Essie Jain

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Essie Jain
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London, England
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Website www.essiejain.com

Essie Jain is an English singer and songwriter born and raised in London, who is now based in Los Angeles.

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Biography

Her first published work was a single track, "Why", on the album The Sound the Hare Heard , which contains a single track each from a large number of artists including Sufjan Stevens and Colin Meloy. This record was curated by Slim Moon and released by Kill Rock Stars.

Her first album, We Made This Ourselves , drew comparisons to the British folk singers Sandy Denny and Vashti Bunyan. [1] This record was originally released in the United States on Ba Da Bing records and was later released in the rest of the world on The Leaf Label.

The New York Times wrote that "Ms. Jain builds stark miniatures out of a few light strums of guitar and her haunting alto. On her captivating new album, We Made This Ourselves, her voice is multitracked in precise harmonies that can be warm or ghostly."

Jain recorded a Daytrotter session that was released 7 April 2010.

In 2011, she started her own record label and released Until The Light Of Morning, [2] an album of original lullabies for parent and child, written and recorded by Jain.

In 2013, Huffington Post announced the release of All Became Golden , her first audiovisual release, the result of a collaboration with filmmaker Natalie Johns and critically acclaimed composer/arranger Nico Muhly. Inspired by Frank Sinatra's recording process, a small audience was invited to witness these live orchestral recordings in the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York City, capturing a collaboration of Muhly and Jain, the recording process and Jain's deep connection to the music.

Jain practices meditation and channeling, which began to reveal itself as an influence on her work in 2015, when Jain released To Love, an album of modern chants and movements. In 2016, she began writing and recording the Musical Meditation Series with her husband and longterm collaborator Patrick Glynn, which was inspired by the improvisations of their live performances.

In 2018, Jain released the album As I Return, which explored songs created for the expression of voice, and were designed to be used as companions to therapeutic healing practices.

In 2020, she released two singles, “Hold Us” and a children's song “For Everyone” to mark the 10 year anniversary of her original lullaby album.

In 2022 she released the EP, “Let Us Be Seen” followed by a single “Moving Through”

In 2023 she released two songs for the death doula and hospice movements, made to support end of life care, “As we gathered together” and “We only felt love”

In June 2023 she announced she had begun writing and recording an album of folk songs with her husband Patrick Glynn, due for release in 2024.

Discography

Multiple artist albums

Albums


Singles

EP

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References

  1. "Essie Jain: We Made This Ourselves". Pitchfork.com.
  2. "Until The Light Of Morning". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2015.