Lara Jones

mjf @ First Street (Ask Garden Stage)

Lara Jones saxophone & electronics

Lara Jones is a London–based experimental producer, saxophonist, keyboardist and lyricist who creates high energy pulsating electronics and jazz harmonies that weave into electronic grime and a web of arpeggiated synths, basses and glitchy beats in Ableton Live.

Jones’ work has undergone an organic evolution across her recordings, with her latest set distilling a dizzying mix of accessible and avant-garde sounds with edgy, powerful production. From the haunting poignancy of her darkly ambient debut EP, Ensó, via the crunching industrial grime of Flow, with its flickering gritty textures, to the warm eroticism and enticing dance grooves of Fig, Lara Jones refuses to be boxed in by genres or gender definitions.

As a queer artist, Lara uses her work to explore queer narratives and experiences whilst opening up conversations on gender, stereotypes, queer fashion and queer identity. She also uses her music as a platform to address political issues and social injustices.

This has garnered her support from BBC Radios 1, 3 and 6 Music, The Wire and many more, along with accolades as a Jerwood Arts Jazz Encounter Fellow, Peter Whittingham Award winner and PRSF Women Make Music Awardee.

For mjf2022, Lara was commissioned by mjf and Jerwood Arts to create an accessible, immersive, audio–visual experience inside a geodesic dome, which premiered at Piccadilly Station.