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Joe Jones

Joe Jones (1934 New York City - 1993 Wiesbaden) was an avant-garde musician associated with Fluxus especially known for his creation of rhythmic music machines. Jones first started experimenting with mechanical instruments in 1962, creating objects like musical boats, solar music umbrellas and a pedaled vehicle that pulled handmade instruments on wheels. Beginning in 1963 Jones participated in the Fluxus art movement, taking part in a number of Fluxus performance art activities with his automaton-like music machines - made from found ready-made instruments

Joe Jones (1934 New York City - 1993 Wiesbaden) was an avant-garde musician associated with Fluxus especially known for his creation of rhythmic music machines. Jones first started experimenting with mechanical instruments in 1962, creating objects like musical boats, solar music umbrellas and a pedaled vehicle that pulled handmade instruments on wheels. Beginning in 1963 Jones participated in the Fluxus art movement, taking part in a number of Fluxus performance art activities with his automaton-like music machines - made from found ready-made instruments

El Hotsaren Espazioa. Begiradaren Denbora - Espacio Del Sonido. El Tiempo de la Mirada
*2024 Stock * English/Spanish Hardcover book, 128 pages with audio CD catalogue, documenting a sound art exhibition held at  Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, Donostia - San Sebastiàn (Spain) in 1999.
Echo. The Images Of Sound II
* Original 1992 edition, long out of print. Tri-fold Digipak with 38-page booklet + original concert program extra booklet * This disc documents the proceedings of the Echo: Images Of Sound festival’s 2nd edition that took place in Het Apolohuis and …
Solar Music Tent
**Edition of 200 in gatefold PVC sleeve and booklet** LP reissue of the cassette edition "Solar Music Tent" documenting an installation and performance in Hagen, Germany, originally released by Joe Jones in 1982 in an edition of 10 copies. From the e…
In Performance
Lucky restock! After studying with composers John Cage and Earle Brown, Joe Jones became a prominent figure in Fluxus, contributing to the movement’s first “yearbox” alongside La Monte Young, György Ligeti and Nam June Paik. Beginning in late 1961, J…
A Garden Party
** in restock now, will ship on Tuesday** This entrancing 1983 recording by the legendary Fluxus artist Joe Jones is a must-have for anyone who picked up last year's vinyl reissue of the seminal 'Solar Music At Sierksdorf' once again showcasing a gau…
Solar Music At Sierksdorf, Ostsee
**restocked** Solar Music by Joe Jones, performed and recorded early morning April 1, 1984, on the Baltic Sea beach of Sierksdorf in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. This recording was originally published as a tape by Edition Hundertmark in an edition o…
Back and Forth Exhibition Sound
The third Joe Jones archival CD release on this label. A single 31-minute recording of said exhibition, August 31st, 1985. Jones' mechano-constructs whirring/clanking all the while, generally refusing to sit still. Back cover shots display several mo…
Fluxus Ain\'t Dead
Gray-area bootleg issue, with paste-on xerox sleeve. No details on the source or date (or anything). But another essential document of the Fluxus-associated mechanical music machines of Joe Jones. If you're interested in Orchestral Sound Art, no wall…
Meditations 18.2
RESTOCKED, last copies rare edition of 150 Copies only in white vinyl, with biographical insert and full color cover. Highly recommended document of fluxus member Joe Jones.
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