Jo's custom track is featured in HBO’s “The White Lotus”
Jo's music in Amazon's series "A Very Royal Scandal"
Jo's track “Only Time Will Tell" from his album “Vespertine” is featured in Amazon’s “A Very Royal Scandal”.
Jo's music in BBC's horror fantasy film "Starve Acre"
Jo's track “Windradyne" from his album “Prophecy” is featured in BBC’s “Starve Acre”
Jo's music in Focus Features' "Touch"
Jo's track “Hemispheres" from his album “Hemispheres” is featured in Focus Features’ “Touch”
Jo's music in Kevin Kostner's "Horizon: An American Saga"
Jo's track “Enemy of Everyone" from his album “Rust” is featured in Kevin Kostner’s “Horizon: An American Saga”
Jo’s music in this Academy Awards montage for this year’s "Best Picture" nominees
Jo’s piece “Glow” set to this beautiful Oscars montage for this year’s Best Picture nominees.
Jo's new epic EP "SIROCCO" is out now!
My brand-new EP 'Sirocco' is now available on your favorite platform! ‘Sirocco’ took a slightly different approach compared to my other albums, and I'd like to share a few more words about its creation. I was always obsessed with sci-fi and watched Star Wars, Star Trek and obviously I’m a big fan of Dune. For the “Sirocco” EP I wanted to move away from the orchestra for once, which is very unusual for me since I usually rely on the power of the orchestra in some way or another. In this case all parts that I had initially planed to be played by the orchestra were replaced by synth parts that I shaped in a way that they reminisce a sound that we know from Vangelis’ work in “Blade Runner”, or Jean Michel-Jarre, or Tangerine Dream. I also wanted to add new elements to the palette like Middle-Eastern influences that are showcased by bendy male and female voices and small and medium percussion. The same goes for all the other instruments I used. The goal was to use all instruments in an unconventional way so they would evoke a sound that is alien, unexpected yet somewhat anchored in something that is predicable and rooted in what we know.
Jo's new album "VOCALESE" is out now!
Jo’s music in this Academy Awards montage for this year’s "Best Picture" nominees
Jo’s piece “Eleomera” set to this beautiful Oscars montage for this year’s Best Picture nominees.
Jo's new album "RUST" is out now!
Jo’s music in "The Elder Scrolls Online" (Copy)
Jo wrote music for “The Elder Scrolls Online - Necrom”. He worked alongside director Robert Sethi and the team at Bethesda Studios to bring the new chapter of the iconic video series to life.
Jo's music in Apple TV's "The Essex Serpent"
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Jo's track “Apparition" from his album “Clandestine” is featured in Apple TV’s drama “The Essex Serpent”
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Jo's music in Apple TV's epic family drama "Pachinko"
Jo's track "Zebra" in HBO's "Succession"
Jo's new album "UNRAVEL" is out now!
Jo's track "Dance de Cane Rosso" in Disney's "Cruella"
Jo's track “Dance De Cane Rosso" from his EP “STRNGTHRY” in collaboration with fellow music producer “Amp Live” is featured in Disney’s “Cruella”
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Jo's new album "SENTIENCE" is out now!
Sentience - the forgotten places that capture our experiences and turn us into sentient beings
Sentience - the era that is the birthplace of everything we know
Sentience - intellectual stories and ideas become meaningless without the ability to feel
Sentience - the essence of every moment that creates a sliver of the past and projects into the future
Sentience - the days when emotions ascend closer to the surface
Sentience - the sounds that capture our experiences and turn us into sentient beings.
Jo's track "Fearmonger" in Netflix's new hit show "Shadow & Bone"
Jo's track “Fearmonger" from his album “Vanguard” is featured in Netflix’s new TV-series “Shadow & Bone”
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Jo's new album "MEMOIRS" is out now!
I started out by recording all kinds of percussive sounds of my piano and as I experimented with different patterns I found that one particular percussive sound resembles a typewriter. That sound became a theme and recurring thing that can be heard in every piece. I like the piercing quality of it as it cuts through all the other instruments and always exposes the rhythmical backbone of the track:
The typewriter that goes on and on in the background of our minds that captures everything and writes the story of our life.
A major influence on me and for this album in particular is Steve Reich’s music. I’ve always admired the polyrhythmic nature of his compositions. I took a multi-layered piano approach which for me starts to become a staple in my arsenal. I would put down one layer of a rhythm and then find juxtaposing riffs to create syncopation to intensify the propulsive nature of a piece. Kaleidoscope-like patterns that are interchangeable and always complement each other.
Finding memorable melodies is probably the most difficult part of writing music but also the most rewarding for me if I’m able to “crack the code” time and time again and find a sequence of notes that mean something to me. Notes that have the power to draw you into a piece, that hook you and make you feel stuff.
I also used all kinds of single-note, percussive patterns where a single note motif rubs slightly with another syncopated motif of another pattern. There’s a lot of simplicity paired with the right amount of complexity that (ideally) creates enough intrigue to keep the listener interested and longing for more.
Every track is a tiny emotional snapshot of a life event that I wanted to capture. Things that spun me out of control. Things that challenged me to the core. The brightest joy I’ve experienced and the darkest valleys of despair I’ve wandered. I guess I could also call these “snapshots of momentary illusions”.
Jo's music in Bungie's ViDoc for "Destiny 2 - Forged in the Storm"
Jo's tracks “Cortex Bomb", “Tracer” and “Ace of Spades from his album “Ghost in the Machine” are featured in Bungie’s ViDoc for “Destiny 2 - Forged in the Storm”
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