JULIAN VELARD
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Genre: Alternative / Other / Pop
Location NYC and London, Please select your region., Un
Profile Views: 435263
Last Login: 6/27/2012
Member Since 1/13/2005
Website julianvelard.com
Record Label Planeteer Records
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
Julian Velard is set to release his second brilliant album 'Mr Saturday Night' on April 4th. The native New Yorker, turned London resident presents a masterpiece collection of perfect and unorthodox pop tunes and a voice that sounds like it came straight off the Dock of the Bay. Blending effortless cool, with a naturally charming motor mouth, he has created his own brand of classic 70's inspired piano pop. A former Parisian street sweeper and nursery school gym teacher no less, Julian was plucked from relative obscurity for last year's debut 'The Planeteer' which was released after he was discovered on MySpace and found himself at the centre of a record company bidding war. Almost without warning, the album became a hit with critics and tastemakers, with The Sunday Times calling it "A tantalising prospect. Catchy but complicated; a surprisingly rare combination" and Time Out comparing him to Harry Nilsson and Tom Waits. In the interim between the two albums Julian busied himself penning songs for other emerging new artists, including Olly Murs (who's just had the biggest UK debut album this year). When the time came to make the new record, Julian decided he wanted to try something completely different. 'Mr. Saturday Night' has all the hallmarks of a classic pop record, whilst turning the singer-songwriter stereotype on its head and swapping sincerity for sarcasm. Influenced by 70's Elton John and packed with the sort of brazenly brilliant tunes that could make Robbie Williams green with envy, it's classic piano pop with a Broadway makeover. All performed by the fictional bow-tie wearing character of Julian's own invention named - Mr Saturday Night, of course. Writing the album in London helped with inspiration drawn from British theatricality, light-heartedness and the sheer joy of straightforward pop music; it sounds like it was as enjoyable to make, as it is to listen to. Julian ensures his live show is as much about him as a character, as it is about his music, "Banter is about 85% of my live show for better or worse," he smiles wryly. "I have disabled my internal filter! Every time a thought comes into my head on stage, I let it out." It's definitely the songs that stand out above it all though on 'Mr. Saturday Night'. Beyond the bow-ties and the wry asides, beyond the lyrical twists and the clever story telling the album shows, it's Julian's songwriting at its very best, encompassing his influences, distinctive personality and overwhelming love of a good tune. -
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Management Twenty First Artists neil@twentyfirstartists.com Booking Agent (UK) The Agency garyhoward@theagencygroup.com Booking Agent (US) Monterey International jerry@montereyinternational.net Press (UK) Dawbell richard.dawes@dawbell.com TV (UK) Sassy Media sarahadams@sassymedia.co.uk National Radio (UK) Hungry & Woods Woolfie@hungryandwoods.com Regional Radio (UK) Cop Media steve@copmedia.co.uk -
Influences
Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, Ben Folds, Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, Hall & Oats, Bugsy Malone, Steve McQueen, Elliot Gould, Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Robert Downey Jr.,Han Solo -
Sounds Like
Ben Folds, Jamie Cullum, Regina Spektor, Sara Bareilles, Billy Joel, Elton John
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Born in the heart of Martin Scorsese’s Big Apple to a Queen-sized legs model/4-time Jeopardy champion mother and a French ex-patriot/ATM designer Father, Velard attended Laguardia High School for the Performing Arts, immortalized in the movie Fame. His first job was delivering videos to the likes of Cyndi Lauper and The Coen Brothers. It was during those after-school afternoons Velard devoured the albums that would form his musical landscape for years to come – Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book, Elvis Costello’s Armed Forces, Billy Joel’s The Stranger, and Elton John’s Tumbleweed Connection.
Velard spent his young adulthood paying his dues, living in an efficiency apartment literally in the shadow of Manhattan, in Red Hook, Brooklyn. He supported himself with some very odd jobs (including the afore mentioned “Hungover with Hula-hoops” episode) and touring the U.S., playing shows anywhere and everywhere, from rock clubs to cabarets to bar-mitzvahs and back again, honing his quirky brand of Pop all the while. After releasing three records independently, in 2007 Velard was plucked from relative obscurity off of Myspace, the source of well deserved UK Major Label attention. He signed a record deal and promptly moved to England.
Since then, Velard has straddled both sides of the Atlantic, writing songs for himself and others, and playing shows alongside Jamie Cullum, Goldfrapp, Shelby Lynne, Amy McDonald, Kate Nash, Jose Gonzalez, Marc Broussard, Tom Baxter, Horatio Sanz, Ben Kweller, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals and others, and is currently working towards the release of his label debut.






















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Howdy JULIAN VELARD,
Keep up the good work for me, I am your big fan JULIAN VELARD
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Hi Julian,
Good to listen to your tracks again.
Best wishes,
Mervin