“David Lynch used to refer to it as firewood - how ideas are just fuel and if they’re getting in your way, then burn them”: Johnny Jewel on his relationship with synths and working with David Lynch

Johnny Jewel.

SYNTH WEEK 2026: ‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ is a well-worn phrase but it rings true for artist, producer, film composer and Italians Do It Better leader Johnny Jewel, whose initial dalliances with synthesizers originated in the pawn shops of Texas in the '90s.

It was within these junk-filled wonderlands that his younger self discovered his first pieces of gear - machines that have since accompanied him on a wild and magical musical ride.