Mick Jones, a former member of the punk band The Clash, clearly hasn’t let up for the past two decades, ever since he left that famous band. Since 2002, he and former Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sunik guitarist Tony James have been recording and touring as a Carbon Silicon quartet, along with former Reef drummer Dominic Greensmith and Leo ‘Eezykill’ Williams, who played with Jones on Big Audio band. Dynamite during the 1980s.
Carbon Silicon has been posting the fruits of its daily five-hour study sessions on the Internet. Recorded and uploaded from their studio in an industrial park in west London, Carbon Silicon have been releasing their work for free to the public as it’s made. The first two albums were a collection of mostly already released tracks along with new material. Both albums were released in late 2006 and were free to download from the band’s website until spring 2007. The albums, ATOM and The Western Front serve as a statement of what the band thought was best. from your previous studio work. as the two albums included songs from his four previous studio collections, Homecoming, The Grand Delusion, Sample this, Peace, and Dope Factory Boogie. Carbon Silicon then decided to alter their template to release online only, with last year’s release of their latest album The Last Post and Carbon Casino, which again included tracks from all their previous collections but remixed by Bill Price at Metropolis studios in New York. London. Their website features the band’s latest work, including The Crack-up Suite, a self-styled mini studio album featuring six songs available for free download.
Beginning with the upbeat TF Madness and ending with Falun Gong Love Song through to the rage-filled The System, Crack-up Suite is a Mick Jones classic. The site now also features two new collaborations, written with the help of Gary Kemp, formerly of Spandau Ballet. The Inconvenience of Truth and Maybe That’s the Meaning of Life have the vocals of Kemp and Jones shaking up the Carbon Silicon sound as they use a more electro tinge to their sound. The band has always wanted to stay fresh, and the funk of The Inconvenience of Truth definitely does that. All downloadable tracks come with their own high-resolution cover art. If you missed the band’s free releases of their albums, ATOM and The Western Front, then their Myspace.com page is home to four great tracks from these. Finally, the 2008 edition of The News is quickly becoming a hit on YouTube. Featuring a new animated video for ATOM track No.1, The News is some excellent stuff.
