Jan Johnston...

**Light Mackiavela** Jue 17 Mar - 22:03

Jan Johnston (born 21 February 1968, Salford, Lancashire, England) is a professional singer best known for collaborating with some of the world's top trance music DJs.

Career
In the early 1990s she was signed to Columbia Records as part of the pop duo JJ which gained some recognition touring the UK.

However when the band project failed she went solo signing to A&M Records. In the mid-1990s she came to the attention of trance producer Brian Transeau when he purchased one of her singles from a bargain bin in Manchester. Impressed by her vocals, he decided to collaborate with her recording the track "Remember."

Following this, Jan was in demand to vocal for many other trance tracks. Paul Oakenfold signed her to his Perfecto Records label in 1999 to record an album. The resulting album 'Emerging' was delayed numerous times, with her first Perfecto release being a track she recorded with BT years earlier entitled "Flesh" rather than an actual track from the album. The original version of "Flesh" has never been released, only remixes. A cover of the Carpenters' song "Superstar" was lined up to be the album's first single, with remixes produced by Todd Terry and Bill Hammel but would ultimately go on to be unreleased. Only one track from "Emerging" was released as a single; "Silent Words" in 2001, with the album ultimately being unreleased.

Remixes of one of the album tracks "As The Cracks Appear" emerged on a Perfecto promo release as did a remix of "Superstar", and a remix of the album track "Unafraid" appeared on the soundtrack to the film Swordfish.

Following the failure of the "Emerging" project, Jan continued to write and record with trance producers, contributing five tracks to Paul van Dyk's Grammy nominated "Reflections" album[3] amongst other projects.

In 2008, new solo tracks by Jan began to emerge with two of them "Sleeping Satellite" and "Obsession" released digitally in 2009 by Perfecto.

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Discography
See Jan Johnston Discography

JJ
Albums
1991 Intro...

Singles
1990 "If I Never See Sunday"
1990 "Slide Away"
1991 "If This is Love"
1991 "Crying Over You"

Jan Johnston

Albums

1994 Naked But for Lilies (A&M Records)
2000 Emerging (unreleased) (Perfecto Records)

Singles
1994 "Paris" (A&M Records)
1994 "Alive" (A&M Records)
1998 "Asking Too Much" (featuring Jamie Myerson) (US only; non-album)
2001 "Flesh" (debut Perfecto Records single release; non-album)
2001 "Superstar" (unreleased Perfecto Records) (cover of the Carpenters song; from unreleased album 'Emerging')
2001 "Silent Words" (second Perfecto Records single release; from unreleased album Emerging)
2001 "As The Cracks Appear" (Perfecto Records promo only on 'A Perfecto Summer'; from unrleased album 'Emerging')
2002 "Am I on Pause?" (third Perfecto single release; vinyl only; non-album) (originally entitled "Time")
2003 "Calling Your Name" (Thrillseekers re-recorded version with new vocals; Platipus Records; vinyl only; non-album)
2008 "Everything I Need (Sea Of Dreams)" (Perfecto Records Promo only)
2009 "Happy Ending" (Metallic Recordings)
2009 "Sleeping Satellite" (Perfecto Digital)
2009 "Obsession" (Perfecto Digital)
[edit] Collaborations and guest vocals
1995 Libra Presents Taylor - "Anomaly - Calling Your Name" (BT-produced track which samples "The Prayer" ("Paris" B-side))
1997 Submerge - "Take Me By the Hand"
1997 BT - "Remember" and "Lullaby for Gaia"* (from the BT album ESCM (*US Version only))
1998 Freefall - "Skydive" (single release, re-issued in 2000 and 2001)
1999 BT - "Mercury & Solace" (single release from BT album Movement in Still Life)
1999 BT - "Dreaming" (single release) & "Running Down the Way Up" (backing vocals) (from the BT album Movement in Still Life)
1999 BT - "Sunblind" (from the Japanese version of Movement in Still Life/BT Compilation R&R)
1999 Cloak - "Quiet Then" (from the OST compilation album "Hackers Vol. 3")
1999 Libra presents Taylor - "Anomaly" (overhauling remix a single release with new video)
2000 Tomski - "Love Will Come"
2001 Tiësto - "Close to You" (from the Tiësto album In My Memory)
2002 Cosmic Gate - "Raging (Storm)"
2003 DJ Cor Fijneman - "Venus"
2003 Paul van Dyk - Reflections album featuring Johnston on vocals on "Kaleidoscope", "Homage", "Like a Friend", "Spellbound"; "Nothing But You" features Norwegian vocals "Jeg har ingenting men jeg har alt nar jeg har deg" which translates to "I have nothing but I have everything when I have you." - also a single release.
2003 Svenson & Gielen - "Beachbreeze" (single release)
2003 BT - "Communicate" (from the 2003 BT album Emotional Technology) (unofficial single, 2 known remixes have been made)
2004 Serge Devant - "Transparent"
2005 Cosmic Gate - "I Feel Wonderful" (an update of her song recorded with Freefall "Skydive")
2005 Paul Oakenfold - "Delirium" - (from The Club OST Soundtrack Mix album (TV series OST))
2006 Leama & Moor - "Waiting" - (from the Leama & Moor album Common Ground)
2006 Cosmic Gate - "This Is The Party" (from album Earth Mover)
2007 DJ Shah - "Beautiful"
2007 R&Y - "It's Cold Outside"
2007 J Joy - "Rush"
2008 DJ Trenix - "Let The World Fall Apart"
2008 Jussi Soro - "Merge"
2008 "Invisible Walls" (collaboration with Nektarios and trance singer Kirsty Hawkshaw) - (Nektarios meets F-used)
2010 San - "Perfect Dream"
2010 Tenishia - "Flesh 2010" (an update of her track "Flesh")
2010 Dave D'Mello - "Remember" (an update of her track with BT)
2010 Tartarus - "Something's Missing"

Jan also wrote the song "More than human" on the soundtrack to 2007 Japanese animated film "Vexille." An unreleased track entitled "Religion" was written and recorded with Paul Oakenfold in 1999. The track was performed live but never released. Jan also recorded five tracks prior to 2002 with DJ Manalo; "Delirium", "Falling Away", "Eternity", "Imagination" and "Between Two worlds". All five tracks remain unreleased.

**Densha Otaku** Lun 21 Mar - 23:16

Extraordinaria Jan Johnston d(**)b...Desde que la aprecie en un video del concierto en vivo 2003 junto a DJ Tiesto el mas grande de todos.. Jan Johnston nunca mas salió de mis recuerdos cantando Skydive...Este DVD lo tengo d(**)b