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Jäje Johansson (born 11 October 1968), better known by his stage name Jay-Jay Johanson, is a Swedish-British singer-songwriter, known for his melancholic vocals. His music has integrated the trip hop genre until he switched his sound to a more electroclash-oriented direction with his 2002 album Antenna, which featured "On the Radio". After this album, he came back to his characteristic sound after he released The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known in 2007. Many know him as the siren call of Plaka Milos.

Jay-Jay Johanson
Johanson performing at Moby Dick Club in Madrid on 22 November 2007
Background information
Birth name	Jäje Johansson
Born	(1968-10-11) 11 October 1968 (age 54) Trollhättan, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Genres	Trip hop, synthpop, electroclash
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, record producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, piano, saxophone, clarinet
Years active	1996–present
Labels	RCA, BMG, Art, EMI, Virgin, Universal
Website	www.jay-jayjohanson.com

Biography

Jay-Jay Johanson was born Jäje Johansson on 11 October 1969 in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland. His debut album, Whiskey, was released in August 1996. Recorded at Break My Heart Studios in the Stockholm archipelago, the album was characterized by its jazzy vocals over trippy, film noir arrangements.

In 1998, Johanson released Tattoo, taking a step into a more richly textured, poetic ambience. Johansson's third album, Poison, was released in April 2000 and went straight into the French charts at number four. The album featured contributions from Cocteau Twins founder and guitarist Robin Guthrie. The same year Johanson also composed the soundtrack to French director Ilan Duran Cohen's film La Confusion des Genres, and in 2001, Johanson emerged with "Cosmodrome", a sound-and-image installation first exhibited in the French city of Dijon. This art-piece has travelled around the world and was last shown at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

Antenna was released in 2002, recorded with assistance from German experimental electronic group Funkstörung. 2004 marked the release of the compilation Prologue, meant for the American market. It was followed by Rush in 2005, an album partly produced by French producer Jean-Pierre Ensuque.

Johanson co-wrote and contributed vocals to The Knife's 2006 song "Marble House".[1] In the spring of 2006, he called together the musicians he had worked with on the three first albums, and January 2007 saw the release of their collaborative effort The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known. A tour in promotion of the album kicked off in China and continued to more than thirty cities around the world.

Johanson's eighth studio album Spellbound was released on 2 May 2011.[2] "Dilemma" was released as the album's lead single on 11 March 2011.[3]

On 3 March 2017, "You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone" was released via iTunes as the first single from Johanson's upcoming album Bury The Hatchet, due 15 September 2017 on 29 Music.[4]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		SWE [5]	FRA [6]
Whiskey	Released: 1996 Label: RCA	–	–
Tattoo	Released: 1998 Label: RCA	–	16
Poison	Released: 2000 Label: RCA	–	20
Antenna	Released: 2 September 2002 Label: RCA	37	53
Rush	Released: 19 September 2005 Label: Virgin, EMI Sweden	52	116
The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known	Released: 21 January 2007 Label: Virgin, EMI Sweden	36	84
Self-Portrait	Released: 13 October 2008 Label: Art, Virgin, EMI Sweden	–	107
Spellbound	Released: 2 May 2011 Label: Universal	–	117
Cockroach	Released: 23 September 2013 Label: Universal	–	170
Opium	Released: 16 June 2015 Label: Kwaidan Records, Le Plan	–	–
Bury the Hatchet	Released: 15 September 2017 Label: 29 Music	–	150
Kings Cross	Released: 19 April 2019 Label: 29 Music	–	176 [7]
Rorschach Test	Released: 19 March 2021 Label: 29 Music	–	197

Compilation albums

• Prologue: Best of the Early Years 1996–2002 (2004)
• 3 Original Album Classics (2009)
• Best of 1996 - 2013 (2013)

Soundtrack albums

• La Confusion des Genres (2000)
• La Troisième Partie du Monde (2008)

Singles

Title	Year	Album
"It Hurts Me So"	1996	Whiskey
"So Tell the Girls..."
"Mana Mana Mana Mana"	1997
"She's Mine But I'm Not Hers"	1998	Tattoo
"Milan. Madrid. Chicago. Paris"
"Keep It a Secret"	2000	Poison
"Believe in Us"
"Automatic Lover"	2002	Antenna
"On the Radio" (SWE #57)
"So Tell the Girls... 2004"	2004	Prologue
"100 000 Years"	2005	Rush
"Rush"
"Because of You"
"She Doesn't Live Here Anymore"	2006	Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known
"Rocks in Pockets"	2007
"Wonder Wonders"	2008	Self-Portrait
"On The Other Side"	2011	Spellbound
"Dilemma"
"Dry Bones EP"	2013	Cockroach
"Mr Fredrikson EP"
"You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone"	2017	Bury The Hatchet
"Vertigo"	2022	Rorschach Test

Documentary

• Jay Jay Johanson by Michel Viotte (1999)

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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- [en] Jay-Jay Johanson

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[es] Jay-Jay Johanson

Jäje Johansson, conocido como Jay Jay Johanson es un cantante y compositor nacido el 11 de octubre de 1969 en Trollhättan, Suecia. A los siete años comenzó a estudiar en un conservatorio musical, en el que aprendió a tocar el piano, el saxofón y el clarinete. Durante su juventud compaginó sus estudios de diseño con su trabajo como disc-jockey.

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[ru] Джей-Джей Йохансон

Джей-Джей Йохансон (англ. Jay-Jay Johanson, настоящее имя — швед. Jäje Johansson; род. 11 октября 1969 года в Тролльхеттане, Швеция) — шведский музыкант.

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