With more than 5 years of shows and two releases under their belt, Judah Jo… Read Full Bio ↴With more than 5 years of shows and two releases under their belt, Judah Johnson still feel like they're starting from scratch. In 2000, singer/guitarist and songwriter Daniel Johnson formed Judah Johnson with a strong desire to attempt to approach rock as if it had no history. After home-recording and issuing a self-titled EP as the first release on Flameshovel [2001], the band soon experienced the familiar throes of touring and member changes on their way to releasing their debut full-length Kisses and Interrogation [Flameshovel 2003].
Then the band - at that point composed of Johnson, Charlie Koltak (drums), Rodrigo Palma (bass), and Steven Nistor (keyboards) - hit a wall. Strain set in and two months into a national tour, founding members Johnson and Koltak sat at the bar after a particularly soul-crushing show in Indianapolis and decided to stop playing together. The band dispersed and moved on. Nistor went on tour drumming for Daniel Lanois, Koltak joined Saturday Looks Good to Me, Palma went back to school and Johnson became a father.
From burnout and a search for authenticity began a new period of collaboration between Johnson and Palma. They would meet regularly to learn new software and experiment with creating their own sample banks. Eventually the duo took the work they had been developing into the studio to make what they had hoped would be the next Judah Johnson release. Instead they came out with the darkest and most fractured music either of them had ever created. They ultimately shelved the recording and turned their attentions toward making something that drew from the band's song-based past as much as its new sonic palette. Enter Andy Smith, an engineer who came up at New York's The Hit Factory working on albums from David Bowie to Public Enemy to Mariah Carey, with a true passion for synth programming, particularly the lost art of modular synthesis. Through a mutual contact Johnson and Smith met, bonded over their love of Talk Talk and made plans to co-produce the next Judah Johnson record together.
Recorded in just five days, Be Where I Be belies its swift creation. While the album captures the energy and immediacy of a quick session, its meticulous production style has more in common with studio rats like Kate Bush and Prince than most rock records. Palma says this is due in part to a mixing style where large chunks of textural experimentation are picked over to embellish the core performances, giving the illusion of a longer session. Johnson credits inspiration. "It sounds crazy but I don't really remember playing the stuff I played. I listen back to the record and if you told me it was someone else I would believe you." Thrilled, the band left the studio with new optimism. Then waited... and waited while Smith got tied up overseas working with Brian Eno on a new Paul Simon record.
Nearly a year later, it was finished and, without overstating, it sounds like nothing else: immaculate, yet messy; carefully considered while full of accidents. It's less a statement of a new direction than a sample of every stage of the band's development; yet it's also an attempt to pretend their past never happened. The album is a dream of something organic and colorful overtaking the machine. An imaginary place where the roots of Jamaican dub and the ruined futurism of 70s Berlin meet. Its title, like a Zen koan in jive, is an invitation to experience the depth of emotion and ideas the band has invested into their music. It's an admission that even 21st century life is not entirely apocalyptic. Be Where I Be is the sound of reconciliation. It's the end of a debate.
Currently the band is enjoying a second chance. Koltak and Johnson have made their peace and are having a "second honeymoon." Keyboardist Noah Harris and guitarist Arun Bali have been added to the lineup, returning the band's live sound to its original five-piece thunder and allowing the textures of the album to be reproduced faithfully while continuing to reshape it.
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Then the band - at that point composed of Johnson, Charlie Koltak (drums), Rodrigo Palma (bass), and Steven Nistor (keyboards) - hit a wall. Strain set in and two months into a national tour, founding members Johnson and Koltak sat at the bar after a particularly soul-crushing show in Indianapolis and decided to stop playing together. The band dispersed and moved on. Nistor went on tour drumming for Daniel Lanois, Koltak joined Saturday Looks Good to Me, Palma went back to school and Johnson became a father.
From burnout and a search for authenticity began a new period of collaboration between Johnson and Palma. They would meet regularly to learn new software and experiment with creating their own sample banks. Eventually the duo took the work they had been developing into the studio to make what they had hoped would be the next Judah Johnson release. Instead they came out with the darkest and most fractured music either of them had ever created. They ultimately shelved the recording and turned their attentions toward making something that drew from the band's song-based past as much as its new sonic palette. Enter Andy Smith, an engineer who came up at New York's The Hit Factory working on albums from David Bowie to Public Enemy to Mariah Carey, with a true passion for synth programming, particularly the lost art of modular synthesis. Through a mutual contact Johnson and Smith met, bonded over their love of Talk Talk and made plans to co-produce the next Judah Johnson record together.
Recorded in just five days, Be Where I Be belies its swift creation. While the album captures the energy and immediacy of a quick session, its meticulous production style has more in common with studio rats like Kate Bush and Prince than most rock records. Palma says this is due in part to a mixing style where large chunks of textural experimentation are picked over to embellish the core performances, giving the illusion of a longer session. Johnson credits inspiration. "It sounds crazy but I don't really remember playing the stuff I played. I listen back to the record and if you told me it was someone else I would believe you." Thrilled, the band left the studio with new optimism. Then waited... and waited while Smith got tied up overseas working with Brian Eno on a new Paul Simon record.
Nearly a year later, it was finished and, without overstating, it sounds like nothing else: immaculate, yet messy; carefully considered while full of accidents. It's less a statement of a new direction than a sample of every stage of the band's development; yet it's also an attempt to pretend their past never happened. The album is a dream of something organic and colorful overtaking the machine. An imaginary place where the roots of Jamaican dub and the ruined futurism of 70s Berlin meet. Its title, like a Zen koan in jive, is an invitation to experience the depth of emotion and ideas the band has invested into their music. It's an admission that even 21st century life is not entirely apocalyptic. Be Where I Be is the sound of reconciliation. It's the end of a debate.
Currently the band is enjoying a second chance. Koltak and Johnson have made their peace and are having a "second honeymoon." Keyboardist Noah Harris and guitarist Arun Bali have been added to the lineup, returning the band's live sound to its original five-piece thunder and allowing the textures of the album to be reproduced faithfully while continuing to reshape it.
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Ash
Judah Johnson Lyrics
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#ash Pledge your bitter souls to me Your salvation and your steed…
A Beacon School could there be another way to think of all of…
Annie Blackman You pity me and I turn my head Am I upset? Well,…
Antarctica vs. the World The call of winter runs behind her, leaving all your…
Arcwelder (w graber) They borrow words for thoughts and steal what the…
As below-fi project Far away On a distant land Light years from home All alone W…
Beach Bums You got better things to do than sleep Like lay in…
Bird and Byron csh and dust Burning fire Left on the heart of the one…
Bis I just wake up 化石しちゃう前に もう1度 ありえない なんて誰が決めたの? 踏み出して 甘い野菜苦い果…
Blas So I let the night run Slept with the light on Another…
D.V.C. C'mon... C'mon... みんなが隠してる その何かをアテにしないで もっともらしい嘘を黒く塗りつぶせ とんで…
Demon Hunter Ash, ash Nothing here was made to last Ash, ash End of days…
DIR EN GREY 浮き立つ運命に首を括る 秒を読むその先に 闇と光で頭破裂 現実と変わらない 息をしても許されない 正論とは何かを犠牲に…
Dir en grey [ディルアングレイ] Futoumeina glass no mukou de miru mo muzanna sono karada Naz…
E & E #If it’s time to ash it then it’s time to…
ELLEGARDEN Kirei na kotoba de katazukeru kimi ga Dare yori kanashii ka…
Fc Five I am likely to be hanged, to be oppressed, to…
GACKT 風の中に舞う笑い合う声 煌めく夕日は未来への約束 月が映し出す君を見つけた 色褪せた時代の泡沫の夢 戻らない安らぎさ…
GoldenOak Burn Down All the places I have found Deep roots in…
Gridlock Ash Close over inside In a dream you hide The wretched ar…
Ibeyi Bara suayo Omonia lawana mama kenirawo e Bara suayo Omonia l…
La'cryma Christi 光さしこむ愛のない部屋で 君の瞳の中そっと揺れる 声に出した言葉もなく 穏やかな日々がすぎ 灰になる 夢か幻ずっと続くか…
Lisa 雨の雫みたい 迷いながら 落ちていく それぞれの想い 選んだ道へ ほらもうすぐ 黒い夜明けが 来るから 抱きしめた …
Luna Mortis Midnight, imposing suspicion Unaware, part of the grand de…
M. Rahn It starts with a spark Then cherry's aglow And just for a…
Minus.Mensch И лишь бы не врать себе Без отвращения на устах Отдать безво…
Mohsen Chavoshi وَقتی کِه رَفت و مَنو اَز یاد بُرد هَر چی کِه…
Murder By Death We set out at dusk We left them, well, not much The…
Nucleus Torn he feels the tightening of the noose the rough feel of…
Nulbarich People say time is going fast Sometimes running out of gas T…
Rivale (tiziana Rivale) ash, on my eyes, i can't see all my destiny ash,…
Sahara Note to myself Note to myself Keep your scale In balance I f…
Seventeen 이미 다 타버린 눈앞에 쌓여 버린 재 yeah Hmm 태양은 뜨겁지 대낮의 하늘…
Shoi 시간이 많이 지났나요 그을려진 나를 봐요 차라리 그때 다 태워 버리고 너를 지워…
Skorap Tchuf dinar khdar 9a3ou Ida nad Tchuf chi nass khlass ba3ou …
Sora Amamiya はみ出した世界 繋がれた孤独 打ち捨て去られた 夢の記憶 認めたくなくて 行き過ぎた言葉をかざして 臆病隠していた 痛…
The Black Maria Choking on nails as the spike is hammered in Pine boxes…
The dB's Stamey The sky in the face before you A window that's al…
The Salinger 全て吐き捨てて 歩き出すのさ 何が起きてもかまいはしないぜ 全て吐き捨てて 歩き出せるのさ 何が起きてもかまいはしないぜ…
The Talking Tears Contemplating nothing Traveling to nowhere Always getting in…
Tiziana Rivale ash, on my eyes, i can't see all my destiny ash,…
Unit 17 I believed in Kingdom come I thought we could touch the…
Various - The Best Bands Ever! تعرفني ياموطنـي••ماعيش من دونك انت بغلاةً النفس••ماعاش اليخو…
Vlad Flueraru Hmm, ash, da` ma abtin Cum sa dau eu la schimb Scriu…
W.A.R.P. What do i owe you? because you're always on my…
W.J. Henze All the opps in the spliff ash it Bro get the…
✿ܓGackt Kaze no naka ni mau waraiau koe Kirameku yuuhi wa asu…
日Dir En grey 不透明な硝子の向こうで見るも無惨な その体 なぜか 今にも吐き出しそうで 母に抱かれて眠りましょう そんな自分に …
決戰平安京 Onmyoji Arena ASH 唱:Kaede (Sweet Licious) / 決戰平安京 Onmyoji Arena 曲:Giacom…
电气樱桃 Burn to ash (烧成灰) Burn to ash(烧成灰) Burn to ash(烧成灰) Burn to …
雨宮天 はみ出した世界 繋がれた孤独 打ち捨て去られた 夢の記憶 認めたくなくて 行き過ぎた言葉をかざして 臆病隠していた 痛…
REIGN It seems you don't know what you want, what you've…
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Kisses and Interrogation Lately your kisses are interrogation I want to tell you the…
Made for Greatness Biding my time, reading your rhymes Your double meanings W…
The Ruse Life would be your friend And then you felt its burning…
We Stand Still I could wait through the night While you heal, while you…
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