Julia Biel, by Julia Biel

Julia Biel

by Julia Biel

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Photos by Jenna Foxton and graphic design by Klor.

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1.	Always 04:33	buy track
2.	Say it Out Loud 04:51	buy track
3.	Wasting Breath 04:54	buy track
4.	Something Beautiful 05:45	buy track
5.	Critical Condition 04:52	buy track
6.	Diamond Dust 05:02	buy track
7.	The Wilderness 04:30	buy track
8.	Feeling Good 03:43	buy track
9.	Dead Slept Rough 04:28	buy track
10.	Hymn to the Unknown 05:30	buy track
11.	Emily 05:20	buy track
12.	You Could Turn a Rainbow Grey 04:56	buy track

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Love, conflict, rootlessness, solitude... Julia Biel wraps her unmistakable voice around profoundly universal themes in timeless songs of spine-tingling beauty on this eponymous third album. Her distinctive melodic flair, her poetic yet conversational lyrical style and an ability to write songs as magical as they are immediate all combine to create an unusual elegance in the world of jazz/pop crossover music.

Accompanying herself on either piano or guitar and contributing string arrangements, backing vocals and percussion as well as 11 of the 12 songs presented, Julia once again joins forces with producer Idris Rahman to build on the production style they developed for her MOBO-nominated second album ‘Love Letters and Other Missiles’ to carve out a unique space in the musical landscape where the classic meets the contemporary.

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released February 9, 2018

All songs written by Julia Biel*
except *track 3 co-written with Idris Rahman and track 8 written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse arranged by Julia Biel

Produced and arranged by Idris Rahman and Julia Biel
Recorded at Rokit Studios, London, England
Engineered by Idris Rahman
Assisted by Roy Dodds
Mixed by Laurent Dupuy, Not Before Noon, UK
Mastered by Simon Capony, Basalte Studio, France

JULIA BIEL: vocals, piano, rhythm electric guitar (except track 11), backing vocals, string arrangements (tracks 4,5,11), tambourine (tracks 1,3), ambient electric guitar (track 10)

IDRIS RAHMAN: bass, clarinet and clarinet arrangements (tracks 2,4), string arrangement (track 3), additional backing vocals (tracks 1,2,3), additional production

SALEEM RAMAN: drums

MARCO PICCIONI: Lead guitar (tracks 1,7,9), ambient electric guitar (tracks 4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12)

ROB UPDEGRAFF: Lead guitar (tracks 2,3), rhythm electric guitar (track 11)

SAMY BISHAI: violin & viola (tracks 1,3,4,5,11,12), string arrangement (track 1)

LAURENCE CORNS: acoustic guitar (track 1)

ANDY GIBSON: oud (track 3)

58.00 minutes long.

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Julia Biel London, UK

A self-taught alternative artist marrying deeply emotive jazz vocals with torch song artpop-singer/songwriter sensibilities.

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