George John

Full Tilt

digital · XJM 26008

Full Tilt captures the zeitgeist as a pinball game, shooting its ball in full speed into different directions. Bouncing back and forth, hammering, rattling, bucking, shimmering colors and sounds, positive vibes…and growing demand for releasing pressure and energy, but also the constant reminder of a possible gamer over. George John comes from classical piano and went autodidactically into Jazz, production and finally found his musical home in UK acid Jazz. After years of practicing classical piano, he discovered his talent for improvisation as a possibility of creating music in the moment as a practice of radical immediacy and emotional presence: a one-man live set that is way more than your favorite synch button faker. Coming from the German small-town Schweinfurt, releases on cassette and vinyl, radio plays on stations like Worldwide FM, bookings like Melt Festival in 2020, reviews from 5mag (Chicago) or Juno Records, and collabs with Delfonic, Rhode&Brown, Donald Dust, Anton Mangold, Le Trente Trois and KX9000 supported the path. With digital and physical releases on Kommerz Gbr (GER), Gettogether Collective (GER), BlaqNumbers (GER) and Ten Lovers Music (UK) he has now over 40 tracks internationally published. It’s all about the vibe of live performance combined with the energy of beats and synths. With his approach John challenges the dogma of industrialized mood music and its listening habits. In a rapidly changing musical landscape with technical, economical and perfectionistic adoration, he tries to set a contrast by floating, emotional and developing improvised tracks. Current setup consists of Roland Juno 60, Nord Stage 88, Roland Tr8s & NI Maschine. Musical influences range from Azymuth, Erykah Badu, Jutta Hipp, Bugge Wesseltoft to Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange, Harvey Sutherland and Alfa Mist. | Layout and visuals by Michael Romstöck