Jay-Jay Johanson
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Jay-Jay Johanson is a Swedish
musician
and singer-songwriter
, known for his melancolic vocals. His music has integrated the trip-hop genre until he switched his sound to a more electroclash
-oriented direction with the 2003 release Antenna, which featured "On The Radio". After this album, he came back to his characteristic sound after he released The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known in 2007.
, October 11, 1969, released his first album, "Whiskey", in August 1996. Recorded at Break My Heart Studios, in the Stockholm archipelago. The album was characterized by its jazzy vocals over trippy, film noir arrangements.
In 1998, Johanson released "Tattoo", taking a step into a more richly textured, poetic ambience. Johanssons third album, "Poison", was released in April 2000 and went straight into the French charts at number four. The album featured contributions from The Cocteau Twins founder and guitarist Robin Guthrie
. The same year Johanson also composed the soundtrack to the film "La Confusion Des Genres", made by French director Ilan Cohen, and in 2001, Jay-Jay Johanson emerged with "Cosmodrome", a sound-and-image installation first exhibited in Dijon
. This art-piece has travelled around the world and was last shown at Musée d'Art Modern in Paris
.
"Antenna" was released in 2002, recorded with assistance from German electronica experimentalists Funkstörung
. 2004 marked the release of a compilation, "Prologue", meant for the American market. It was followed by new album "Rush" in 2005, an album partly produced by French producer Jean-Pierre Ensuque.
In the spring of 2006 Jay-Jay Johanson called together the musicians he had worked with on the three first albums, and January 2007 saw the release of their collaborative effort "The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known". A "Long Term" tour started off in China
and continued to more than 30 cities around the world.
Johanson currently has an album completed entitled 'Spellbound' which leaked online on March 21, and is expected to be officially released in early 2011. The first single will be "Dilemma", for which a short film is being shot.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, known for his melancolic vocals. His music has integrated the trip-hop genre until he switched his sound to a more electroclash
Electroclash
Electroclash is a style of music that fuses New Wave and electronic dance music. It emerged in New York and Detroit in the later 1990s, pioneered by acts including I-F and those associated with Gerald Donald, and is associated with acts including Peaches, Adult, and Fischerspooner...
-oriented direction with the 2003 release Antenna, which featured "On The Radio". After this album, he came back to his characteristic sound after he released The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known in 2007.
Biography
Swedish singer/songwriter Jay-Jay Johanson, born in TrollhättanTrollhättan
Trollhättan is a city and the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 44,498 inhabitants in 2005. It is located 75 km north of Sweden's second-largest city, Gothenburg....
, October 11, 1969, released his first album, "Whiskey", in August 1996. Recorded at Break My Heart Studios, in the Stockholm archipelago. The album was characterized by its jazzy vocals over trippy, film noir arrangements.
In 1998, Johanson released "Tattoo", taking a step into a more richly textured, poetic ambience. Johanssons third album, "Poison", was released in April 2000 and went straight into the French charts at number four. The album featured contributions from The Cocteau Twins founder and guitarist Robin Guthrie
Robin Guthrie
Robin Guthrie is a musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau Twins. During his career Guthrie has played guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums and other musical instruments, in addition to programming, sampling and sound processing...
. The same year Johanson also composed the soundtrack to the film "La Confusion Des Genres", made by French director Ilan Cohen, and in 2001, Jay-Jay Johanson emerged with "Cosmodrome", a sound-and-image installation first exhibited in Dijon
Dijon
Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....
. This art-piece has travelled around the world and was last shown at Musée d'Art Modern in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
"Antenna" was released in 2002, recorded with assistance from German electronica experimentalists Funkstörung
Funkstörung
Funkstörung is Christian de Luca and Michael Fakesch , a duo of IDM musicians hailing from Rosenheim, Germany...
. 2004 marked the release of a compilation, "Prologue", meant for the American market. It was followed by new album "Rush" in 2005, an album partly produced by French producer Jean-Pierre Ensuque.
In the spring of 2006 Jay-Jay Johanson called together the musicians he had worked with on the three first albums, and January 2007 saw the release of their collaborative effort "The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known". A "Long Term" tour started off in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
and continued to more than 30 cities around the world.
Johanson currently has an album completed entitled 'Spellbound' which leaked online on March 21, and is expected to be officially released in early 2011. The first single will be "Dilemma", for which a short film is being shot.
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE SWE SWE may refer to:* Sweden, the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-3-code* Swedish language, the language's ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 language code* Standard Written English, the most common alphabetic code used to represent the English language... |
FR FR FR may stand for:* FR Fireball, a fighter aircraft of the US Navy* Farbrausch, a German demogroup* Federal Register, the official journal of the Federal Government of the United States* First responder... |
||
| Whiskey |
|
— | — |
| Tattoo |
|
— | — |
| Poison |
|
— | 4 |
| Antenna |
|
— | — |
| Rush |
|
52 | 116 |
| The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known |
|
36 | 84 |
| Self-Portrait |
|
— | 107 |
| Spellbound |
|
— | 117 |
Soundtrack albums
- La confusion des genres (soundtrack of La Confusion des GenresLa Confusion des GenresLa Confusion des Genres is a 2000 film starring Pascal Greggory. It was directed by Ilan Duran Cohen.Two actors of this film were nominated at the César Awards 2001: Pascal Greggory for Best Actor – Leading Role and Cyrille Thouvenin for Most Promising Actor....
- 2000) - La troisième Partie du Monde (soundtrack of La Troisième Partie du Monde - 2008)
Compilations
- Poison/La Confusion des Genres (2000)
- Prologue: Best of the Early Years 1996-2002 (2004)
- Future Lounge 2: So tell the girls that I am back in town Whiskey Album (1996)
Singles
| Year | Single | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | It Hurts Me So (April 9) | ”Whiskey” | BMG (Sweden) |
| So Tell The Girls... (July 23) | BMG (Sweden) | ||
| 1997 | Mana Mana Mana Mana | Commando!, BMG (Sweden) | |
| 1998 | She’s Mine But I’m Not Her’s (September 10) | ”Tattoo” | BMG (Sweden) |
| Milan. Madrid. Chicago. Paris (May 7) | BMG (Sweden), RCA | ||
| 2000 | Keep It a Secret (February 11) | ”Poison” | BMG (France) |
| Believe in Us (July 5) | BMG (France) | ||
| 2002 | Automatic Lover (September 2) | ”Antenna” | BMG |
| On the Radio (May 6) | RCA | ||
| 2004 | So Tell The Girls... 2004 | ”Prologue” | BMG |
| 2005 | 100 000 Years | ”Rush” | EMI Music (Sweden) |
| Rush | EMI Music (Sweden), Virgin | ||
| Because of You | EMI Music (Sweden) | ||
| 2006 | She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore | ”Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known” | EMI Music Sweden AB |
| 2007 | Rocks in Pockets | EMI Music Sweden | |
| 2008 | Wonder Wonders | ”Self-Portrait” | |
| 2011 | Dilemma | ”Spellbound” |
External links
- http://www.myspace.com/jayjayjohanson MySpace page