Jon Collin

2022 Jon Collin's LP release on Laboratorio Palestro. Repressed this year on Early Music. Colour risograph-printed paste-on cover on reverse-board white sleeves with handwritten titles, with black-and-white insert.
With each release seemingly / inexplicably eclipsing the previous, here Jon showcasing the depth and breath of his talents on the guitar, effortlessly melting from impossibly dextrous pensive fingerpickin’ blues to billowing drone pieces and beautifully transportive atmospherics in a way that seems totally effortless. The 19 minute epic ‘The Lowering’ might well be our favourite piece we’ve heard from Jon - journeying from stirring acoustic slide guitar improv into soporific string repetitions and lilting bowed chords. It’s a complex and detailed piece executed seamlessly, equip with the power to stop you right in your tracks and carry you away to another place entirely. What more could you ask for? Perhaps the most all-encompasing LP that showcases the full range of this man’s unique musical talents.