Julia Adamson

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Julia Adamson (also known as Julia Nagle) (born September 30, 1960 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada) is a composer/musician. In 1967, her family moved to Manchester, England.

In 1971 she recorded with St Winifreds Choir on the first album the school did of modern hymns. In 1977 she played in punk group Blackout alongside Tony Ogden and Gordon King. She joined group Illustration in 1979 and recorded material with Martin Hannett as producer for Some Bizzare Records.

After a two year period working as personal assistant to Martin Hannett (1981-1983) she was employed as an in house sound engineer at Strawberry Studios where she worked for six years (1984-1990).

In 1986 she formed Manchester group What? Noise with husband Chris Nagle and was signed to One Little Indian Records where she contributed to album Fat and EP Vein. What?Noise material also featured on compilation albums for various record companies.

She is also known as a member of The Fall between 1995-2001, playing keyboards, guitar and computers. She contributed to The Light User Syndrome, Levitate, The Marshall Suite and The Unutterable. Writing credits include the singles "The Masquerade" and "Touch Sensitive", later used in an advert for Vauxhall Corsa cars (2003-2006).

A large VAT invoice was given to The Fall in 1997, incurred before Adamson joined, it caused tensions with the members it had been issued to and led to a split in the group in 1998. The group reformed with frontman Mark E. Smith, Adamson, and new musicians.

Since 2001 Adamson continues to write and perform under the name Invisiblegirl and released single Fun in September 2006. Invisiblegirl has now expanded into Invisiblegirl Music Publishing and Invisiblegirl Records.