Julianna Barwick

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Julianna Barwick
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Barwick in 2010
Background information
Origin Louisiana, U.S
Genres
OccupationMusician
Years active2006–present
Labels
Member ofOmbre
Website juliannabarwick.com

Julianna Barwick is an American ambient musician who composes using electronic loops and layered vocals. Her music is primarily choral in nature. Her debut studio album, The Magic Place , was released in 2011.

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Music career

Barwick has said that her music is influenced by her participation in church choir while growing up in Louisiana. She composes with a machine to create electronic loops built around her vocalizing. [1]

She self-released her debut EP, Sanguine, in 2006. The songs are wordless with vocal overdubs, vocal percussion, and improvisation. [2] On the EP, Florine, she uses a loop station and pedals to create minimalist repetition accompanied by layers of vocals and synthesizers. [3] In 2010, Barwick was commissioned to remix "Reckoner" by Radiohead. During the next year, she released an album of improvisational music, FRKWYS Vol. 6, with Ikue Mori. [4]

She recorded her first full-length album, The Magic Place , on a rehearsal stage because it was soundproof and had a piano. [5] The title of the album refers to a tree on her family's farm that was big enough to crawl into, as though the tree contained rooms shaped by the trunk and branches. [6] In 2012, she formed the duo Ombre [7] with Helado Negro and recorded the album Believe You Me . [8]

The title of her second album, Nepenthe , was inspired by the death of a relative. The name comes from the drug of forgetfulness found in ancient Greek literature and the work of Edgar Allan Poe. The album features the string ensemble Amiina and a choir of teenage girls. [9]

In 2016, the song "Nebula", from her third album Will premiered on NPR. A music video directed by Derrick Belcham was shot at the historic Philip Johnson Glass House. [10]

On December 20, 2019, she released an EP, titled Circumstance Synthesis, and in July 2020 she released her fourth album Healing Is a Miracle. [11]

On April 23, 2025 she released the single 'feels' in a collaboration with David Franklin Courtright.


Discography

Solo studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US Heat. [12] New Age Albums [12]
The Magic Place
  • Released: February 21, 2011
  • Label: Asthmatic Kitty
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
—4
Nepenthe
  • Released: August 20, 2013
  • Label: Dead Oceans
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
253
Will
  • Released: May 6, 2016
  • Label: Dead Oceans
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
213
Healing Is a Miracle
  • Released: July 11, 2020
  • Label: Ninja Tune
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
——

Collaborative studio albums

TitleAlbum details
FRKWYS Vol. 6 (with Ikue Mori)
  • Released: June 14, 2011
  • Label: RVNG Intl.
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming
Believe You Me (with Helado Negro, as Ombre)
  • Released: August 21, 2012
  • Label: Asthmatic Kitty
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming

EPs

TitleDetails
Sanguine
  • Released: 2006
Florine
  • Released: April 27, 2009
Matrimony Remixes
  • Released: October 4, 2011
Pacing
  • Released: March 5, 2013
Rosabi
  • Released: June 3, 2014
Circumstance Synthesis
  • Released: December 20, 2019

References

  1. ↑ Monger, James Christopher. "Julianna Barwick". AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Julianna Barwick + Discography". Juliannabarwick.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ Howe, Brian. "Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ Howe, Brian. "Ikue Mori / Julianna Barwick". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ Vogl, Tamara. "Beat". Beat. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  6. ↑ "The Magic Place | Asthmatic Kitty Records". Asthmatickitty.com. February 22, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Believe You Me". Asthmatic Kitty Records. June 21, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  8. ↑ Cooper, Duncan. "Julianna Barwick and Helado Negro". Fader. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  9. ↑ Pelly, Jenn (May 15, 2013). "Listen: Julianna Barwick: "Forever", From New Album Nepenthe". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  10. ↑ Hilton, Robin. "First Watch: Julianna Barwick: "Nebula", From New Album Will". NPR. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  11. ↑ Mackay, Emily (July 12, 2020). "Julianna Barwick: Healing Is a Miracle review – balm for the soul". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  12. 1 2 "Julianna Barwick". Billboard. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
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