He’s one of the creators of trip hop. He collaborated with Soul II Soul on their epochal Club Classics Vol 1. He’s written songs with Björk. He’s produced U2. He’s played bonkers sets of boshing techno. He’s remixed everyone from Placebo to Annie Lennox. Howie B is all these things: a musical polymath in a sea of pop inebriates...

Jona Jefferies is a DJ, producer & music lover.

A DJ since the 90's, Jona has soundtracked many settings. His eclectic style inspired by his love for the craft, the dance and the places he's lived in. From Ibiza's blissed out Balearic hedonism, to Rave Culture & the Urban vibe of Bass city, Bristol and the endless parties of cosmopolitan free spirited Techno city, Berlin. Jona's taken it all in. 

Nocturnal, a joint production of his with Stardelta's Lewis Hopkin as Sapience, on Tom Middleton's Sound Of The Cosmos record label gained support from a wide range of DJ's including Gilles Peterson, Laurent Garnier & Mala. More recently Jona's productions have gained support from equally diverse DJ's such as Phil Mison, Chris Coco, Phat Phil Cooper, Max Essa, Willie Graff, Pessimist, Vega (UVB-76), of Ruffhouse fame, Balearic Social, Mr Benn, Red Rack'em, Eddie C, Faze Action, Trujillo & Dicky Trisco. 

Jona's most recent projects are Many Hands, a Dance, Podcast and Label co run with Kava.  On a Balearic tip, he set up El Guiri Discos, a vehicle for his Edits of Spanish Music, the first release making Phonica's and Piccadilly's best of 2020. He was also resident DJ for Buena Onda when he lived in Berlin, alongside Balearic Gabba Soundsystem's Marco 'Peedoo' Gallerani and Gallo.

“I’ve always liked the quote: “Sleep, those little slices of death - how I loathe them.”

So reckons Matt Baty of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, vocalist and lyricist of a band as comfortable wading through the darker quarters of their subconscious as they are punishing ampstacks.

Whether dwelling in the realm of dreams or nightmares, the primordial drive of the Newcastle-based band is more powerful than ever. Land Of Sleeper, their fourth record in a decade of riot and rancour, is testimony to this: the sound of a band not so much reinvigorated as channelling a furious energy, which only appears to gather momentum as the band’s surroundings spin on their axis.

We love to rock and also love to roll. 

Check out tour dates here: http://twinpeaksdudes.com/shows

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