Real name: Stuart Stawman

SJS frontman Stuart Stawman is an English musician, songwriter and producer currently based in the Blue Mountains of Australia. With a style described as ‘genre-blending’, but with feet firmly planted in neo-progressive rock, the music of SJS takes in elements from the worlds of post-rock, folk, world music and modern electronic textures.

Stawman honed his studio skills as a London-based sound engineer across the nineteen eighties. Alongside encounters with the likes of David Gilmour, Tears For Fears and many more, he was in the unique position of watching Talk Talk record a project that would become the stuff of music mythology, their ‘Spirit of Eden’ album. Inspiration was not in short supply.

Fast forward to now and we find him combining with the talents of Douglas Skene (Hemina, Anubis), Graeme James (Tramtracks), Christopher Soulos (Espirito, Flatwound, Masha’s Legacy) and others to create a distinct, new voice in contemporary progressive rock. This voice takes inspiration from Anathema to Zappa, from ‘Talk’ era Yes through to ‘Spirit of Eden’ era Talk Talk.