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You’d be forgiven for thinking Javeon was raised on house music. After getting a start with garage joints and songs with fellow Bristolian Julio Bashmore the budding night club emcee and singer soon found himself rising to the forefront of house’s new generation of vocalists. Following a string of successful releases with some of the genre’s best producers Javeon - pronounced like “raven” but with a J (something he notes across all his social media) - found himself feeling dissatisfied with his then-current position.
At the source of it all was a strong desire to find himself further musically, resulting in a new level of experimentation that has seen the “Father Father” singer take his sound into an alternative R&B direction while remaining as wide-ranging.
“Control”, his newly-released single, channels his tumultuous journey perfectly – it’s ambient, dark and injected with enough genres to make simply calling it “electronic” an all too easy cop-out. Zack the Lad’s blend of gloomy basslines, 2-step patterns and garage form an alt-R&B anthem that would be difficult for any vocalist to conquer, but here Javeon flexes his growth, both musically and sonically, making the title quite apt in a number of ways.
Prior to the single’s release Javeon and I discussed his origins, “Control”, the challenges of being a multi-genre artist, his five-part visual movie for his songs, and more.
