Simon Huw Jones or Simon Jones (born 1 June 1960) is an English vocalist, lyricist and photographer, best known as the singer with the band

And Also the Trees And Also the Trees are an English rock band, formed in 1979 in Inkberrow, Worcestershire. They are characterised by their poetic lyrics and evocative music which are strongly influenced by the native English countryside. History And Also th ...

Biography

Simon Huw Jones was born in

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, England in 1960 but grew up in rural Worcestershire where, in 1979, he formed the alternative rock band And Also the Trees with his guitarist brother Justin Jones. In the following years the band toured extensively in

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and the

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. Jones now lives in

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, Switzerland where he founded, together with Bernard Trontin (a member of the Swiss band

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), the electro/

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project November. In 2006 they released an album under the same name. In May 2012 Jones recorded the vocal for the 'electric version' (for 17 electric guitars, percussion and voice) of "How we tried a new combination of notes to show the invisible" a piece of music written by the

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guitarist and composer Olivier Mellano under commission for the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne. The piece, written in four

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, was performed along with the original version for full

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and

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and a further 'electro' transcription at the Opéra de Rennes as part of the Rencontres Trans Musicales 2012. After leaving school, Jones studied

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, Birmingham then worked in the

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photographic studios. He has continued to take and exhibit photographs, most notably when German multi media artist

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used five of his pictures whilst curating the ''FischGrätenMelkStand'' exhibition in the Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin in 2010.N-SPHERE November 2010 issu: Interview with Justin Jones and Simon Huw Jones
Sfere.ro His photographs have also been used as covers for And Also the Trees albums and singles.

Discography

And Also the Trees

November

*2006: November – ''November'' (All tracks, lyrics and vocals), (Shayo, 2006) *2019: November – ''November 2nd'' (All tracks, lyrics and vocals), (Gentlemen Recordings, 2019)

Miscellaneous

*2011: Lena Fennell – ''Nauticus'' (Tracks "Nauticus" and "Forgot The Silence", vocals), (Irascible Distribution, 2011) *2011: Goodbye Ivan – ''Ten Inch Interval'' (Track "The Visit (Anxiolytikk)", lyrics and vocals), (Shayo, 2011) *2012: Various Artists – ''Last Summer'' (Track "The Lockkeeper's Cottage", vocals), (Les Disques du 7ème Ciel, 2012) *2012: Olivier Mellano – "How We Tried A New Combination of Notes To Show The Invisible Or Even The Embrace of Eternity" (CD 2–1 to CD 2–4, voice), (Naive, 2012)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Simon Huw English rock singers English male singers 1960 births Living people Photographers from Worcestershire Musicians from Geneva British emigrants to Switzerland British post-punk musicians Musicians from Birmingham, West Midlands