The journey: from busker to electronic composer
One musician, two sides. The electronic music is released as Midnight Watchman; the acoustic songs are Andy Jones. This is how they got here, in order.
Electronic Acoustic songs Both
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Early years · acoustic songs
Busking
Andy started out as a street musician, playing in towns and cities across the UK.
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Then · acoustic songs
A tour of the US
From the streets he toured the United States.
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The band years · acoustic songs
Bands and EPs
He then formed a band that played radio and festivals with acoustic songs. After a couple of EPs, he moved on to working alone.
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Next · electronic
The home studio
Solo, instrumental and electronic: Midnight Watchman began in a home studio, with analogue and digital synths and a habit of working late at night on headphones, letting happy accidents shape the tracks.
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2017 · electronic
Liquid Universe and Modulator Records
Liquid Universe was released on 14 October 2017 through Modulator Records, and reviewed by Stereo Stickman, Jamsphere and Soundlooks.
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2020 · electronic
Broken Planet
A twelve-track album of instrumental electronic music, released on 31 July 2020.
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2022 · electronic
Invisible in a Visible World
A five-track EP, released on 22 February 2022.
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2021 to 2023 · acoustic songs
A large run of acoustic and piano songs
In parallel, Andy wrote a large body of songs on acoustic guitar and piano. From 2022 they were shared on YouTube.
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2024 to 2025 · electronic
Out for the Count
Andy wrote another EP, Out for the Count, in 2024 and released it in early 2025. He wasn't happy with the mixing and mastering, so a few months later he took it down. It isn't available to stream now, and he may re-release it at some point.
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2025 to 2026 · acoustic songs
New acoustic songs
New acoustic songs in 2025 and 2026.
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2026 to 2027 · electronic
The new project
A new project of modern electronic music, built mainly on an Elektron Digitakt 2 and an Arturia MiniFreak. Nothing is released yet. Andy hopes to finish it in 2027.