Hi there! I'm Chris Joss, almost my real name, I'm a French "multi-instrumentalist and autonomous studio producer"(I didn't come up with that but that sums it up). As a listener I love drums and they're the heart of my music. I had organ lessons in my teens which gave me the basics to learn other instruments. Jamming was my school, I've played loud, loud headphones, long hours, now I'm suffering from tinnitus and hyperacousia, reasonably loud sounds hurt, unreasonably loud sounds are ringing for months, now I play quiet and can't play live anymore for these reasons. I have a passion for recording and sound production.
After 3 brief but revealing experiences with major labels through the band I was fronting, I left France for London in 91 with a band that imploded within weeks. Jumped from bands to bands on bass or guitar, sound engineered a bit while making solo tracks of various styles on my Atari+sampler+16track setup.
Sept2008-Feb2009 recorded 6th LP : Chris Joss presents Monomaniacs vol1. 12 tracks of angry hammond funk with a nasty vintage sound. Alex von Mehren is playing vibraphone on the last track again. Coming out on ESL Music in January 2010.
Tracklist:
01. We Got Some (Part 1&2)
02. Optical
03. Kali Flowers
04. Re-Volt
05. Ford Mustard Cutter
06. Keep On Digging
07. Mo Lovin
08. Shafro
09. Backbeating
10. Highway 75
11. Within
12. Jha Mon
Download LinkSept2008-Feb2009 recorded 6th LP : Chris Joss presents Monomaniacs vol1. 12 tracks of angry hammond funk with a nasty vintage sound. Alex von Mehren is playing vibraphone on the last track again. Coming out on ESL Music in January 2010.
Tracklist:
01. We Got Some (Part 1&2)
02. Optical
03. Kali Flowers
04. Re-Volt
05. Ford Mustard Cutter
06. Keep On Digging
07. Mo Lovin
08. Shafro
09. Backbeating
10. Highway 75
11. Within
12. Jha Mon
