Brighten The Corners Presents JIM, the balearic, folk, rock project from Crazy P’s Jim Baron, on Saturday 17th October at The Church.

“West Coast country-soul provides the template, nodding to Crosby, Stills and Nash, while also channelling Terry Callier’s majestic guitar sound. It also brings to mind Steve Mason’s superb ‘Boys Outside’ album, with its rhythmic nous. The gorgeous strings from The Long Eaton Quartet deserve plenty of praise too.” - Clash Magazine

“Baron’s well-honed sense of rhythm and flow proves palpable within Love Makes Magic’s intoxicating aesthetic, which is best epitomised by the title track’s fusion of synth-disco shimmer and dreamy, harmony-rich Laurel Canyon beatitude.” - Uncut

• Event Info

  Time: 7:30pm - 11pm
  Venue: The Church, Ipswich
  Tickets: £16+bf
  Supports: tbc

  Age Restrictions: 14+ (14- 17s must be accompanied by an adult)

  There is step-free access into the venue and the bar / accessible toilet / venue are all on one floor.  For further information, please email info@brightenthecorners.co.uk so we can make your visit as comfortable as possible.

• Artist Info

  Over the last 25 years, Jim Baron has established himself as a singular contributor to the British musical landscape. Most famously as a founding member of beloved disco and house outfit Crazy P, while under his longstanding DJ alias Ron Basejam he is regarded as one of underground house’s finest practitioners.
  
  Recording as JIM, Baron revealed a previously hidden side of his talents and also a completely different voice, mood and music to what we were used to hearing from him. A style influenced by the likes of Jackson C Frank, Terry Callier, Crosby, Stills and Nash, and soulful West Coast sounds like Ned Doheny.
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  JIM’s warmly received 2023 debut LP Love Makes Magic, an album that began as a pandemic-era studio experiment and became something of a sleeper hit, appearing in many an end-of-year chart. Labelled variously as Balearic, folktronica, blue-eyed soul and Laurel Canyon, Love Makes Magic was perhaps all and none of those things: a record rooted less in Californian mythology than in Baron’s own musical world, somewhere between Sherwood, Nottingham, classic songwriting, electronic soul and the no-nonsense good times that have long run through his work. One thing was indisputable - it connected with people... and still does.

  Vicious Charm are proud to present “Love Over Gold”, the new single from JIM – aka Jim Baron of Crazy P - the first new material before his sophomore LP due for release in the Autumn. “Love Over Gold” is a gorgeous slice of unhurried, sun-faded disco featuring vocals from his daughter Edie Baron. Her vocal brings a tender, youthful directness to the track, balancing vulnerability with quiet optimism as the song reflects on emotional noise, online pressure and the attempt to find light through it all.