New, unreleased material played live at 3:30 am in the yurt at Freerotation, July 2015. This set was played on Juno's podcast later that month.

Live At Freerotation 2015

My second Freerotation yurt set. It was at a weird, uneasy time, just after the EU referendum result. The recording was played on Rinse FM by Ben UFO on the Hessle Audio show on 9/11/17 (thank you).

Jo Johnson - Live at Freerotation 2016

First improvised live set. Segment. Picture courtesy of the one and only Catherine Hillis.

Live at the Pickle Factory

Jo Johnson - Live at Pickle Factory (Jane Fitz residency) Nov 2017

Cassette and digital release available on Bandcamp. 

Recorded between 2017 and March 2020 and released on 14th April 2020.

“Haunted by the legend of better days” is a quote from E.P Thompson's The Making of the English Working Class.

“Discontent arises from a knowledge of the possible” is from In Place of Fear by Aneurin Bevan.

“Forward! The day is breaking!” is a slogan from a 1910 Labour Party poster by G. E. Spencer Pryse.

Artwork by Jo Johnson & Plant43
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Knowledge of the Possible

Knowledge Of The Possible EP

A long-planned collaboration between Hilary Robinson – composer, pianist, singer – and myself, made more necessary and possible during 2020. 

Available at Bandcamp: https://jojohnson.bandcamp.com/album/antenna-echoes.

Photo by Hilary Robinson.

Thanks for your support!

Jo Johnson & Hilary Robinson – Antenna Echoes EP (clips)

This EP is a selection of material written and recorded in 2016, some of which I performed at Freerotation that year. A recording of the live set is available on Soundcloud.

It's available for people to pay what they can today (7th August 2020) via Bandcamp only: https://jojohnson.bandcamp.com/album/the-windmill-on-the-hill

Written and produced by Jo Johnson

The Windmill on the Hill

The Windmill on the Hill EP (clips)

Jo at Jo Johnson dot org / Bookings mike@berytus.art

9128, Apartment Records, Further Records, Frequency Domain, Going In, Mysteries of the Deep, Bleep43 Recordings, Bleep43 crew and Huggy Bear guitarist once upon a time. 

05/07/23 - Zyggurat+Clay Pipe album launch, GROW Hackney, London, UK
16/06/23 - Iklectik, London, UK
19/05/23 - Levitation Festival, Whitby, UK
21/04/23 - Variations - Mysteries of the Deep, NYC, USA
15/04/23 - Castles in Space, Manchester, UK
10/07/22 - Freerotation Festival, Clyro, UK
27/02/2022 - Going In (stream), The Bunker NY
18/04/2021 - En Pausa (stream), En Pausa (CALMA+La Casa Encendida), 9128.live
28/03/2021 - Going In (stream), The Bunker NY
01/09/19 - Paral-lel Festival, Spain
06/07/18 - Freerotation, Clyro, UK
14/06/18 - Field Records 10-year / Samsara Sessions - Berlin, Germany
09/06/18 - Bleep43 at the Crypt, London, UK
14/12/17 Cafe Oto, London w/ Transcendance Orchestra
24/11/17 Pickle Factory, London w/ Jane Fitz & Jade Seatle
Freerotation, Clyro, Wales July 2016
Freerotation, Clyro, Wales July 2015
Cube Cinema, Bristol June 2015
Purcell Room, Southbank May 2015

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