
Alfred John's newest project, My Own Little World, with the renowned Robin Guthrie, guitarist and co-founder of the Cocteau Twins is slated for a 2012 release.

The development of his unique style is the result of a lifetime of musical influence. Growing up as a teen in the seventies and early eighties with his love for synth pop, he has created his own atmospheric, hypnotic guitar-based instrumental and synthesizer sound with a smooth sophisticated almost haunting voice....

All serious musicians speak most loudly through their work, not their mouths. So most of what you need to know about Alfred John can be heard in his music. But John's discography tells a number of stories, from the moody synth-pop sounds to dreamy soundscapes to guitar-based, reverb soaked stylings....
All serious musicians speak most loudly through their work, not their mouths. So most of what you need to know about Alfred John can be heard in his music. But John’s discography tells a number of stories, from the moody synth-pop sounds of his debut album, Memories of an Echo, to the darker, dreamier soundscapes of Female Acupuncture, and the more guitar-based, reverb-soaked stylings of the self-explanatorily titled Shoegazer. So if you want to uncover the common thread running through it all, you’ve still got to dig into the backstory of the man who made the music.
Read MoreThe worldwide release date has been set for Alfred John's newest release "My Own Little World", January 2012.
There
are (at least) two sides to everything in the world of Alfred John. He's
a songwriter who pulls no punches...
packing his tunes with intense emotions. But as producer and multi-instrumentalist, he creates a sonic shadowland where sleek synthesizer soundscapes offer endless places for a weary soul to hide and ruminate. - read more -
Alfred
John’s newest album actually sheds his past moves and ventures into
groundbreaking territory...
Alfred John's newest project, My Own Little World, with the renowned Robin Guthrie, guitarist and co-founder of the Cocteau Twins is slated for a 2012 release.. - read more -
While
he'd fashioned Memories as something of a tribute to his '80s synth-pop
influences (John Foxx, Gary Numan, et al)...
John wanted to move beyond that for the follow-up, creating something more forward-looking and more sonically complex... otherworldly guitar textures, dreamy electronics, and hushed vocals