Julia Johnson
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Julia Johnson is a London-born singer-songwriter and a founder-member of Post Trip-Hop band Second Person
. Her first solo album, I Am Not The Night, recorded at Livingston Recording Studios
and produced by Tristan Ivemy (Frank Turner
, The Holloways
), was released in May 2011 through the independent label Blue January.
Second Person (band)
Second Person were a British band that existed for 10 years between 2001 and 2011 and mixed influences from trip hop, jazz, hip hop and electronica to form Post Trip Hop ....
. Her first solo album, I Am Not The Night, recorded at Livingston Recording Studios
Livingston Recording Studios
Livingston Studios were started by Ray Kinsey, a film director from North London, who branched out into recording talking books for the blind. The first Livingston Studio designed for recording music was set up in Barnet UK during 1963 where work on talking books continued alongside the recording...
and produced by Tristan Ivemy (Frank Turner
Frank Turner
Frank Turner is an English folk/punk singer-songwriter from Meonstoke, Winchester. Initially the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead, Turner embarked upon a primarily acoustic-based solo career following the band's split in 2005. To date, Turner has released four solo albums, two rarities...
, The Holloways
The Holloways
The Holloways are a four-piece indie-rock band from North London.-Formation:David Jackson and Bryn Fowler established the beginnings of the band, finding Rob Skipper at a local live music venue. They would meet later to jam together, playing in future drummer Dave Danger's room...
), was released in May 2011 through the independent label Blue January.
Trivia
- Julia is well versed in several classical languages including SanskritSanskritSanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
and GreekGreek languageGreek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
. She has an understanding of MandarinStandard MandarinStandard Chinese or Modern Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin or Putonghua, is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China , and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....
, SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and ItalianItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
allowing Second PersonSecond Person (band)Second Person were a British band that existed for 10 years between 2001 and 2011 and mixed influences from trip hop, jazz, hip hop and electronica to form Post Trip Hop ....
to record some of their best known songs in these languages. The band have suggested that translated versions of these songs may appear as bonus tracks in the various regions they are released in.http://www.sellaband.com/secondperson/ - Julia also wrote her first stage musical at the age of 15, entitled A Young Man With Conjunctivitis, for which she was the musical director.
- At the age of 18, she began playing solo gigs at The Kashmir KlubThe Kashmir KlubThe Kashmir Klub was a unique, non profit making, live music club housed in the basement of a Restaurant and Bar called "Fabrizio" at the "Baker and Oven" at No 6 Nottingham Place, central London, England...
, prior to forming Second PersonSecond Person (band)Second Person were a British band that existed for 10 years between 2001 and 2011 and mixed influences from trip hop, jazz, hip hop and electronica to form Post Trip Hop ....
with Mark Maclaine in 2002. She currently performs her own solo material in London and elsewhere in the UK. - In May 2009 Julia was one of the featured artists at London Songwriters Week http://www.londonsongwritersweek.co.uk
- Julia played at the Launch of the 2010 Bird's Eye View Film Festival in January 2010. http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/news/2010/01/24/our-2010-festival-is-launched
- She plays a monthly residency at The Troubadourhttp://www.troubadour.co.uk and performed at BestivalBestivalBestival is a four-day music festival held at the Robin Hill country park on the Isle of Wight, England. It has been held annually in late summer since 2004. The event is organized by DJ and record producer Rob da Bank and is an off-shoot of his Sunday Best record label and club nights. The initial...
in September 2011.
Credits/Releases
- I Am Not The Night - Julia Johnson - writer/performer (2011: ALBUM)
- Come to Dust - Second PersonSecond Person (band)Second Person were a British band that existed for 10 years between 2001 and 2011 and mixed influences from trip hop, jazz, hip hop and electronica to form Post Trip Hop ....
: Writer/Singer/Pianist/Lyricist (2011: ALBUM) - City Rats : Composer/Singer/Pianist (2008: FEATURE FILM - Face Films/Scanner Rhodes Productions)
- "Wood - Second PersonSecond Person (band)Second Person were a British band that existed for 10 years between 2001 and 2011 and mixed influences from trip hop, jazz, hip hop and electronica to form Post Trip Hop ....
" : Writer/Singer/Pianist (2007: MUSIC VIDEO - MTV, VH1 & YouTube featured video) - The ElementsThe Elements (album)The Elements is a special edition Post Trip Hop album produced by Second Person for and was released on 9 August 2007.This is the follow-up to the band's debut album, Chromatography, and was written by Julia Johnson, Mark Maclaine and Álvaro López at their studio in West London, UK...
- Second PersonSecond Person (band)Second Person were a British band that existed for 10 years between 2001 and 2011 and mixed influences from trip hop, jazz, hip hop and electronica to form Post Trip Hop ....
: Writer/Singer/Pianist (2007: ALBUM) - "Spilt Milk - Second PersonSecond Person (band)Second Person were a British band that existed for 10 years between 2001 and 2011 and mixed influences from trip hop, jazz, hip hop and electronica to form Post Trip Hop ....
" : Writer/Singer/Pianist (2007: MUSIC VIDEO - MTV, VH1 & YouTube featured video) - Live at the BedfordLive at the BedfordLive at the Bedford is a 2006 live DVD album by British Post Trip Hop band Second Person.This is the band's first live DVD and contains songs from their debut album Chromatography. The performance was filmed at The Bedford in Balham, London on 23 May 2005 but due to recording and writing...
- Second PersonSecond Person (band)Second Person were a British band that existed for 10 years between 2001 and 2011 and mixed influences from trip hop, jazz, hip hop and electronica to form Post Trip Hop ....
: Singer/Pianist (2006: DVD) - Streetball Extreme: Battle for Europe : Co-Composer (2006: TV SERIES - Extreme Sports ChannelExtreme Sports ChannelThe Extreme Sports Channel is a Netherlands-based extreme sports television channel available across Europe and the Middle East. Al Gosling had the idea for the channel in 1998.-History:...
) - Gen:Ex : Series Theme Composer (2006: TV SERIES - Extreme Sports ChannelExtreme Sports ChannelThe Extreme Sports Channel is a Netherlands-based extreme sports television channel available across Europe and the Middle East. Al Gosling had the idea for the channel in 1998.-History:...
) - The Passenger : Composer/Singer (2006: SHORT FILM)
- Snows in the House 3 : Composer (2004: FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM)
- Verbier Ride 2004 : Co-Composer (2004: TV SERIES - Channel 4Channel 4Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
) - ChromatographyChromatography (album)Chromatography is a 2004 Post Trip Hop album by Second Person.This is the band's debut album and all songs were written by Julia Johnson and Mark Maclaine, except "Word for Word" which also credits Ed Webber and Tristan Kajanus, "Demons Die" which also credits Álvaro López and "Divine" which was...
- Second PersonSecond Person (band)Second Person were a British band that existed for 10 years between 2001 and 2011 and mixed influences from trip hop, jazz, hip hop and electronica to form Post Trip Hop ....
: Writer/Singer/Pianist (2004: ALBUM) - Snows in the House 2 : Co-Composer (2003: FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM)