Divided - Out Now

As featured across BBC 6Music, reviewed in The Wire Magazine, playlist by DIVA Magazine, Line of Best Fit, DMY and featured on Bandcamp

“A throbbing minimal electronic EP from Lara Jones, mysterious murmured vocals atop pointillist synths. “ - Bandcamp New & Notable

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Divided

“Divided is both playful and provocative, turning dance floor sounds into protest songs. Addressing subjects that affect us all – the highly polarised state of our politics as well as our conflicted inner and outer selves – Lara has created a sonic space that embraces this duality and gives voice to her own insecurities and anger at the state we find ourselves in, but also a desire for change, for a world that’s a little less divided.” Mike Flynn, Jazzwise

The Divided EP sees saxophonist, keyboardist, producer and lyricist Lara Jones explore the duality of daily life – both personal and political – that’s frequently split between fighting the surface confidence of our outer selves and the nagging inner demons, injustices and chaos of the world in the 21st century.

Queer Electronic Music

I started out as a classical sax player, I quickly moved to jazz and became addicted to improvisation and experimental music. I began to explore playing saxophone with guitar pedals… long story short I discovered Ableton and never looked back. I was hooked on all the possibilities the DAW has to offer and practiced with it every day, exploring all the ways I could make the saxophone sound using the software. The obsession continued and I started to find ways I could produce music away from the saxophone, thanks to some mentoring from the one and only Anna Meredith who encouraged me to see what I could make when I wasn’t playing… until eventually I’ve become hooked on making beats and synths and glitch-ing up vocals! In 2023 I released ‘Fig’ an EP that got featured across BBC 6Music… they even playlisted the title track and was featured in Electronic Sound Magazine and DJ Mag - my 10 year old dreams of becoming a producer were very real! It’s queer, it’s bold, it’s political, it’s fun and dark!

Check it out; there’s even a song on there that uses the recording of my wife’s orgasm… that somehow made it onto BBC radio too!

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