Chevron

British electronic musician Jonathan Valentine, known as Chevron, produces tracks in a wide variety of post-rave styles. Initially attracting attention for his releases on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Planet+Mu%22">Planet Mu</a>, including 2005 full-length debut Everything's Exactly the Same, he's moved from playful, laptop-created IDM and breakcore to more reflective permutations of acid and electro on releases such as 2018's Good Morning Britain. Performing with an all-hardware setup, he's played shows with artists such as <a href="spotify:artist:7eKIP3IoPoUAZgZuvMM6hf">Venetian Snares</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6z9JhbmcTrVKITp9ah4mJk">Hardfloor</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:3Q0VPr02bPlokDVsv5T90I">Ceephax Acid Crew</a>, and has become a mainstay at I Love Acid events and the annual Bangface Weekender Festival.

Originally from Blackpool, Valentine frequented raves and began making techno when he was a student. He moved to Brighton in 2003 and signed to Mike Paradinas' <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Planet+Mu%22">Planet Mu</a> label that year, releasing his debut single "Swimmin' Lessons" and performing shows with labelmates such as <a href="spotify:artist:7eKIP3IoPoUAZgZuvMM6hf">Venetian Snares</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6mPzVfnTE4JQJAuAdz2csx">Shitmat</a>. Full-length Everything's Exactly the Same, a frenetic mix of hypercharged jungle and IDM, appeared in 2005. Limited tour-only released and compilation appearances followed, and in 2007, Chevron and Oen Flux, billed as Chevvers & Fluxxy, released a happy hardcore throwback EP titled Rave Like a Bastard on <a href="spotify:artist:6mPzVfnTE4JQJAuAdz2csx">Shitmat</a>'s Wrong Music label. Tuff Shite, another EP of rave-influenced breakcore, was released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Ad+Noiseam%22">Ad Noiseam</a> in 2008.

Switching to acid techno, Chevron's EP BN1 4GB was released by netlabel Acroplane Recordings in 2009. Self-released full-length Obstacles, with tracks dipping into influences from chiptune to bhangra, appeared in 2012. A subsequent EP included remixes by Mark Archer (<a href="spotify:artist:4rOv05Duzyn6YkBfQepDYC">Altern 8</a>), <a href="spotify:artist:0HfxCluo7N2dhr4oRM0wBv">Luke Vibert</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:4W1v5X4x0ObMOJVJreZX3k">DMX Krew</a>. Lifeshake, comprising tracks intended for a 2007 sophomore album, was released digitally by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Planet+Mu%22">Planet Mu</a> in 2015. Two full-lengths, Possibilities (Balkan Recordings) and Tintagel House (Acid Waxa), both appeared in 2016. Bulk Dump, a generous round-up of compilation tracks and remixes, was released in 2017. A split 7" single with <a href="spotify:artist:13ygM3eCJygMOEBvBpql9q">Futuregrapher</a> was issued by Icelandic label Möller Records in early 2018, and full-lengths Memory Disks. Volume One. (<a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Shipwrec%22">Shipwrec</a>) and Good Morning Britain (Love Love Records) came out the same year. A second Memory Disks. volume, a Balkan-issued split single with <a href="spotify:artist:274XKvuYk5OFrvf3wl3xGe">Posthuman</a>, and a double 12" for Berlin's Chemistry Radio all surfaced in 2019. <a href="spotify:artist:13ygM3eCJygMOEBvBpql9q">Futuregrapher</a>'s Móatún 7 imprint released Chevron's split single with Púlsvídd in early 2020. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi