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Who Is Mr Jukes?

You just heard Mr Jukes Angels/YourLove on Lost in Music.  Mr Jukes is the surprise new solo-project...
TodayFM
TodayFM

6:55 PM - 27 Mar 2017



Who Is Mr Jukes?

Who Is Mr Jukes?

TodayFM
TodayFM

6:55 PM - 27 Mar 2017



You just heard Mr Jukes Angels/YourLove on Lost in Music. 

Mr Jukes is the surprise new solo-project of Jack Steadman, whose first track 'Angels/Your Love' (featuring BJ The Chicago Kid) was released on Friday. His album 'God First' is out on June 9th via Island Records.  

 Life has a habit of subverting even the best-laid plans. Once a music obsessed teenager, Jack Steadman initially saw himself more as a jazz bassist than the frontman of a world famous, guitar-centred indie band, but – as everyone now knows – his 10 years with Bombay Bicycle Club (encompassing four albums, several planetwide tours and some notable awards) somewhat got in the way. Having taken a couple of years to contemplate his next step, he returns under the name of Mr. Jukes, with a project that both revives his long-standing interest in jazz, soul, funk and sees Steadman take on the roles of artist, composer, producer and sample-hound, as well as the overseer of some very special guest contributions (more of whom will be revealed soon).
 
‘Angels/Your Love’ is an immediately impressive introduction to Mr Jukes: a gloweringly funky burst of horns, beats and BJ’s effortlessly soulful vocals. The song, just like each of the album’s nine other tracks, maps Steadman’s influence throughout his life, created without constraints from genre. Talking about the song to The FADER , Jack said; “BJ was the first person I collaborated with on this record, and if you listen to the horns in the chorus of this song, that was the feeling I had coming out of the studio that day. Pure awe and excitement. I decided right then not to call this a solo record, but to seek out as many collaborators as I could.”

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