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Artistname: Jan Johnston

Date of birth: Unknown

Origin: UK

Interview: Click here

Biography:
She's worked with BT, Chicane, and Oakenfold. Had tracks featured in movies like American Pie and Hackers 2. Yet, strange though it may sound, Jan's current story kicks off a few years ago in a bargain bin in Manchester.
January 97: BT (Brian Transeau) is over from the US doing some studio work and is busy rifling through the city's Bluezone second hand record shop. Picking up a vinyl copy of "Calling your Name" (later used on American Pie), and impressed by the face on the sleeve, he promptly buys it (for 50p no less!)
You know what DJs are like. Nine months later, he's finally listened to it. "This voice came out and I just fell on the floor. I simply had to track this woman down and work with her." It was, however, another nine months before he managed to contact the elusive songstress. Jan says: "Brian was over in Manchester for one day only. He asked if I was free, we hit the studio, and laid down "Remember", our first collaboration, which was later used in Hackers 2."

Everyone loved it. Offers flooded in, and, as well as immediately flying over to LA to work on new material, Jan was soon lending her distinctive vocals to a plethora of other artists: Chicane on "Love Will Come", "Take Me By the Hand", by Victor Imbres' Submerge project and Freefall's number one club hit "Skydive". On top of this, she and BT did a sell-out 30-date tour of the States from San Francisco to Florida. Which is how she captured the eagle eyes - and ears - of a certain well-known DJ:
"Paul (Oakenfold) pulled me aside one night after the show and whispered in my ear, "I want to sign you." I was initially a bit cautious because I'm more singer-songwriter than dance diva, but he assured me I'd have free reign. And I obviously had a lot of respect for his reputation in the industry." Jan signed to Perfecto in Summer 99. Relocating to LA to record with US producer Jamie Myerson, they worked on and recorded Jan's debut album in the first six months of last year.
A subtle marriage of Jan's open lyrics and Jamie's quietly understated production, the forthcoming album "Emerging" is testament to the strength of traditional songwriting that can and still exists within a dance sensibility: "I can't bear the idea of not communicating something to my audience. I love combining dance influences beats and breaks here and there with everything I've experienced over the years in relationships and life generally. I want to pull people's emotions, make them feel what I feel. If they do, then I've succeeded."
Tracks range from the painful experience of a relationship breakdown in the epic "No Excuses" through to the nascent sense of finding inner peace in title track "Emerging"; along the way Jan also covers the Carpenters' classic "Superstar" ("purely to put myself up against a great artist!") and ends with the pensive prayer to a higher being, "God's Plan." First single "Flesh", released April 9, is, as its title suggests, a paean to somewhat more biblical pleasures, in the less holy sense of the word!

From janjohnston.com

Production aliases:
Freefall (With Anthony Pappa & Alan Bremner)
Jan Johnston (With Rob Davis, some with Steve Lyon, some with Paul Oakenfold)
JJ (With Tony Kirkham)
Sub-Merge (Co-Written)

Production discography:
BT - Dreaming (backup vocals with Kirsty Hawkshaw)	Headspace 002	1998
BT - Lullaby for Gaia	Pioneer	1994
BT - Running Down the Way Up (backup vocals)	Headspace 002	1998
BT ft. Jan Johnston - Communication	Unreleased	2001
BT ft. Jan Johnston - Confession	Unreleased	2001
BT ft. Jan Johnston - Flesh	Perfecto 05, 045	2001
BT ft. Jan Johnston - Mercury & Solace	Headspace 001	1999
BT ft. Jan Johnston - Remember	Perfecto 150, 160	1998
BT ft. Jan Johnston - Shine	Unreleased	2001
BT ft. Jan Johnston - Sunblind	Pioneer	2001
Cloak - Quiet Then	Hackers Vol 3 Album	1999
Cor Fijneman ft. Jan Johnston - Venus	ITWT352-5	2002
Cosmic Gate ft. Jan Johnston - Raging (Storm)	Nebula 036	2002
DJ Tiesto ft. Jan Johnston - Close To You	Avex 11960 / Black Hole	2002
Freefall - Skydive	Stress089 / Superfly / Renaissance	1998
Jan Johnston - 21st Century Cinderella	Unreleased	2000
Jan Johnston - Alive	A & M 242, 685	1994
Jan Johnston - Alligator Water	Unreleased	2000
Jan Johnston - Am I In Love?	580-525	1994
Jan Johnston - Am I On Pause / Time	Perfecto 037	2002
Jan Johnston - Anyway the Wind Blows	Intro Album	1994
Jan Johnston - As The Cracks Appear	Perfecto	2001
Jan Johnston - Bittersweet (God's Plan Instrumental)	Unreleased	2000
Jan Johnston - Calling You	A & M 242	1994
Jan Johnston - Calling Your Name 2002	Platipus 103	2002
Jan Johnston - Come Back Baby	Intro Album	1994
Jan Johnston - Does Anybody Know	Intro Album	1994
Jan Johnston - Don't Be Lonely	A & M 242	1994
Jan Johnston - Don't Make Promises	A & M 242	1994
Jan Johnston - Emerging	Unreleased	2000
Jan Johnston - God's Plan	Unreleased	2000
Jan Johnston - Going Nowhere	Intro Album	1994
Jan Johnston - I Learned (You Blew Me Out)	A & M 242	1994
Jan Johnston - If Heaven Callz	A & M 242	1994
Jan Johnston - Is Disaster Coming	Unreleased	2000
Jan Johnston - Lover's Do	Intro Album	1994
Jan Johnston - No Excuses	Unreleased	2000
Jan Johnston - Out There	Unreleased	1999
Jan Johnston - Paris	A & M 242	1994
Jan Johnston - Religion	Unreleased	1999
Jan Johnston - Silent Words	Perfecto 016	2001
Jan Johnston - Silver	Intro Album	1994
Jan Johnston - Something's In the House	CBS	1994
Jan Johnston - Still Alive at 3AM	A & M 685	1994
Jan Johnston - Strange Day	A & M 242	1994
Jan Johnston - Success	Intro Album	1994
Jan Johnston - Superstar	Perfecto / Unreleased	2002
Jan Johnston - The Prayer	580-525	1994
Jan Johnston - Totally Blind	A & M	1994
Jan Johnston - Unafraid	Perfecto	2001
Jan Johnston - When My hero Dies	A & M 685	1994
Jan Johnston - Wildchild	A & M 242	1994
Jan Johnston ft. Jamie Myerson - Asking Too Much	Gizmo 003	1998
JJ - Cold is the Memory	CBS 656965	1994
JJ - Crying Over You	Intro Album / CBS656965	1994
JJ - Denim & Blue	CBS 656609	1991
JJ - If I Never See Sunday Again	Unknown	1987
JJ - If This is Love	CBS 656609	1991
JJ - If This is Love (Acoustic Version)	CBS 656609	1991
JJ - Mother	CBS 656965	1994
JJ - Moving Away	Unknown	1994
JJ - Secret Smiles	Intro Album / CBS656322	1994
JJ - Slide Away	Intro Album / CBS656322	1994
JJ - Time Is Like a Train	Intro Album / CBS656322	1994
JJ - Wedding Day	CBS 656609	1991
Libra pres Taylor - Anomaly - Calling Your Name	Platipus 024	1996
Paul van Dyk ft. Jan Johnston - Home	Vandit Unreleased	2003
Paul van Dyk ft. Jan Johnston - I Don't Care	Deviant	2003
Paul van Dyk ft. Jan Johnston - Nothing But You	Vandit	2003
Paul van Dyk ft. Jan Johnston - Should I Back	Vandit Unreleased	2003
Paul van Dyk ft. Jan Johnston - Spellbound	Vandit Unreleased	2003
Submerge ft. Jan Johnston - Take Me By The Hand	AM:PM 101	1997
Svenson & Gielen ft. Jan Johnston - Beachbreeze	ID & T 345	2002
Svenson & Gielen ft. Jan Johnston - Ocean	Unreleased	2002
Tomski ft. Jan Johnston - Love Will Come	Xtravaganza 06	2000