[3] Drawing on a fascination with the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Jonathan eventually acquired a Roland synthesizer in order to make sounds of his own.
Prior to creating New Mind, Jonathan played guitar and sampler in an experimental band where he thought of electronic and industrial musics as being distinct.
Their album Metachrome was released by Synthetic Symphony in 1997 and featured tracks that Jonathan had originally written for Cyber-Tec Project, reconstructed by André and reformatted with female vocals.
[9] During the 1990s, Jonathan produced many remixes as New Mind for bands such as Aïboforcen, Birmingham 6, Scar Tissue, Inertia, Aghast View, and Attrition.
He also recorded many one-off compilation tracks under various names, including: Datura, Gunhed,[3] Lashtal,[5] Nova, Psionic, Tyrophex 14, Vent, and Zodiac.
Contemporary with his work as The Heartwood Institute, Jonathan embarked on recordings under his own name of "elegaic piano-led pieces" with an autobiographical theme inspired by photographs taken during his childhood.
[13] In 2022, Sharp produced a pair of releases inspired by classic 1970s era horror soundtracks under the name "Henning Zinoviev & Floating Candles.