was in 1996 that Jay-Jay Johanson, a young man from a cold climate, fascinated by the Bristol sound they called trip-hop and Portishead in particular, first tapped delicately on our eardrums.
The intoxicating album that definitively put this rare and elegant Swede on the map was called Whiskey. It was the beginning of an enthralling adventure. In only a few songs he revealed a family tree that spread its roots far and wide: on one branch Lee Hazlewood, or pop from Talk Talk or Nilsson, on the other John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman, and a whole army of calm jazz or symphonic
recordings sampled from everywhere imaginable.
Almost 20 years later he has returned with an
incredible new album. This new release is called Opium and it contains the very essence of Johanson’s music: an ease with inventing melodies, a voice that gently caresses, and the jacked up, heady rhythms that lift and carry the songs. From the peaceful harmonica opening of Drowsy / Too Young To Say Good Night to the smoke-wreathed love song I Don’t Know Much About Loving, via titles with a sporadic and light groove (NDE, Alone Too Long), Opium is a courageous offering. Johanson opens his heart with
fearlessness and modesty, gracefully lowering his guard and evoking the questions that torment men of his age: love, solitude, immaturity. The songwriting is unerring, the words have a suppressed poetry. This
new Johanson is the work of a guy who has survived the avalanches, who is no longer looking for answers and is content to sketch out the perspectives in as many songs. Some titles are serious (Harakiri), but others immediately take up the reins casting a more
gentle, peaceful light, like Scarecrow, a collaboration with Robin Guthrie that would not have sounded out of place on a Cocteau Twins album, or of the strange positivity of Be Yourself or I Love Him So.
The strength of Opium is that it asks questions that don’t necessarily have an answer; it offers a collection of songs freed from any certitude but which convince
through their modesty, through their precision.
In short, Jay-Jay at his best.

I write electronic music & travel often

BOOKING
Fraktal Talent - anthony@fraktaltalent.com

ALL OTHER INQUIRIES
mel@martinroth.net

ALIEN ALIEN is the shadowy side project of HUGOSAN and RODION .
Alien Alien is a trip in a urban jungle of allucination and life behind light. Voodo and electro primitivism are the keys to enter a music of fear and hope. You see their videos to get the thing. As producers, the Aliens are also the men behind the label ROCCODISCO.

Original Productions
BLACK GURU EP (Slowmotion / Roccodisco)
TAPE OXYDE (Solardisco)
SAMBACA (Get Physical)
MONDAY EP (Discaire)
ONE BY ONE EP (Meant rec)
NO GDM (Roccodisco)
MYOO SIC (Electrique Music)

Remixes
AJELLO - El Charro (Danny Was A Drag King)
TRZTN - The Seed (Flexidisco)
RODION & MAMMARELLA - Escape From Kyoto (Slowmotion)
EARL GREY - Through The City (La Belle)
BOOT & TAX - Brace Brace (Meant)

Supported by
Ivan Smagghe, Erol Alkan, Damian Lazarus, Dubfire, DJ T, Chloé, Tim Paris, Matt Walsh, Mugwump, Justin Robertson, Sean Johnston, Massimiliano Pagliara, The Hacker, Maceo Plex, Arnaud Rebotini, Andrew Grant, Telonius, In Flagranti, Jennifer Cardini, Kasper Bjorke, Acid Washed, Eskimo Twins, Bozzwell, Monoblok&PSLKTR, DC Salas, Jokers Of The Scene, Split Secs, Demian, Carreno Is LB, Dimitri Veimar, Javi Redondo, Jonny Cruz...

Rencontre des Montréalais et découverte de la culture du Québec.
leschroniquesdemontreal@gmail.com

Contact: admin@lemontreemusic.com.au 

Tash Sultana is a young, dynamic Melbourne artist. At just twenty-one years of age, Tash is creating waves and generating massive street buzz by playing sold out shows all over the World. Tash has made a name for herself busking on the streets of Melbourne and having homemade videos go viral getting millions of views online.
 
Since having her hands wrapped around a guitar at the age of three, the self taught artist quickly developed her own unique style that has people lining up to see her perform. Her vocal shines with a magical quality, she has a natural gift for melody and her virtuosic guitar playing is from another planet.
  
The young, one-woman powerhouse has literally sold out every headline show booked across multiple countries and played dozens of high profile festivals including Laneway 2017. Both singles ‘Jungle’ and ‘Notion’ were quick to receive high rotation on Australian broadcaster triple j with ‘Jungle’ been added as mega hit of the week on Netherlands 3FM radio and is picking up rotation on stations across North America. Accolades include a #8 ARIA album chart, topping the iTunes chart with her “Notion EP”, ‘Jungle’ coming in at #3 on triple j’s hottest 100, an APRA Award nomination, winning a J award for “Unearthed Artist of the Year 2016” and over 25 million streams Worldwide.

BOOKING

Americas:
ryan@liaisonartists.com
Aus/NZ: 
vic@astralpeople.com
Europe /ROW: 
john@higher-ground.de


MANAGEMENT / REMIXES / PRESS 
Luke Williams: 
luke@thisismusicltd.com
Simon Gold: 
simon@thisismusicltd.com

More info: www.nilsfrahm.com

Management: 
felix(at)agentur-grimm(dot)com


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