A piece for String Quartet and Acoustic Guitar from Rael Jones's album 'Mandrake'.  'Silflay' is a time for coming above ground and grazing in the rabbit language of Watership Down.  

Album available digitally on Bandcamp - http://raeljones.bandcamp.com/
CDs through Genepool - http://www.thegenepool.co.uk/items/1194.htm

Performance video now on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlPXiQ8fgpY

www.raeljones.com

RAEL JONES - Silflay

This is the original. 
https://soundcloud.com/sonicwonderland/sonic-wonderland-worlds

I knew I wouldn't be happy until I could hear it backwards.  So here it is!
(original article where I found this http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/now-weve-heard-it-all-acoustic-scientists-shatter-the-world-record-for-longest-ever-echo-9062134.html)

World's Longest Echo - BACKWARDS

A piece for String Quintet and Pianos from the album "Mandrake"

The album is available digitally on Bandcamp - www.raeljones.bandcamp.com/
CDs through Genepool - www.thegenepool.co.uk/items/1194.htm

There's a performance video for this track now on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ1ys-tt06Q

RAEL JONES - Lacuna

Written and Recorded in 2004. All instruments and vocals by Rael Jones.  Mixing by Keir Milligan.

Lyrics:

Left:	        swipe in e-mail in trays out trays phone ringing good morning finance scheduling a fag break spreadsheet management with a meaningless conversation photocopying

Right:	swipe in start up kettle on consultation filing archive another cup for concentration fag break backache co- ordinate administration call up back up databases marketing

Centre:	Stuck in the comfortable, 
a means to an end makes ends meet,
the same old same old, 
and you’re growing old indifferently.
Even after you promised to stand in front of the mirror each morning and ask yourself…

Are you satisfied? Do you derive any Satisfaction?


Boss:	  So, Christopher, this is your 4th year with us now?  Hmm.  I must say, you have a pretty impressive looking file, with exemplary performance in the areas of stapling and personal hygiene.  Perhaps there is some room for improvement in your etiquette however.  Several of your colleagues have reported instances of social ineptitude on your part, including a particularly unpleasant incident with a coffee urn.  Despite this, we are delighted to announce a rise in your salary, by 0.8 of a percent.  This concludes your end of year report.  Do you have any questions?

Are you satisfied?

What’s the beef bitch?  Cat got your tongue?

Do as they did before you.
This constitutes progress.
Be proud to be that middle man!
Super hero 9 to 5.
			
Satisfy.

Are You Satisfied?

Some Improvisations on Prototype Butone Instruments https://www.facebook.com/ButonePercussion

Butone Improvisation 1

Butone Improvisation 2

Butone Improvisation 3

Butone Improvisation 4

Butone Improvisation 5

From the album "Mother Echo" - https://raeljones.bandcamp.com/album/mother-echo

Know To Know No More - Excerpt

Rael Jones is an Emmy nominated composer and multi-instrumentalist. He created the soundtrack for the Fox Searchlight romantic thriller, "My Cousin Rachel", starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin, directed by Roger Michell, earning him a Discovery of The Year nomination at the World Soundtrack Awards. Rael’s most recent work has included scoring Shoplifters of the World for West End Films and the BBC drama "The Salisbury Poisonings".

Rael writes the music for Hulu & ITV’s series "Harlots" set in the 18th Century brothels of London. The boldly anachronistic soundtrack mixes rock and electronica, reflecting the present-tense experiences and rebellious nature of the women depicted in the programme.

Rael’s score to "Suite Française", which was directed by Saul Dibb and stars Michelle Williams, Kristen Scott Thomas, and Sam Riley was nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2017. The film is based on the Irène Némirovsky novels about the German occupation in France.

His other scores include "Supersonic", the Oasis documentary from the producers of the Oscar-winning “Amy” , the TV adaptation of Zadie Smith’s "NW" directed by Saul Dibb, the black comedy "Ill Behaviour" from writer Sam Bain, the coming-of-age drama "Kids in Love", starring Cara Delevingne and Will Poulter, and the feature documentary Still the Enemy Within about the British Mining strikes of the 1980s.

Rael has also contributed additional music for the four series of the BBC’s hit drama, "Sherlock", working with composers David Arnold and Michael Price. He was nominated for Emmys for his work on the series in both 2016 and 2017. Other additional composition credits include Everest, Horrid Henry: The Movie and Island.

Known for being creatively adept, technically savvy, and flexible, Rael has adopted many roles on feature films including: music producer, orchestrator, music editor, music programmer, and session musician. Rael worked on Tom Hooper’s film adaptation of Les Miserables as additional orchestrator, music editor and music programmer, for which he won a Golden Reel Award at the 2013 MPSE Awards. Other notable film credits include Steve Jobs, The Danish Girl, Alan Partridge, The Inbetweeners Movie and Hyde Park on Hudson (as Music Editor), and Wild Target and Wild Child (as Music Producer).

Rael has a very strong musical background, rooted in classical training, which began at the age of 6. He graduated from the Tonmeister Course with First Class Honours, winning both available prizes for composition. His writing stems from improvisation and live performance, and he is a highly accomplished player of many instruments, from piano, guitars and drums, to quirkier items like nyckelharpa, hurdy gurdy and musical saw.

Never one to shy away from the limelight, Rael regularly plays gigs around the UK, including touring and TV appearances as a guitarist with Guillemots front man, Fyfe Dangerfield, as well as with his own band Thumpermonkey. He has also appeared on BBC One’s Junior Apprentice, as a composer working with the finalists.

Rael Jones

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