Julia Johnson - Vocals/Piano.
Mark Maclaine - Bass/Programming/Production.
Alvaro Lopez - Drums/Programming.
Influences
Ani Di Franco, DJ Shadow, Joni Mitchell, Metallica, The Cure, various Jazz artists... far too many to mention.
Sounds Like
Not much else. The band have been compared to Massive Attack, Portishead, Sneaker Pimps, Mono etc. but with a much stronger emphasis on the lyrics and song writing.
On Thursday 9th August 2007 Second Person released their first studio recording in nearly three years. "The Elements" is their follow up to debut album "Chromatography". 750 fans of the band invested between $10 and $1800 helping Second Person become the first UK band to raise $50,000 to fund the album on Sellaband.com. This album is available on iTunes and Amazon as well as most good download sites.
Each song on this unique CD will have a video and these will combine together to form a short film also called "The Elements". The first of these videos is playing on MTV and VH1 throughout Europe, it has also gained well over 450,000 views on YouTube in the last few months.
Second Person are currently taking some time off to work on a number of other projects, but will be releasing their next single "Gone Fishing" online in the coming months. This track has already had extensive play on MTV, has been used as part of Cobra Beer's sponsorship of ITV movies and received well over 500,000 plays on websites like Myspace, YouTube and Google Video. You may also have seen it as a featured video here on myspace:
Here is our biography:
Second Person was formed in early 2002 and released their debut album "Chromatography" in 2004. The band comprises singer/pianist Julia Johnson, producer/bassist Mark Maclaine (The Silence) and drummer Alvaro Lopez and brings together elements of Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Electronica fusing them with strong songwriting to form a unique sound that is Post Trip-Hop. This English three-piece contrast beautiful vocals with dark basslines, sublime piano riffs and powerful beats. Their emotive song writing style, killer hooks and distinctly lo-fi sound has lent itself perfectly to visual media and their music credits include a number of feature film scores as well as work for numerous international broadcasters and film companies. Second Person are as good live as they are recorded, capturing the beauty and emotion of their songs, although not losing the complex sound-scapes and space that have defined their sound.
Thanks to a website called Sellaband.com, around 750 of Second Person's fans helped the band raise $50,000 to record their second album. By buying shares or "parts" in the album they helped to finance it - SP were the first UK band to have raised money this way on the site. The album "The Elements" was released on 9th August 2007. This unique way of working, combined with being used as part of Cobra Beer's sponsorship of ITV (UK) movies and MTV playing their "Gone Fishing" video, has led to a great deal of interest in the band.
On the 16th August 2007 Second Person performed a live internet show at the world-famous Paradiso in Amsterdam (for the second time) to the european fans. You can see it here: http://www.fabchannel.com/second_person_2007
The band are working with some amazing directors and animators: including a few who have directed videos for Gnarles Barkley, Radiohead and many other well known bands.
The last 3 tracks on our profile are from the debut album "Chromatography". To buy the album search on Second Person on iTunes, Napster or any major download site. Currently CDs of this album are sold out but you can place pre-orders for a repressing we're doing soon on:
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