After fifteen years away from releasing music, Andrew Jarman has returned to the machines and sequences that captured his imagination. Under the solo name ändy j, the Sevilla-based musician introduces “Time Bomb,” a minimal electronic track that reconnects his experimental instincts with a lifetime of musical detours.
Jarman’s story began in the late 1970s, when post-punk artists were testing how drum machines and synthesisers could reshape popular music. Influenced by Joy Division, Scritti Politti, Cabaret Voltaire and Depeche Mode, he joined experimental electronic duo A Popular History of Signs. Their 1980 single, “Justice Not Vengeance,” began a run of independent releases that built an underground following. In 1984, their angular dance track “Stigma” unexpectedly found an audience in Spain, turning small gigs into performances for larger crowds and bringing Jarman back for tours.
That connection became permanent when he settled in Sevilla in 1991. Over the following two decades, his work moved increasingly toward indie rock, including a later chapter with Southern Arts Society. When that band dissolved around 2011–2012, Jarman stepped away from performing and concentrated on event production and tour management, supporting other artists rather than pursuing his own releases.
The return began unexpectedly when French band ExsonValdes invited him to support them. He initially planned to perform older material in solo, semi-electronic arrangements. But revisiting his equipment changed the plan: his Roland TR-808 drum machine and Roland synthesiser drew him back into the process of building rhythms and sequences. The result was ändy j, and “Time Bomb” became the first new song he had written and released in fifteen years.
Recorded in his bedroom and mixed in Canino’s Sevilla studio, “Time Bomb” embraces a lo-fi approach. Jarman combines analogue synthesisers, a Casio keyboard, a drum machine, a little guitar and a handful of samples. He records vocals with a Shure SM58 and still uses Sony Acid for its workflow, while the mix was completed in Ableton. Electronic artist Canino co-produced the track, helping Jarman pursue the minimalism he had long wanted to achieve.
Jarman describes the mood as “dancing while Rome burns,” a phrase that captures the tension between movement and unease. “Time Bomb” is not a nostalgia exercise; it is a renewed commitment to curiosity. From Sevilla, ändy j begins again with familiar tools, fresh purpose, and more songs on the way.
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