The Balky Mule

The story

The Balky Mule is the alias of Sam Jones, a self-taught home recordist and song writer, who over the past decade or more has been a key member of the vibrant Bristol post-rock scene, contributing live or in-studio to numerous bands, including Movietone and Crescent (alongside his bandleader brother, Matt), Flying Saucer Attack, Minotaur Shock, and Third Eye Foundation. During this time the majority of his output under the name The Balky Mule had been CD-Rs on request and tapes swapped among friends

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Records

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with The Balky Mule in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with The Balky Mule in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like The Balky Mule

• SamamidonLast.fm listeners
• Nive NielsenLast.fm listeners
• Gareth DicksonLast.fm listeners
• BegushkinLast.fm listeners
• Benjy FerreeLast.fm listeners
• David Karsten DanielsLast.fm listeners
• PajoLast.fm listeners
• Adrian OrangeLast.fm listeners
• Taylor Swiftsame scene: singer-songwriter
• The Beatlessame scene: singer-songwriter
• Elton Johnsame scene: singer-songwriter
• Bruce Springsteensame scene: singer-songwriter

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of The Balky Mule’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.