DISTANT MEMORIES AWAIT YOUR RETURN
Exhilarating, explorative, thematic. These three words describe Distant Memories Await Your Return (or, DMAYT for short). The album started with a simple idea - one loop, one sample, and grew into this 9-track monolithic beast. Sampling the sample itself, the heavy guitars, deep bass, and pounding drums morph in and out of their own shell. This album lets up in few places, keeping the core burning throughout.
Release: 02.06.23, JBS Recordings
Shadows
Exploring a wide range of sounds, styles, and emotions, Shadows fluidly moves through subtle electronica, sound design, and more traditional songwriting styles. A great example of world-crafting through the medium of song and sound, exemplifying Jake’s ability to create the perfect soundscape to take you on a fully encapsulating and exciting journey.
Release: 10.03.23, JBS Recordings
Skware
An upbeat, groovy, sample-laden album, with hints of fusion percussion and melancholic keys. A mixed bag of musical elements designed to make you chill, instrumental music for the busybody.
Release: 07.05.21, JBS Recordings
BACKDRIFTING (OR, ARE YOU REALLY EVER HERE?)
Jake Bradford-Sharp’s Backdrifting (Or, Are You Ever Really Here?) is an exploration into the dark, the electronica-laden atmospheric and the beauty of melancholia. When the bright uplifting notes and sounds come through, they shines strong through the deep and dark passages that lay before them.
All sounds created and captured by Jake Bradford-Sharp.
Release: 17.01.20, JBS Recordings
REMIX THE ORCHESTRA
Jake Bradford-Sharp’s new album Remix The Orchestra delves into a world of orchestral and electronic samples, twisting and turning the very natural sounds of orchestral music, manipulating them alongside electronic textures and beats. Remix The Orchestra is an exploration; taking and changing something familiar and comfortable to create something unfamiliar, new and interesting, and at times, uncomfortable.
All sounds were recorded by Jake. All tracks written by Jake.
Mixed by Jim McLear at SSR Studios, London.
Mastered by Jeanne Albin at SSR Studios, London.
Release: 20.09.19, JBS Recordings
The Network
"A bit of a departure from my recent releases, The Network is a dark and brooding album written with the contrast of light and dark in mind. I spent some time exploring dark and heavy beats, blended with light and floaty melodies. A lot of the album was written whilst in transit so the majority of the sounds were recorded using various apps and programs on my old iPhone 4, then transferred to computer(s) for mixing. Over the years I've kept it with me, knowing I'll eventually find the right time to release it.
I've been sat with this album for a while - a good few years - but it's great to be happy with the results, and to find some time to perfect the tracks ready for commercial release." - Jake
Inspired by electronic artists such as Four Tet, Caribou, Thom Yorke (solo albums), Modeselektor and Moderat, amongst many others. All sounds heard were recorded on various apps & programs on iPhone 4, iPhone 5C, then transferred to Logic Express 7 & later, Logic Pro X to mix and master.
Everything heard on The Network is performed, recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Jake Bradford-Sharp.
Listen: https://fanlink.to/TheNetwork
Released: 16.11.18, JBS Recordings
The Invisible - MK-ULTRA
The Invisible is a project of multi-instrumentalist Jake Bradford-Sharp. The debut album 'MK-ULTRA' was released via ROK Music on the 14th of October, 2016.
The album explores the issues surrounding the fictional character's suffering of amnesia following the MK-ULTRA tests (late 1973), but ultimately is a journey of self-discovery and acceptance. MK-ULTRA is a concept album that explores many musical themes and styles.
Jake Bradford-Sharp wrote and produced every song on the album, along with performing every instrument. Recorded between October 2015 and February 2016, Drums and guitars were recorded at A-Tonal Studios, with the rest recorded at Jake's studio 'Lazycat Studios' in London. The drum sessions were engineered by Jeanne Albin and André Valenté. MK-ULTRA has been expertly mixed by Jeanne Albin at SSR London. Mastering of the record is by Marcel van Limbeek (Tori Amos, Iamthemorning) at his studio in London.
All artwork and imagery for The Invisible were dreamt, conceived, and designed by Jake, then curated for release by image-wizard Kevin D. Dawson. The record was be released on ROK Music, digital download only. Released 14/10/2016.