In 2020, we thankfully celebrate the geek rather than shun them, so with his background as one of the great synth-pop icons, does Jones consider himself a bit of a gear dork?
“I think there are a lot of people more knowledgeable and gear-nerdy than me,” he laughs. “In terms of my passions, it’s the song, the melodies and the lyrics, and that is what I really enjoy getting right. But then give me any kind of synth and I will have loads of fun trying to get good sounds out of it.”
But after a 35-year relationship with the technology, there must be some kind of synth spark going on, right?