Why Christo Jones Loves His Sunroom Studio

The tracks on one-man multi-instrumentalist Christo Jones's debut EP Gravity have been compiled after some heavy slogging on the stages of Sydney's music venues to hone their sound.

"I built a stage rig overflowing with samplers, guitars, percussion and pedals so I could perform, live loop and record experimental pop tunes," he explains. "It developed by playing Sydney indie music venues and some unique shows; including a TED Talk, the old cyclone-ravaged town hall in Darwin, and Tasmania's awe-inspiring MONA museum." 

Living in a "makeshift studio in the sunroom of a dilapidated Bondi sharehouse", Jones roped in multiple producers for Gravity. "I took the tracks to a long-suffering mix of producers including Nat Love (Studios 301), Daniel Johnson (producer, Kyu) and Aidan Roberts (The Maple Trail, Belles Will Ring) for advice, recording other bits and mixes... [They] wanted to capture a vibe they heard at my live performances, but that was hard for me to reproduce in studios because I became self-conscious. Burying myself in my sunroom studio and making a concept EP was about creating a vibe over technical perfection," he says. "It's fun to stretch intros [live] because I have to play each part and loop them in, and I swear some people are just waiting for something to go wrong on stage!"