The Choko King

The Choko King by Jono El Grande features recordings from 1995 to 2008, some of which pre-date his first album by four years. The Choko King album offers an open door into Jono's surrealistic musical universe. It's a rare gift to his increasing number of fans and anyone interested in the workings of a truly eccentric and artistic mind. The album has been meticulously assembled from home recordings, demos, rehearsal tapes, live and studio recordings and made into a completely new work by Jono himself. A self-taught composer, musician, conductor and prankster who remains an outsider on the far margins of the Norwegian experimental music, Jono released his debut mini-album Utopian Dances in 1999 and Fevergreens in 2003. Next up was Neo Dada in 2009, an album brimming with musical adventure, odd turns, weird combinations of sounds and instruments, complex signatures and pure joy, sugared with infectious hooks. His latest release, Phantom Stimulance, was released at the end of 2010. The sleeve paintings are by acknowledged Norwegian artist Christer Karlstad and show The Choko King, intentionally misspelled to point to the megalomaniac's hubris: to choke on what you desire the most. Printed innersleeve includes nerdy details about each track from Jono.