Shilo, J. P.

Shilo, J. P.

Jubjoté

Heavy Machinery Records

Enigmatic multi-instrumentalist J.P. Shilo emerges from the shadows to present Jubjoté, a beautifully esoteric live reimagining of the Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ.  Best known for his work with legendary Melbourne band Hungry Ghosts, as well as contributions to classic albums by Rowland S. Howard, Mick Harvey, Adalita, The Triffids and the Blackeyed Susans, Shilo’s unique musicianship is world-renowned. Here he lends his magic touch to the grand organ, guitar, synthesiser, electronics, sound collage and spoken word to produce a work of singular artistic vision.  Guided by the eternal motion of the Shepard Tone, the listener is plunged beyond the comfort of normalcy to consider a shifting subject position that cannot escape the churn of cultural progress. As L.J. Spruyt’s cover art suggests, Jubjoté invokes a reckoning with multiple concurrent realities. Shilo’s Grand Organ is by turns elegant, sick, beautiful and decrepit.  Backed for this live performance by Hungry Ghosts violinist & co-conspirator T. J. Howden, Shilo leads the capacity Town Hall audience through oscillations of neoclassical focus, wild-eyed psychedelia and avant-garde fragmentation.

Shilo, J. P.

Invisible You

Ghost Train

***BACK IN STOCK!!!  Australia's J.P. Shilo (Hungry Ghosts / Rowland S. Howard) returns in singer songwriter mode with a genre defying shape shifter sophomore LP featuring help from Mick Harvey (Birthday Party / Bad Seeds), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and Kim Salmon (Scientists). *

Shilo, J. P.

As Happy As Sad Is Blue

Smells Like Records

J.P. Shilo first appeared on the scene in the late 90s with the instrumental outfit Hungry Ghosts. Quickly capturing the attention of the late Rowland S. Howard who produced their first LP, they soon found themselves invited to the Sonic Youth studios by Steve Shelley to record a follow up album entitled Alone, Alone; which one reviewer described as “…blessed with the ability to utter a million words with a single instrumental phrase and to turn a melancholy passage into a triumphant climax.” As Happy as Sad is Blue is J.P. Shilo’s debut solo LP. “Virtually unclassifiable, it centers on noir-ish circus-type music, ambient instrumental pieces that are darker and edgier than the genre might suggest, beautiful pastoral passages, tango-like interludes, and other elemental musics that cannot be quantified in written language.” Upon release AMG described the album as “… Underground music, Outsider Art at its best…” furthering his reputation as a highly sensitive and sought after musician - A multi-instrumentalist who thinks outside the box.  While many will look for easy comparisons, J.P. Shilo creates heart-stopping music without a clear genre. Fragile in its minimalist beauty, yet able to suddenly burst open with stabbing intensity.