as "4Gottenfloor") (2008) | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Sooner or Later" | 3:27 |
| 2. | "A.A.A. (Afro American Alienation)" | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Bitch Exemplar" | 3:40 |
| 4. | "The Ninth Floor" | 3:26 |
| 5. | "Delicious?" | 2:24 |
| 6. | "Pups" | 3:51 |
| 7. | "Sugar Surreal" | 5:16 |
| 8. | "Gossip Killed J." | 4:19 |
| 9. | "Mad Love!" | 4:34 |
| 10. | "Erasing You" | 5:56 |
Total length: |
40:41 | |
| The Forgotten (Dance) Floor Part 01 (Chelonis R. Jones & Alex Dandi as "4Gottenfloor") (2009) | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Sugar Surreal (Juho Kahilainen Remix)" | 6:45 |
| 2. | "Sugar Surreal (Marco Dassi Remix)" | 8:00 |
| 3. | "Bitch Exemplar (Blake Remix)" | 7:41 |
| 4. | "Bitch Exemplar (K Loud Remix)" | 8:19 |
| 5. | "Erasing You (Loris Camerini Remix)" | 5:45 |
| 6. | "Erasing You (Hannulelauri Remix)" | 8:59 |
| The Forgotten (Dance) Floor Part 02 (Chelonis R. Jones & Alex Dandi as "4Gottenfloor") (2009) | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Pups (Rudeejay Vs. Matte Botteghi Remix)" | 6:04 |
| 2. | "Sooner or Later (Pinktronix Remix)" | 6:52 |
| 3. | "A.A.A. (Afro American Alienation) (Keith Remix)" | 4:39 |
| 4. | "Delicious (Frank Agrario Remix)" | 5:56 |
| 5. | "Sooner or Later (Hard Ton Remix)" | 6:02 |
| 6. | "The 9th. Floor (Lexintone Remix)" | 3:19 |
| Chatterton (2009) | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Barefoot Through Hell" | 5:04 |
| 2. | "Tornography" | 7:25 |
| 3. | "Rehabilitation" | 4:28 |
| 4. | "The Cockpit" | 8:21 |
| 5. | "Underdog Anomaly" | 5:46 |
| 6. | "Pompadour" | 7:26 |
| 7. | "On the Run" | 7:32 |
| 8. | "For The Last Time / Psycho Audio Couture" | 8:00 |
| 9. | "Insects" | 4:02 |
| 10. | "Bathroom Mirror Legend" | 6:19 |
| 11. | "Pompadour (Pre Mutation)" | 9:07 |
| 12. | "Sky Is Sea" | 3:42 |
Total length: |
77:12 | |
| The Prison Buffet (2012) | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "(Non)sense?" | 2:52 |
| 2. | "Pinwheel Piaf" | 3:55 |
| 3. | "How To Entertain Your Coloured Friends" | 3:48 |
| 4. | "The Irritant (Brain Damage Club)" | 5:58 |
| 5. | "The Soirée" | 6:55 |
| 6. | "Cherry" | 2:12 |
| 7. | "Love Needs an Invoice" | 4:17 |
| 8. | "Dark Twain" | 3:37 |
| 9. | "23$ Life" | 3:53 |
| 10. | "The Incredible Sulk" | 3:11 |
| 11. | "Car Crash In Reverse" | 4:37 |
| 12. | "Fame & Success (Original Mix) (iTunes Bonus Track)" | 3:02 |
Total length: |
48:17 | |
| The Prison Buffet: The Remixes (2013) | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Pinwheel Piaf (Tiger Stripes Remix)" | 6:48 |
| 2. | "Love Needs An Invoice (Pezzner Mix)" | 5:59 |
| 3. | "Love Needs An Invoice (Pezzner Mix Instrumental)" | 5:59 |
| 4. | "23$ Life (Toby Tobias Remix)" | 9:14 |
| 5. | "23$ Life (Toby Tobias Instrumental)" | 9:14 |
Total length: |
37:14 | |
Singles
- "One & One" (2002)
- "Blackout!" (2002)
- "I Don't Know?" (2003)
- "Le Bateau Ivre" (2004)
- "Deer in the Headlights" (2005)
- "Na Na Na" (2006, featured on GPM Label Anniversary)
- "Dirty Lipstick" (2007)
- "Rehabilitation" (2009)
- "The Cockpit" (2009)
- "Pompadour" (2009)
- "Mythologies" (2012, features on Ten Years Get Physical)
- "The Irritant (Brain Damage Club)" (2012)
Collaborations
- Booka Shade (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "S.T.A.R.R.Z." (2004, featured in Memento)
- Booka Shade (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Stupid Questions" (2004)
- Röyksopp (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "49 Percent" (2005, featured in The Understanding)
- Röyksopp (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Go Away" (2005, featured in The Understanding and Röyksopp's Night Out)
- DJ Remo (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Empire" (2005)
- DJ Remo (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Black Sabrina" (2005)
- Bioground (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Complexity" (2005, featured in Love Addiction)
- Huntemann (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Terminate the Fire" (2005)
- Belivers (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "(You'll Never Change) the World" (2005)
- Huntemann (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Scary Love" (2005, featured in Fieber)
- Pinktronix (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Crash!" (2006, featured in Right On Delay)
- Franz & Shape (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "God Lost My Address" (2005/2006, featured in Destination/Location and Acceleration)
- Tennishero (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Alone" (2006)
- DJ Remo (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Sabrina Says..." (2007)
- Pinktronix (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Baby Boo" (2007)
- Marc Romboy vs. Chelonis R. Jones - "Helen Cornell" (2007)
- Eddie Thoneick presents Female Deejays (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "If Only" (2007)
- Tocadisco (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Shrine" (2007)
- Corrugated Tunnel (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Beautifully Lost" (2008)
- Crackdown (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "The Wassily Chair" (2008)
- Urban Hussy (featuring Chelonis R. Jones and Edwin James) - "Mardi Gras" (2008)
- El Carlitto (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "On and On" (2008)
- C. Banx (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Destination Unknown" (2008)
- Marc Romboy (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "The Slam!" (2008, featured in Contrast)
- Marc Romboy (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "The Beat" (2008, featured in Contrast)
- Marc Romboy (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Side FX" (2008, featured in Contrast)
- Pinktronix (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Back to Black" (2008)
- Bush II Bush (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "My Salvation" (2008))
- Jochen Pash (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Mathematics" (2008)
- Lorenzo Montana (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Erasing You" (2009, featured in Black Ivy)
- Spektre (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "The Ride" (2009)
- Marc Romboy vs. Chelonis R. Jones - "The Beat" (2009)
- Booka Shade (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Bad Love" (2010, featured in More!)
- Utah Jazz (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Avoiding Puddles" (2010, featured in Vintage)
- Kris Menace (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Voodoo Dilate (Samo)" (2012, featured in Features)
- Booka Shade (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Blackout: White Noise" (2012, featured in Blackout: White Noise EP)
- Thomas Schumacher (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) - "Is Your Kettle On?" (2013, featured in Stand Up)
References
- 1 2 RA: Chelonis R Jones - Dislocated Genius - Album Review
- ↑ "Brilliant Corners". San Francisco Bay Guardian. May 16, 2006. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Dislocated Genius". XLR8R.
- ↑ Macpherson, Alex (October 30, 2008). "Electronic review: 4gottenfloor: The Forgotten Floor". The Guardian. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ↑ Tantum, Bruce (April 23, 2009). "Review: Chelonis R. Jones". Time Out. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ↑ "For your earholes". San Francisco Bay Guardian. May 20, 2009. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Chelonis R. Jones: Chatterton". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26.
- ↑ "Chatterton". XLR8R.
- ↑ "Chelonis R Jones – Chatterton". musicOMH. April 27, 2009. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ↑ Downton, Chris (August 30, 2012). "Chelonis R. Jones – The Prison Buffet (Systematic Recordings)". Cyclic Defrost. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
External links
- American Anarchist: From an Art Historian's Perspective
- Official website
- Chelonis R. Jones featured in Monopol Magazine "American Anarchist" Exhibition
- Jones' Paintings