John Lawrence (musician)

John Lawrence (born 17 July 1975) is a Welsh musician. He was a founding member of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, but left the band in 1999, prior to the release of the band's sixth album Spanish Dance Troupe.[1] As a solo artist, he has sometimes gone by the name Infinity Chimps.[1]

In early 2011, Lawrence recorded a session for Adam Walton on BBC Introducing, backed by the then-new band Shy and the Fight.[2]

In 2013, he released new material in collaboration with singer Jaci Williams.[3] He has also been producing Tree of Wolves's material.[4]

Lawrence produced folk musician Chris Jones's debut album, Dacw'r Tannau, released in September 2014.[5] He has also worked with Band Pres Llareggub on their first EP, which was released in April 2015,[6] and with Nia Morgan on her upcoming new album.[7]

Lawrence released solo material, Songs from the Precipice, on 7 September 2015 via his website,[8] followed by Narcissus Paradox in 2019. His style on later output has been likened to Frank Zappa.[9] He makes occasional public appearances, including 9 Volt Sessions (twice, 4 September 2014 and 29 June 2015) and also a live session on Neil Crud's Tudno FM radio show on 20 June 2016.[10]

In 2017, he produced the Welsh singer-songwriter, Scott Marsden's solo EP Scars at Penhesgyn Studio, where he continues to work as the in-house engineer with former Bryn Derwen Studio owner, Laurie Gane.

Discography

as John Lawrence

  • Rainy Night, Lawrence Music, 2009
  • Songs from the Precipice, Lawrence Music, 2015
  • Narcissus Paradox, Lawrence Music, 2019

as Infinity Chimps

References
  1. "Gorky's Zygotic Mynci". BBC Wales. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  2. "BBC - Wales Music: Recommendations for 2012". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. "If I Would, by John Lawrence". Johnlawrence.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. "Tree of Wolves". Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  5. "Chris Jones - Dacw'r Tannau". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  6. "Band Pres Llareggub Brass Band". Facebook.com. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  7. Nia Morgan [@niamorganmusic] (12 June 2015). "Dwy gan newydd ar Stiwdio Gefn heno, 9.30, neu ar S4C clic, efo John Lawrence ar siwrne breuddwydiol pedal steel-aidd @infinitychimps @S4C" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. "Brand new album 'Narcissus Paradox' out now on CD and all download platforms". Lawrence-music.com. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  9. "North Wales". Link2wales.co.uk.
  10. "InSession – John Lawrence". Link2wales.co.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2021.


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