Chelonis R. Jones is an American painter, electropop musician, producer, poet, singer, songwriter and performer.
Born and raised in California and New York, Jones lives in Europe. While he has released albums (Dislocated Genius, The Forgotten Floor, Chatterton and The Prison Buffet), the earliest single releases (2002–2006) came complete with original cover artwork edited from original oil canvases painted in the late 1990s by the artist. Around this period, he formed his provo-art-rockgroup COON, but Jones decided to shelve the long-awaited art rock debut to concentrate on electropop releases. With over 70 singles (mostly on Get Physical and Systematic Records), he is perhaps more widely known as the vocalist and co-writer of the popular Röyksopp single "49 Percent", appearing on the album The Understanding, his hit songs "I Don't Know?" and "One & One", from his critically praised Dislocated Genius debut album, working with DJ Hell, and appearing on the Kris Menace album Features with the successful "Voodoo Dilate (Samo)" track in 2013.
In 2011, he exhibited his theme title-based paintings in exclusive galleries: "American Anarchist", followed by "The Dream", "Awakenings", "Outside Inside I & II" (Gallery Sassen) and many other European exhibitions and various International Art Fairs, which displayed his paintings covering the first 15 years receiving rave and controversial reviews from corporations such as Monopol Magazine and many others. In 2013, Cassina sponsored and premiered the first of their kind (followed later by a Cassina exhibition with Karl Lagerfeld) collaboration exhibitions: "American Anarchist II", "The Wonderful and Startling World of Chelonis R. Jones" and "CHEVOLUTION!". Artworks were also displayed in connection with The Saatchi Gallery, Cologne Paper Art (Kunstmesse) and The 2013 ARTFAIR Köln.
"One & One" (2002)
"Blackout!" (2002)
"I Don't Know?" (2003)
"Le Bateau Ivre" (2004)
"Deer in the Headlights" (2005)
"Na Na Na" (2006, featured on GPM Label Anniversary)
"Dirty Lipstick" (2007)
"Rehabilitation" (2009)
"The Cockpit" (2009)
"Pompadour" (2009)
"Mythologies" (2012, features on Ten Years Get Physical)
"The Irritant (Brain Damage Club)" (2012)
Booka Shade (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "S.T.A.R.R.Z." (2004, featured in Memento)
Booka Shade (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Stupid Questions" (2004)
Röyksopp (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "49 Percent" (2005, featured in The Understanding)
Röyksopp (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Go Away" (2005, featured in The Understanding and Röyksopp's Night Out)
DJ Remo (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Empire" (2005)
DJ Remo (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Black Sabrina" (2005)
Bioground (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Complexity" (2005, featured in Love Addiction)
Huntemann (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Terminate the Fire" (2005)
Belivers (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "(You'll Never Change) the World" (2005)
Huntemann (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Scary Love" (2005, featured in Fieber)
Pinktronix (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Crash!" (2006, featured in Right On Delay)
Franz & Shape (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "God Lost My Address" (2005/2006, featured in Destination/Location and Acceleration)
Tennishero (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Alone" (2006)
DJ Remo (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Sabrina Says..." (2007)
Pinktronix (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Baby Boo" (2007)
Marc Romboy vs. Chelonis R. Jones – "Helen Cornell" (2007)
Eddie Thoneick presents Female Deejays (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "If Only" (2007)
Tocadisco (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Shrine" (2007)
Corrugated Tunnel (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Beautifully Lost" (2008)
Crackdown (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "The Wassily Chair" (2008)
Urban Hussy (featuring Chelonis R. Jones and Edwin James) – "Mardi Gras" (2008)
El Carlitto (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "On and On" (2008)
C. Banx (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Destination Unknown" (2008)
Marc Romboy (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "The Slam!" (2008, featured in Contrast)
Marc Romboy (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "The Beat" (2008, featured in Contrast)
Marc Romboy (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Side FX" (2008, featured in Contrast)
Pinktronix (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Back to Black" (2008)
Bush II Bush (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "My Salvation" (2008)
Jochen Pash (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Mathematics" (2008)
Lorenzo Montana (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Erasing You" (2009, featured in Black Ivy)
Spektre (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "The Ride" (2009)
Marc Romboy vs. Chelonis R. Jones – "The Beat" (2009)
Booka Shade (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Bad Love" (2010, featured in More!)
Utah Jazz (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Avoiding Puddles" (2010, featured in Vintage)
Kris Menace (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Voodoo Dilate (Samo)" (2012, featured in Features)
Booka Shade (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Blackout: White Noise" (2012, featured in Blackout: White Noise EP)
Thomas Schumacher (featuring Chelonis R. Jones) – "Is Your Kettle On?" (2013, featured in Stand Up)
