iClash: bio

iClash

iClash is an electropop / new wave project by singer/songwriter/musician Jeff Denean Jones. Synth produced, new wave influenced (early OMD, Depeche Mode and Yazoo) and electro inspired, iClash is pop music for the underground. In 2002 Jones moved to Los Angeles after the break up of his band Digital Fix in 2001. L.A.'s Retro/New Wave clubs became a gateway to the underground electroclash scene and electropop music which inspired Jones to develop his automatic new wave / electropop songwriting style. Now free to work on such pop songs as "Can't Go Back", "Baby" & "Live & Die", songs that were in fact inspired by OMD & Depeche Mode's first albums, Jones says. New songs were written as well like the Erasure-esque "Beautiful Thing" and New Order influenced "New Wave".
Between 2002 - 2005 Jones has recorded 50 plus songs as iClash. iClash music has been featured on several websites beginning in January, 2003 on MP3.com. 25 iClash produced MP3's were available for download when the indie musicians' site closed down a year later to change format. Tracks included "One Way Street", "Driving Home", "Rest In Peace", "Everything", Jewel", "Time With You", "Legacy", "10000 Miles" & "Last Dance". Today iClash music is available on over a dozen various sites including music promotion sites like AcidPlanet.com & PureVolume.com or musicians/music lovers/friends networking sites such as the fun & very popular . . Internet radio playlists have included iClash's "Baby", "Don't Get Mad @ Me" and more. Check out Waiting For The Blackouts. Download.com offers several MP3's for download plus charts keep track of download activity, iClash has repeatedly hit the New Wave Chart's #1. In March, 2005 the first official site was finally launched, iClash - The Music Site. Features include over 20 MP3 & Streaming Audio Free, Music Video Clips, iClash artist bio, contact information, latest News & Graphics page. Link to more iClash sites here.
In the Spring, 2004 the first iClash demo CD was completed and distributed. The 4 track demonstration was basic with a simple iClash Logo graphic stretched over a glossy CD label, straight forward artist/song information on label & packed in either a blue or gold slim jewel case. The tracks "Baby", "When I Look In Your Eyes" & "Live & Die" produced by iClash and "Move (Let Yourself Go) as produced by Jones' previous band the Digital Fix in 2000. "When I Look In Your Eyes" was previously included on the Green Party's Anti-war In Iraq compilation CD released Spring, 2003.
In October, 2006 Jones relocated to quiet Palm Springs where he's been writing new songs including "Let's Ignore Tomorrow", "Sometimes It Happens" and "Watching The Rain Drop", reworking other songs like "Telecom" & "New Wave" and building the iClash Music website. Promotion, building the various web sites, and recording music all will be in store for 2005 with two or three demo recordings completed by Fall, 2005. Jones has also been looking for other musicians to collaborate with or maybe create a band to replace the iClash project.

Jeff Denean Jones

Prior to moving to Southern California in 2002 Jeff Denean Jones lived in Chicago for several years. Bored writing songs in isolation he put an ad in the Reader searching for musicians to start a new band. It was a rough demo of "When I Look In Your Eyes" that got musician, Brett Sanderson's attention. Along with Garenne Bigby, they created The Digital Fix, an almost entirely electronic band, they would blend dark melodies with Jones' voice that ranges from candy to sad & lonely . DigiFx produced several original songs plus many songs by each member. They gave a few performances at house parties and underground dives in Chicago and once in Champaign, IL. Before spliting, the band recorded "Move (Let Yourself Go)" written by Jones, "Dangerous", a dark and wonderful song inspired by the debauchery of the day, written by Bigby seemingly for Jones, and the track "What's On Your Mind" written by Jones (now recorded as In The Dark (What's On Your Mind) for their never released 3 track demo. The Digital Fix version of "Move" is featured on this website. The band was briefly reunited after a Depeche Mode concert in 2001 that led to one final all night session that produced the darkest version yet of "Alive". The sound of iClash has come full circle in regard to its origins - shamelessly new wave, electropop. Though obviously ifluenced by OMD, Yazoo, DM, Erasure, PSB, bands like The Postal Service, Ladytron, Fischerspooner are proving that it's more than retro flash backs and 80's clubs, an all new sound has taken on a life (and genre) of its own and is making a place in modern music.
Today Jones lives in Palm Springs, California (with Sophie, the house cat) and though he continues the iClash project, developing a band is being considered.