Jay-Jay Johanson

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Jay-Jay Johanson
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Johanson performing at Moby Dick Club in Madrid on 22 November 2007
Background information
Birth nameJäje Folke Andreas Johansson [1]
Born (1968-10-11) 11 October 1968 (age 56)
Trollhättan, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Genres Trip hop, synthpop, electroclash
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, record producer
Years active1996–present
Labels RCA, BMG, Art, EMI, Virgin, Universal
Website www.jay-jayjohanson.com

Jäje Folke Andreas Johansson (born 11 October 1968), [2] better known by his stage name Jay-Jay Johanson, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, known for his melancholic vocals. His music has integrated the trip hop genre until now even if he also include a more electronical oriented direction from his 2002 album Antenna, which featured "On the Radio". From his debuts, he has released 14 studio albums, continually touring on stage all around the world.

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Biography

Jay-Jay Johanson was born Jäje Johansson on 11 October 1968 in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland. His debut album, Whiskey, was released 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. Johansson's third album, Poison, was released in April 2000 and went straight into the French charts at number four. The album featured contributions from Cocteau Twins founder and guitarist Robin Guthrie. The same year Johanson also composed the soundtrack to French director Ilan Duran Cohen's film La Confusion des Genres , and in 2001, Johanson emerged with "Cosmodrome", a sound-and-image installation first exhibited in the French city of Dijon. This art-piece has travelled around the world and was last shown at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

Antenna was released in 2002, recorded with assistance from German experimental electronic group Funkstörung. 2004 marked the release of the compilation Prologue, meant for the American market. It was followed by Rush in 2005, an album partly produced by French producer Jean-Pierre Ensuque.

Johanson co-wrote and contributed vocals to The Knife's 2006 song "Marble House". [3] In the spring of 2006, he 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 tour in promotion of the album kicked off in China and continued to more than thirty cities around the world.

Johanson's eighth studio album Spellbound was released on 2 May 2011. [4] "Dilemma" was released as the album's lead single on 11 March 2011. [5]

After Cockroach (2013), Opium (2015), and Bury The Hatchet (2017), Jay-Jay Johanson released Kings Cross. The name of the album is a reference to the London district where Jay-Jay had been based before starting his musical career. Kings Cross includes "Hear Somebody Whistle" one of his most popular recent songs. This song has been featured in the HBO show Foodie Love , Apple's Vision Pro ad, and also in the movie Eld & lågor (Universal Studios). Jay-Jay shares a duet with Jeanne Added on "Fever".

While he toured all around the world performing in trio or with a full band, Johanson released Rorschach Test in 2021. The song "Vertigo" was chosen by Ralph Lauren at the spring 2022 to be the soundtrack of the AW22 Runway in New York. In July 2022, Balenciaga picked up "The girl with the sun in her eyes", a piano theme featured on the album Bury the Hatchet to be the soundtrack of the AW22 digital campaign. For the first time Johanson, invited by Zemfira, performed at the Royal Albert Hall in November 2022 introducing for the first time the new songs of his upcoming album including "Finally" a ballad including the 3rd Brahms Symphony.

In March 2023, Johanson introduced "Empty Beds" his first art exhibition in Paris at La Hune and in Brussels at the Hôte Gallery.

In June 2023, his 14th album FETISH was released, followed by a worldwide tour for the season 2023-2024.

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
SWE
[6] 		FRA
[7]
Whiskey
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: RCA
––
Tattoo
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: RCA
–16
Poison
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: RCA
–20
Antenna
  • Released: 2 September 2002
  • Label: RCA
3753
Rush
  • Released: 19 September 2005
  • Label: Virgin, EMI Sweden
52116
The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known
  • Released: 21 January 2007
  • Label: Virgin, EMI Sweden
3684
Self-Portrait
  • Released: 13 October 2008
  • Label: Art, Virgin, EMI Sweden
–107
Spellbound–117
Cockroach
  • Released: 23 September 2013
  • Label: Universal
–170
Opium
  • Released: 16 June 2015
  • Label: Kwaidan Records, Le Plan
––
Bury the Hatchet
  • Released: 15 September 2017
  • Label: 29 Music
–150
Kings Cross
  • Released: 19 April 2019
  • Label: 29 Music
–176
[8]
Rorschach Test
  • Released: 19 March 2021
  • Label: 29 Music
–176
[9]
FETISH
  • Released: June 2023
  • Label: 29 Music
– ?

Compilation albums

Soundtrack albums

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"It Hurts Me So"1996Whiskey
"So Tell the Girls..."
"Mana Mana Mana Mana"1997
"She's Mine But I'm Not Hers"1998Tattoo
"Milan. Madrid. Chicago. Paris"
"Keep It a Secret"2000Poison
"Believe in Us"
"Automatic Lover"2002Antenna
"On the Radio" (SWE #57)
"So Tell the Girls... 2004"2004Prologue
"100 000 Years"2005Rush
"Rush"
"Because of You"
"She Doesn't Live Here Anymore"2006Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known
"Rocks in Pockets"2007
"Wonder Wonders"2008Self-Portrait
"On The Other Side"2011Spellbound
"Dilemma"
"Dry Bones EP"2013Cockroach
"Mr Fredrikson EP"
"You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone"2017Bury The Hatchet
"Vertigo"2022Rorschach Test

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References

  1. ↑ "ANOTHER NITE ANOTHER LOVE". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Jäje Johansson (55 år) Sundbyberg | Ratsit". www.ratsit.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Knife – Marble House". Contactmusic.com. 21 December 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Jay-Jay Johanson – Spellbound" (in Swedish). Universal Music Sweden . Retrieved 31 January 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Jay-Jay Johanson – Dilemma" (in Swedish). Universal Music Sweden. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Discography Jay-Jay Johanson". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Discographie Jay-Jay Johanson". lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 17, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 30 April 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 17, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 30 April 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
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