Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin – Idiom

The collaboration EP "Idiom" by Joe Armon-Jones and Maxwell Owin, which was released on in 2017 and received high acclaim as a seminal work symbolizing the rapidly growing South London jazz scene, is back on vinyl for the first time since 2018!

This work was born from multiple collaborations centered around Joe and Maxwell, featuring representative artists of the new generation of UK jazz such as Nubya Garcia, Oscar Jerome, and Jake Long. It develops a sound that freely traverses London's diverse musical cultures, including 2-step, broken beats, house, jazz, and dub.

The hybrid soundscape that lightly crosses genre boundaries, born precisely from London as a cultural and musical melting pot, captures the heat of the scene at that time. Joe Armon-Jones and Maxwell Owin later released the full-length album "Archetype" in 2023, welcoming Mala, Shabaka Hutchings, Lex Amor, Fatima, and others, further developing into an even broader musical world.

"Idiom" can be called an innovative collaboration work from South London that is essential when talking about the current trends of UK jazz/club music.

A1.  SE Discotheque
A2.  Idiom (feat. Oscar Jerome)
A3.  Mind's Eye
B1.  Tanner's Tango (feat. Nubya Garcia)
B2.  Easy Now
B3.  Midnite Oil (Sparkzzz)