Julianna Barwick | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Louisiana, U.S |
| Genres | Ambient, new age, electronic, avant-garde |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Dead Oceans, Asthmatic Kitty, Mistletone |
| Website | juliannabarwick |
Julianna Barwick is an American musician who composes using electronic loops. Her first album, The Magic Place , was released in 2011.
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]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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| US Heat. [12] | New Age Albums [12] | ||
| The Magic Place |
| — | 4 |
| Nepenthe |
| 25 | 3 |
| Will |
| 21 | 3 |
| Healing Is a Miracle |
| — | — |
| Title | Album details |
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| FRKWYS Vol. 6 (with Ikue Mori) |
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| Believe You Me (with Helado Negro, as Ombre) |
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| Title | Details |
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| Sanguine |
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| Florine |
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| Matrimony Remixes |
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| Pacing |
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| Rosabi |
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| Circumstance Synthesis |
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