Q&A
JACK HUES
Wang Chung’s vocalist-guitarist and leader of The Quartet discusses quarks, cover versions and why live shows should be different every time.
Words: Jo Kendall Portrait: Press/Peter Edlin
Canterbury artist Jack Hues has returned with six tracks shaped by the intensity of live performance and band chemistry, featuring material by Robert Wyatt, Radiohead, Talk Talk and Soft Machine alongside a brilliantly titled instrumental original, Non-Locality In A Sea Of Electrons.
It’s 13 years since the guitarist – also of 80s new wavers Wang Chung – joined forces with members of Syd Arthur for “one night only” and almost four years since he officially emerged onto the progjazz scene thanks to the support of Syd Arthur co-founder Joel Magill (who also put Hues’ first EP out through his Dawn Chorus label). Backed by other members of Syd Arthur and avant-jazzers Led Bib as The Quartet, the collective debuted with a dazzling extended take on Beck’s Nobody’s Fault But My Own, and the track is revisited in the limited-edition, vinyl-only Epigonal Quark.