kevens,
kirsty hawkshaw,
john b,
planet b,
hybrid,
the birthday massacre,
goldfrapp,
morcheeba,
r0rshak,
bjork, tori amos, perfect circle,adam f, alec empire, angelfish, anti con,aphex , planet b ,twin autechre,baby fox, banco de gaia , beatles,beck, boards of canada, bob dylan, brian enobt, carl cox, cex, chemical brothers, chicane, clash, the cure, clinic, claude debusssy, cocteau twins, coldplay, cranes, conjure one, bt, covenant, cranberries, curve, david bowie, david kirby, de vision, dead can dance, imogen heap, carmen rizzo, meredith chinn, deadsey,deftones, deepsky, delerium, deftones, depeche mode, dj spooky, dj shadow, duran duran, elliott smith, enigma, eric serra, esthero, evanescence, everything but the girl, devotchka, tosca, spooky, F.S BLUMM, Fennesz, fiona apple, flaming lips, front line assembly, grabage, godspeed you black emperor, goldfrapp, gravity kills, grateful dead, gus gus, hooverphonic, hungry ghost, hybrid, iggy pop, ilya,isan, jam and spoon, janes addiction, jega, jim o'rourke, AXIOM AMBIENT, TRICKY, john cage, john lennon, john digweed, joni mitchell, joy division, joydrop, k's choice, killing joke, kit clayton, kraftwerk, yo - yo ma , kronos quartet,hooverphonic, aimee mann, La monte young, Lamb, Led Zeppelin, thievery corporation, Linkin Park,madonna, mayrlin mmanson, massive attack, matmos, mazzy star, meg lee chin, merzbow, mickey hart, miles davis, the postal service, talvin singh, sneaker pimps, soundgarden, fischer spooner, BILLY CORGAN, ministry, miss kitten, moby, mogwai, BT, THE ARCADE FIRE,faithless, kidney thieves, jens gad, snow patrol, the verve, underworld, morcheeba, morrisey, robert miles, pendulum, iguid drum and bass, jungle, mozart, beethoven, mum, neotropic, new order, nightmares on wax, outkast, nin, nirvana, simon and garfunkle, olive, oval, orbital , orgy,pod, tears for fears, the killers, pan americam pan sonic, paul okenfold, paul van dyke, peace orchestra, zero 7, ministry, perter gabriel, phillip glass, the pixies, pimmon, pixies, pj harvey, zero7, plaid, poe, portishead, stevie wonder, prince, poe, pj harvey, pretenders, pole, public enemy, radiohead, rober miles, rolling stones, ryuichi sakamoto, sigur ros, frou frou, death in vegas, smashing pumpkins, sonic youth, spiritulized, square pusher, todd sines, tindersticks, train, stars of lid, steve reich, sunscreem, susumu yokota, system of a down, tape, terre thaemlitz, terry rilry, the future sound of london, the orb, prodigy, the smiths, they might be giants, tim hecker, tool, tricky, uz, underworld, vangelis, vladislav delay, way out west, william basinski, william orbit, zeena parkins: faithless, unkle, kevens, paul okenfold, paul van dyke, rabbit in the moon, hybrid, enigma, air, breeder, bedrock, POB, Jimmy Van M, cake, the real tuesday weld, the one am radio, the starseeds, coldplay, bright eyes, kenna, classic case, planet b, kevens, death by stereo, god box, hybrid, lamb.
Sounds Like
Tori Amos, Bjork, Portishead, Kate Bush, massive attack, nin, garbage,
"Combining high-tech with high artistry, Jillian Ann is a web icon and model who has gained international acclaim as one of the Internet age's most successful indie musicians. Her last album release generated more then 50 million search requests on the P2P networks, and her 2007 album release promises to establish her as one of the 21st Century's most Innovative acts." - Bravo Entertainment
"I like to give the audience a feeling of empowerment while expressing the ability to confront preconceived notions, defined parameters, contrived obstacles and offer a musically creative example of how energy can be used to overcome, liberate and persevere" - Jillian Ann
"While she seems to have been compared with artists like Sopor Aeternus, Portishead… I would link some of her influences with Bjork! I just feel the same fascination to explore the limits of different styles and create an own sound. That sound combines neo-classical elements together with pop refinement while her vocals are also evoking the whispering style of Bjork. This is an encouraging production that certainly deserves some attention!" –Side Line Magazine
The short Bio
Jiliian Ann is a talent of multiple disciplines who got her start with
humble beginnings. Her early life was one of Home Schooling, with an
emphasis on Art and Music, and week-ends at Church. The formality of
those structures was balanced out by the woods behind her house where
Jillian was free to roam, letting her spirit soar on the wings of her
unleashed imagination.
But the bright lights of the Big City beckoned to her, and at the
soonest opportunity, Jillian took flight towards those lights. First
to New York, then to Los Angeles, Paris, London and Milan as she
became caught up in the high velocity world of high fashion and
haute couture. Jilllian quickly discovered she had 'the look' that
photographers were after and found work as model and muse to fashion
and glamour photographers and skirted the edge of the Art House
avant garde with shows and performances in numerous galleries.
However, the mercurial girl was not satisfied to stay in the world of
photography and Fine Art forever. Branching into film, and then into
music, Jillian opened up whole new levels of her talent and creative
energies as she expressed herself as an actress and a singer.
Teaming up with David Kirby, a kindred spirit, she created Elucido and
set to work recording her first album, an EP called 'The Fallen'.
Inspired by the underground Rave scene and warehouse parties she
encountered in Atlanta as well as artists as diverse as Beethoven to
Portishead, 'The Fallen' was later expanded into a full album. At the
same time, Jillian and David started recording 'Beta', a larger, more
ambitious project; a theme album designed to take the listener on a
journey through ethereal soundscapes and emotions and to serve as
inspiration for creation or for meditation. Inspired by artists like
Boards of Canada, Thievery Corporation and Enigma 'Beta' was full of
relaxing sounds perfect for either making out or simply just chilling.
David and Jillian's creative paths diverged after this, and 'Beta'
would be their last project together.
With Elucido now defunct, Jillian Ann concentrated further on
modelling and acting. With a home studio in Brooklyn built from money
made through numerous gigs, she went to work on 'Neverland', an album
designed and inspired by the streets of New York, heartbreak over the
end of a deep love, and the outbreak of war in Iraq. Moody and
eccentric with a fusion of goth and classical, industrial, electronic
and IDM 'Neverland' was Jillian's first solo album. She filled it
with songs that were stories from a soul still a bit shy about coming
out from behind the walls of her past into a mad world, told with a
voice that was shy yet raw.
Next came 'Eden'. Working in collaboration with Chris James aka.
Purity Control, Jillian crafted a lush but dark canopy of beats and
soundscapes that blended glitch, dub, IDM and electronica into a tight
little EP.
Her hard work paid off in 2003 with a grant from the New York
Foundation for the Arts, as well as a Grammy pre-nomination in the
Best New Artist category. 2003 also saw 'Neverland' get 50 million
search requests in 9 months on P2P. In addition, Jillian's modelling
now included print and runway work for L'oreal, Toni & Guy, Be Be,
Versace and Chanel, and by 2004, FHM magazine featured her in their
annual 'Hot' list. Soon she was shooting commercials in Japan for
Nintendo, appearing in a music video with Moby and was a panelist at
the Global Entertainment & Media Summit on the topic 'Artists in a
Digital Age'.
A big break-out year for Jillian Ann was 2006, which saw the young
artist performing at Ultra Festival with Kevens at several venues
across the country. As well, Jillian's own site was receiving between
10-50 million hits each month and was ranked in the top 20 of
electronica sites. At this time Jillian began to garner interest from
numerous record labels.
In 2007 Jillian began collaborating with Resurrector of Heavyweight
Dub Champion when she hired the talented artist to produce her show
for that year's Honda Ski Tour. Working together, the pair discovered
a mutual interest in each other's music and decided to form Liberation
Movement.
A hybrid of sounds comparable to Massive Attack, Nine Inch Nails, and
Portishead, Liberation Movement is a result of the mixture of Jillian
Ann's vocals and composition with Resurrector's deep beats, tribal
grooves and production and is the perfect balance between the two
artists' energies. Touring along the West Coast and as far inland as
Colorado, the duo quickly earned a core fanbase. This led to
Resurrector inviting Jillian Ann to join Heavyweight Dub Champion as a
guest vocalist, performing music from Liberation Movement in front of
crowds as large as 10,000 people.
Jillian and Resurrector's mutual interests in music soon grew to
include mutual feelings towards each other and the pair were engaged
in early 2007, with marriage following ..
Honeymooning in South East Asia, Jillian Ann returned relaxed and
refreshed to complete work on her latest two projects; 'Punk
Meditations' and 'Everything Else'.
Due in '08, 'Punk Meditations' is an album inspired by 10 days of
silence and fasting, a year devoid of love-making and a desire to
meditate. Using unconventional forms ranging from vocal samples to
white noise along with drums, strings, piano and keyboards Jillian set
out to sculpt a soundscape that both inspired and expanded the Mind,
Body, and Soul with the knowledge that amidst the Chaos, there is
always Love.
Numerous requests from friends and fans for an album of simple piano
work has brought about 'Everything Else', also due in '08. A
stripped-down album of piano, strings and soundscapes to inspire the
mind to dream and create, Jillian Ann describes 'Everything Else' as
an album "about all the things I have never spoken of, stories that I
have never found the words to tell. 'Everything Else' is about all
those things we long to say or express and cannot find the words for,
all the things we long to share but fear the consequences -this album
is about those things which haunt us, yet inspire us; our ghosts,
angels and demons, lovers and muses, the life and death, loves and
lusts that both rapture our inner mind and release it."
2008 also saw Jillian Ann receive another grant from the New Yok
Foundation for the Arts, which she will be using to complete her next
album, coming in '09. Tentatively entitled 'Cover' it will consist of
music inspired by the Beat Poets and the movements of the '60s, as
well as current feelings of freedom slowly being eroded behind our
backs in these dark times. One track from the album, 'King of
Solitude', has received considerable interest from Sony/BMG.
Now living in California, Jillian Ann has been learning how to live
a greener life and learning to push the boundaries of her music, life
and creations. As well, Jillian and her partner are working on
Liberation Movement's debut album, due out in the Spring of 2009, and
touring with Heavyweight Dub Champion up and down the West Coast and
throughout the Midwest.
Jillian Ann has shared billing with
Sean Paul, The Wailers, George Clinton, Gomez, DJ Logic, Hinder, Three Days Grace, Mad Professor, BT, Tommy Lee, DJ Areo, Elan, Swollen Members, The Wailers, Michael Franti& SpearHead,Wisdom, Blackalicious, Adam Freeland, Damine Marley, Freq Nasty.
"Jillian is incredible, like a colorful songbird, sitting on a rickety branch, in the middle of all the seasons at once. Frankenstein meets Bjork. A psychotic Tori Amos."
-David Paul Wyatt Perko, MediaPlus Magazine
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