Jamie Woon

Jamie Woon

Woon at stage during the Piknik in Parken festival in Oslo in 2016
Background information
Born (1983-03-29) 29 March 1983
Origin New Malden, Kingston upon Thames, London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active 2006–present
Labels PMR
Associated acts Burial
Website jamiewoon.com

Jamie Woon (born 29 March 1983) is a British singer, songwriter and record producer, signed to PMR Records who gained widespread acclaim in 2010 for his single, "Night Air", which was co-produced by Burial, following his previous independent release, Wayfaring Stranger EP.[1]

Biography

The Eurasian son of a Malaysian Chinese father, and Scottish mother (Celtic singer Mae McKenna who also has Irish ancestry), he was born and raised in New Malden in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, before his parents divorced.[2] He was educated at Sacred Heart RC Primary School (New Malden), S.T Catherines RC Middle School (Raynes Park) and Wimbledon College (Wimbledon). He later attended the BRIT School, where he graduated the year behind Amy Winehouse, whom he later supported live.[3][4]

Woon's sound and style is described as soul inflected vocals backed by samplers and programming, or a single guitar track. He describes his music as "... R&B, it's groove-based vocal-led music ..."[2]

On 4 January 2011, the BBC announced that Woon had been placed fourth in the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.[3]

Woon's debut album is entitled Mirrorwriting and was released on 18 April 2011 via Polydor Records.[5]

On 1 May 2012, Woon announced that he had to cancel several upcoming shows due to an injury.[6] Since then, there had been a lull in his activities but in March 2015, he did a collaboration with Portico for their new album Living Fields to be released in April the same year.[7]

In August 2015, a new single, "Sharpness", was released. Benji B revealed in his show on 13 August, that the new album would be called Making Time. It was subsequently released in September the same year.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[8]		 BEL
[9]		 DEN
[10]		 NOR
[11]		 NLD
[12]		 SWI
[13]
Mirrorwriting 15 9 17 14 38 50
Making Time
  • Released: 6 November 2015
  • Label: PMR
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 50 62 — — 51 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

Title Details
Wayfaring Stranger
iTunes Festival: London 2007
  • Released: 24 September 2007[15]
  • Label: Onetaste
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[8]		 BEL
[9]		 DEN
[10]		 FRA
[16]		 NLD
[12]
2007 "Robots" — — — — — Non-album single
2010 "Night Air" 67 15 21 — 90 Mirrorwriting
2011 "Lady Luck" 76 29 14 84 56
2012 "Shoulda" — 53 — — —
2015 "Sharpness" — — — — — Making Time
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Music videos

Year Title Director
2007 "Wayfaring Stranger" Sophie Clements[17]
2008 "Spirits" —
2010 "Night Air" Lorenzo Fonda[18]
2011 "Lady Luck" —

Other appearances

Title Year Artist Album
"January" 2013 Disclosure Settle
"This Is What It Feels Like" Banks London EP
"Where You Gonna Go?" 2014 Paul White Shaker Notes
"Memory of Newness" 2015 Portico Living Fields
"Inherent in the Fibre" Darkstar Foam Island
"Oceans of Purple" 2016 Dave Okumu N/A

Remixes

Title Year Artist Album
"Video Games" 2012 Lana Del Rey Born to Die

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2011 MOBO Awards Best Newcomer N/A Nominated [19]
Sound of... BBC Sound of 2011 N/A Nominated [2]
2016 Mercury Prize Making Time Nominated

References

  1. ↑ AshMeikle (4 September 2010). "The return of the talented Jamie Woon". Shout4Music.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Geoghegan, Kevin (4 January 2011). "BBC Sound of 2011: Jamie Woon". BBC News. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Jamie Woon". BBC Music. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  4. ↑ Lester, Paul (5 November 2010). "New band of the day : Jamie Woon (No 903)". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Wear My Heart on My Sleeve". Wotyougot. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  6. ↑ Jamie Woon: Important Announcement (retrieved 1 February 2013)
  7. ↑ Line of the Best Fit - Listen: Portico - “Memory Of Newness” (feat. Jamie Woon) [Premiere] (2 Match 2015)
  8. 1 2 "Jamie Woon – UK Charts". www.chartstats.com/.
  9. 1 2 "Jamie Woon – Belgium (Flanders) Charts". ultratop.be/nl/ Hung Medien.
  10. 1 2 "Jamie Woon – Danish Charts". danishcharts.com/ Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012.
  11. ↑ "Jamie Woon – Norwegian Charts". norwegiancharts.com/ Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
  12. 1 2 "Jamie Woon – Dutch Charts". dutchcharts.nl/ Hung Medien.
  13. ↑ "Jamie Woon – Swiss Charts". hitparade.ch/ Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "Wayfaring Stranger Ep: Jamie Woon: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  15. ↑ "iTunes – Music – iTunes Festival: London 2007 – EP by Jamie Woon". iTunes Store. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  16. ↑ "Jamie Woon – French Charts". lescharts.com/ Hung Medien.
  17. ↑ "" (5 February 2007). "Wayfaring Stranger (dir. Sophie Clements)". YouTube. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  18. ↑ "Jamie Woon – "Night Air (Deadboy Remix)"". Stereogum. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  19. ↑ "MOBO Awards 2011: Winners in full". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
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