| Jay-Jay Johanson | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jäje Johanson |
| Born | 11 October 1969 Trollhättan, Sweden |
| Genres | Pop, trip-hop, electroclash, electronica |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, record producer, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, Piano, Saxophone, Clarinet |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | EMI Int'l |
Jay-Jay Johanson (born Jäje Johanson October 11, 1969 in Trollhättan, Sweden) 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.
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Swedish singer/songwriter Jay-Jay Johanson, born in Trollhättan, 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.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | FR | ||
| Whiskey |
|
— | — |
| Tattoo |
|
— | — |
| Poison |
|
— | 4 |
| Antenna |
|
— | — |
| Rush |
|
52 | 116 |
| The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known |
|
36 | 84 |
| Self-Portrait |
|
— | 107 |
| Spellbound |
|
— | 117 |
| 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” |