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redirect|JJ (band)|other uses|JJ (disambiguation)primary sources|date=August 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Jan Johnston| image = janjohnston.jpg| caption = Jan on the cover of a promo release of "Flesh"| image_size = 200px| background = solo_singer| birth_date = birth date and age|df=yes|1968|2|21| origin = City of Salford|Salford , England | instrument =| genre = Trance music|Trance , Pop music|pop | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1991& ndash;present| label = Perfecto Records|Perfecto | associated_acts = Paul Oakenfold , Brian Transeau , Paul van Dyk , DJ Tiesto | website = http://www.janjohnston.com Official website| notable_instruments = Jan Johnston (born 21 February 1968, Salford, Greater Manchester|Salford , Lancashire , England ) is an English people|English professional singing|singer , best known for collaborating with some of the world's top trance music Disc jockey|DJs . http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jan+Johnston Jan Johnston
Career
In the early 1990s she was signed to Columbia Records as part of the pop duo JJ , which gained some recognition while touring the United Kingdom|UK .
However, when the band project failed she continued as a solo artist; signing to A& M Records . In the mid 1990s she came to the attention of trance record producer|producer , Brian Transeau , when he purchased one of her singles from a bargain bin in Manchester.cite web|url= http://www.ivibes.nu/index.php? show=Artist& id=102 |title=i:Vibes& #93; - your guide to electronic dance music (trance, techno, house, progressive etc.) |publisher=Ivibes.nu |date= |accessdate=2011-10-15 Impressed by her vocals, he decided to collaborate with her sound recording and reproduction|recording the track "Remember."
Following this, Johnston was in demand to vocal for many other trance tracks, notably for Alan Bremmer and Anthony Pappa 's "Freefall" project. Upon being given the instrumental, Jan came up with the lyrics resulting in "Skydive (I Feel Wonderful)" which despite being a club anthem, never translated to a commercial hit, finally hitting the top 40 at #35 on its third release in 2001. Paul Oakenfold signed her to his Perfecto Records label in 1999 to record an album. The resulting album 'Emerging' was delayed numerous times, with her first Perfecto release being a track she recorded with BT years earlier entitled "Flesh", rather than an actual track from the album, which reached #36 in the charts. The original version of "Flesh" has never been released, only remixes. A cover of The Carpenters ' song, " Superstar (Delaney and Bonnie song)|Superstar ", was lined up to be the album's first single, with remixes produced by Todd Terry and Bill Hammel, but would ultimately go on to be unreleased. Only one track from 'Emerging' was released as a single; "Silent Words" in 2001, with the album ultimately being unreleased.
Remixes of one of the album tracks, "As The Cracks Appear", emerged on a Perfecto promo release, as did a remix of "Superstar", and a remix of the album track "Unafraid", appeared on the soundtrack to the film , Swordfish (film)|Swordfish .
Following the failure of the 'Emerging' project, Johnston continued to write and record with trance producers, contributing five tracks to Paul van Dyk 's Grammy Award nominated, Reflections album,cite web|url= http://www.internetdj.com/article/paul-van-dyks-historic-grammy-nomination-506 |title=Paul Van Dyk's Historic Grammy Nomination |publisher=Internetdj.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-15 amongst other projects.
In 2008, new solo tracks by Johnston began to emerge, with two of them "Sleeping Satellite" and "Obsession", released digitally in 2009 by Perfecto.
1994 " Jan Johnston Discography#Paris|Paris " (A& M Records)
1994 " Jan Johnston Discography#Alive|Alive " (A& M Records)
1998 " Jan Johnston Discography#Asking Too Much|Asking Too Much " (featuring Jamie Myerson ) (Sound Gizmo)
2001 " Jan Johnston Discography#Flesh|Flesh " ( Perfecto Records )
2001 " Jan Johnston Discography#Superstar|Superstar " (unreleased Perfecto Records )
2001 " Jan Johnston Discography#Silent Words|Silent Words " ( Perfecto Records )
2001 " Jan Johnston Discography#As The Cracks Appear|As The Cracks Appear " ( Perfecto Records promo only)
2002 " Jan Johnston Discography#Am I On Pause|Am I on Pause? " ( Perfecto Records )
2003 " Jan Johnston Discography#Calling Your Name|Calling Your Name " ( Steve Helstrip|Thrillseekers re-recorded version with new vocals; Platipus Records )
2008 " Jan Johnston Discography#Everything I Need|Everything I Need (Sea Of Dreams) " ( Perfecto Records Promo only)
2009 " Jan Johnston Discography#Happy Ending|Happy Ending " (Metallic Recordings)
2009 " Jan Johnston Discography#Sleeping Satellite|Sleeping Satellite " (Perfecto Digital)
2009 " Jan Johnston Discography#Obsession|Obsession " (Perfecto Digital)
Collaborations (Singles)
1995 Libra Presents Taylor - "Anomaly - Calling Your Name" ( Brian Transeau|BT -produced track which samples "The Prayer" ("Paris" B-side)) UK #71
1997 Submerge - "Take Me By the Hand" UK #28
1997 Brian Transeau|BT - "Remember" UK #27
1998 Freefall - "Skydive" (single release, re-issued in 2000 and 2001) UK #75 (1998), UK #43 (2000), UK #35 (2001)
1999 Brian Transeau|BT - "Mercury & Solace" UK #38
1999 Libra presents Taylor - "Anomaly" (Remix/Re-release with new video) UK #43
2000 Tomski - "Love Will Come" UK #31
2002 Cosmic Gate - "Raging (Storm)" UK #48
2003 DJ Cor Fijneman - "Venus" UK #109
2003 Paul van Dyk - "Nothing But You" (also featuring Hemstock & Jennings and Kym Marsh|Kym UK #14.
2011 F-used (a collaboration with Kirsty Hawkshaw) - "Inertia"
2011 Adam Sheridan - "Hysteria"
2011 Kevin Sawka - TBA
2011 Walsh & McAuley - TBA
2011 Loverush UK& #33; - TBA
Album collaborations
In addition to the singles she has provided vocals for, Jan has also provided vocals to some artist albums with some of the tracks being released as singles.
1997 Brian Transeau|BT - ESCM album featuring Johnston on vocals on "Remember" and "Lullaby for Gaia" (US Version only) UK #35
1999 Brian Transeau|BT - Movement in Still Life album featuring Johnston on vocals on "Mercury & Solace", "Sunblind" (Japanese version only) and featuring Johnston on backing vocals on "Dreaming" & "Running Down the Way Up" UK #87
2001 Tijs Verwest|Tiësto - "Close to You" (from the Tiësto album In My Memory (Album)|In My Memory ) UK #133
2003 Paul van Dyk - Reflections album featuring Johnston on vocals on "Kaleidoscope", "Homage" (originally titled 'I Don't Care'), "Like a Friend", "Spellbound" and "Nothing But You" which features Norwegian vocals "Jeg har ingenting men jeg har alt nar jeg har deg" which translates to "I have nothing but I have everything when I have you." UK #81
2003 Brian Transeau|BT - Emotional Technology album featuring Johnston on vocals on "Communicate" (unofficial single, 2 known remixes have been made)
2005 Paul Oakenfold - "Delirium" (from The Club OST Soundtrack Mix album (TV series OST)) (originally recorded with DJ Manalo)
2006 Cosmic Gate - Earth Mover album featuring Johnston on vocals on "This Is The Party" and "I Feel Wonderful"
2006 Leama & Moor - Common Ground album featuring Johnston on vocals on "Waiting"
2006 Ernie Lake - "Daring" (from From the Hamptons to Ibiza, Vol. 2 (Ernie Lake Presents Chill a Bit of Soul) compilation album)
2007 Paul Oakenfold - "More Than Human" (from Vexille OST compilation album)
2008 DJ Shah - "Songbook" featuring Johnston on vocals on "Beautiful (Glimpse Of Heaven)"
Other Works
Johnston has written and recorded many other tracks with various artists which have gone on to be unreleased or even released on promotional copies.
Brian Transeau|BT - "Confession" (2001)
Brian Transeau|BT - "Shine" (2001)
DJ Manalo - "Delirium" (2002) (later remixed and released on 'The Club OST' credited to Paul Oakenfold) http://www.djmanolo.com/bio.htm dead link|date=October 2011cite web|url= http://www.janjohnston.com/aspguestbook/default.asp? PN=56 |title=Guest Book |publisher=Janjohnston.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-15
"Religion" (1999) (later remixed and renamed as "Halo" which was intended to be a Double A Side release along with "Obsession")cite web|url= http://www.janjohnston.com/content/news.html#APR2006 |title=Calendar |publisher=Janjohnston.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-15
"Bittersweet" (2000) (an instrumental of ''God's Plan from the Emerging album )
"Crawl To The Edge"
"Go Away"
"Faking Smiles" (2004)
"Not Mine" (2004)
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.janjohnston.com Official site
Discogs artist
Persondata | NAME = Johnston, Jan | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 21 February 1968 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Salford, Greater Manchester|Salford , Lancashire , England | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Johnston, Jan Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:English singer-songwriters Category:English songwriters Category:English female singers Category:People from Salford, Greater Manchester Category:Trance singers Category:Armada Music artists
