Live Performances
During the early phase of his career, Jones was known to have performed only one live show in 1986 at the W2 in s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. At the behest of Bourbonese Qualk, mainstays of the Recloose label, Jones performed a half hour set. The show consisted of Jones singing to a backing track while Simon Crab then members of Bourbonese Qualk, added instrumental accompaniment. By all accounts the show went reasonably, but Jones was traumatized by the experience enough to swear off live performance until the 1990s.
Jones resumed live performance in 1995 at the behest of record store owner and DJ Simon Scott. Part of Jones's apprehension with live performance was in trying to figure out how to present the music. He concluded the best way was refrain from vocals with lyrics and instead play live percussion atop a backing track. He also did DJ sets that consisted of exclusively his own material. Contrary to his 1986 experience, Jones did enjoy doing live shows and frequently did them in his last years in diverse places such as the UK, throughout mainland Europe, and even Japan.
| Date (Year-Month-Day) |
Country-Province-City | Venue | Event | Release status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-07-06 | UK-England-Manchester | Turkish Baths | Arabbox | |
| 1995-09-03 | UK-Scotland-Edinburgh | Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh School of Art | Color Climax organised by Blue Room (Edinburgh) & Sonora (Glasgow) | |
| 1995-10-08 | UK-Yorkshire-Leeds | Cafe Mex | Sunday Service | |
| 1996-02-18 | UK-Yorkshire-Leeds | The Duchess | Sunday Service | |
| 1996-05-26 | UK-Yorkshire-Leeds | The Duchess | Sunday Service | |
| 1996-08-24 | Germany-Berlin | Staalplaat Sonderangebot Festival | ||
| 1996-10-17 | UK-Yorkshire-Leeds | Le Phono | Brainticket | |
| 1997-06-22 | Germany-Rostock | MS Stubnitz/Rostock Harbor | ||
| 1997-07-XX | Spain | 4 am in a Spanish bull ring | ||
| 1997-11-01 | UK-Yorkshire-Leeds | The Duchess | Tandoori Space | |
| 1998-01-27 | Japan-Shibuya | Club Shibuya on Air West | ||
| 1998-06-13 | Sweden-Stockholm | MS Stubnitz | Nursery Injection Festival | |
| 1998-09-XX | France-Normandy | The Monastery of Sound | ||
| 1998-10-28 | UK-Yorkshire-Leeds | The Cockpit | Tandoori Space | |
| 1998-11-2X | Germany-Berlin | Volksbühne | Ballroom International |
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