ARTIST: Johanna Kunin
TITLE: Clouds Electric
LABEL: Self Released
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 185kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 41m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-07-00
RIP DATE: 2006-08-12
Track List
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1. Mobius Waves 3:07
2. Fireflies 3:05
3. Olos 4:38
4. Tread Softly 2:38
5. Boat Song 4:11
6. Blueberry 2:42
7. Phantom 4:27
8. City Of The Morning 2:58
9. Disappearance 4:09
10. The Butterfly 1:56
11. Voices In A Bottle 4:30
12. Soul Secrets 2:44
Release Notes:
http://www.johannakunin.com/
http://www.myspace.com/johannakunin
Midnight tangos with ghosts, journeys into the minds of suicidal insects,
childhood memories set off-kilter by bad dreams: reality is sometimes elusive
but always uniquely beautiful in the world of singer/songwriter Johanna KuninÆs
melodic meditations. She may sing you an infectious pop song, but not without
distinct twists of harmony and turns of phrase that set it refreshingly off the
beaten singer/songwriter track. She also possesses the kind of sadly angelic
voice that compels you to follow on whatever journeys she has in mind, strange
though they may be.
Born in southern Illinois and raised in Minneapolis, Johanna Kunin began playing
the piano before she started grade school, and it was clear from the beginning
that she had met her match. This was no surprise given that her family history
includes a grandmother who'd been a silent movie organist and an uncle who had
toured the world as a concert pianist.
Johanna's first attempts at songwriting, however, came much more recently, about
a year after her 2002 graduation from Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts.
While at Cornish, she dedicated herself to mastering the art of vocal
improvisation; as she says, "I wanted to be able to sing anything I could
imagine, and thought of my voice strictly as an instrument, so I rarely sang
words. As a result, much of what I was doing in school had some element of the
experimental or avant garde." So it came as a surprise both to her and her
former professors when she started writing songs that not only had words, but
also a distinctly pop flavor.
Soon, with just three completed songs under her belt, Johanna was named one of
eight recipients of the 2004 Jack Straw Artist Support Program Grant. And things
moved quickly ever since, as she embarked on several recording projects and
began playing shows all around the Northwest. She has now just finished
recording her debut full-length record, "Clouds Electric," with producer Tucker
Martine, who has worked with the likes of Mudhoney, Laura Veirs, Jim White,
Jesse Sykes, Bill Frisell, The Long Winters, and Erin McKeown.