Jonathan Crossley

Crossley fell in love with music at the age of five, an old set of (loud) Rotel headphones on, immersed in a smorgasbord of vinyl. Tangerine Dream & Vangelis, Bach to early Genesis. The presence of a family guitar led to the instrument of choice. Formal instrumental studies were matched by a continued love for electronic music, indie rock, metal and inevitably grunge all interwoven into a unique musical fabric.

His debut classical crossover album Dreams of Skilia (2001) on FMR records was followed in by the chamber jazz album My Friends And I (2005) on Gallo Records. In 2007 Funk for The Shaolin Monk moved into jazz/rock territory followed by 2009’s Got Funk Will Travel performing these across South Africa and Europe. 2011 saw more expansive and challenging works, with technological innovations, 2011’s What If The Machines Spoke Back To You, his Cyber Guitar Project in 2014, 2017’s The Settlement and 2018’s Blipz all pushed boundaries.

2019’s Deep Spacer began synthesising strains of popular, electronic, classical and improvisation music, a self-titled EP followed by Deep Spacer’s 433 Eros. 2021 saw four technologically mediated albums: The piano duet album, son0_morph 02 with Katheleen Tagg, son0_morph 03 with Cameron Harris, classical crossover son0_morph 04 harkening and son0_moprh 01 with Carlo Mombelli and Jonno Sweetman.

This November expect ‘Inhale’, a new album moving from post-rock and math rock tracks to string quartet miniatures.