Hailing from Sweden's musical enclave of Gonthenburg, Jol is the solo nom de musique of producer Joel Eriksson - who is a part of the loose Gonkyburg music collective (which includes Koop, Swell Session, Stateless, Season, Quant, Plej and Hird).
Eriksson is no stranger to the music world and his records have featured on numerous compilations, computer games and record labels.
Surprisingly, for an artist who is prolific, has broad influences and clearly has a lot to express, this his debut album.
The curiously titled 'Moody AOW' opens with the superb sundown house jam of 'Going Down', a light and funky, seaside tune that never really got the exposure it deserved when it was released on 12" earlier this year.
From here Jol begins air some of his musical roots and cools the beats to the laid back 'Spirits of Pyrinee', before picking up the pace with 'Cool Cat', a Naughties funk wig out that works around one of those persistent bar room basslines.
Having caught its stride 'Moody AOW' gets firmly into its groove. The curiously titled 'Gonky Boa' takes things deeper with a tripped-out, Mandrill-like track that meanders through break-downs and quiet passages before returning to that repetitive and chunky bass.
Similarly 'Hubba Ghost' centres on a fluid, head nodding bass riff, around which 'Thrust' period Herbie Hancock keyboards loosely meander.
'Think Tin' finally changes the direction and pace by introducing broken beats underneath an emotionally charged sequence and beefed up descending bass line, while 'Kids In The Song' re-establishes order with a down beat track that echoes the calmer mood of 'Spirits of Pyrinee'.
The melodic 'Tivoli Ride' adds French TV detective theme tune touches to the ambience while the album's title track, 'Moody AOW' brings proceedings to a close with a slice of back room disco.
With London sounds currently embracing everything that's bracing, Jol has provided the Savlon for the resulting abrasions.
by Ben Osborne