Simon Huw Jones was born in Birmingham, England in 1960 but grew up in rural Worcestershire where, in 1979, he formed the alternative rock band And Also the Trees with his guitarist brother Justin Jones.

Jones now lives in Geneva, Switzerland where he founded, together with Bernard Trontin (a member of the Swiss band The Young Gods), the electro/ambient project November.

[1] In May 2012 Jones recorded the vocal for the 'electric version' (for 17 electric guitars, percussion and voice) of "How we tried a new combination of notes to show the invisible" a piece of music written by the French guitarist and composer Olivier Mellano under commission for the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne.

The piece, written in four movements, was performed along with the original version for full orchestra and soprano and a further 'electro' transcription at the Opéra de Rennes as part of the Rencontres Trans Musicales 2012.

[2] After leaving school, Jones studied photography in Great Barr, Birmingham then worked in the Cadbury Schweppes photographic studios.