John Parish (music producer)

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John Parish

John Parish (* 1959 in Yeovil , Somerset , England ) is a British musician, composer , multi-instrumentalist and record producer who is best known for his work with PJ Harvey , the Eels , Tracy Chapman and Giant Sand .

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In the 1980s he founded the band Automatic Dlamini . The changing band line-up included u. a. the singer PJ Harvey. Automatic Dlamini recorded three music albums: The D is For Drum (1987), Here Catch Shouted his Father (1990 - unreleased ) and From A Diva to a Diver (1992). During this time Parish began his career as a music producer and worked with the British bands The Chesterfields and The Brilliant Corners before producing PJ Harvey's album To Bring You My Love (1995), on which he also played guitar , drums , percussion and organ .

Parish toured with PJ Harvey in 1995, and the following year they recorded Dance Hall at Louse Point (1996). In 1997 he produced 16 Horsepowers album Low Estate . On PJ Harvey's album Is This Desire (1998) Parish was involved again. His next project was writing songs for the soundtrack to the film Rosie by Belgian director Patrice Toyes .

John Parish produced Giant Sands album Chore of Enchantment (2000) and made guest appearances on Goldfrapp's album Felt Mountain (2000). The following year he co-wrote the Eels album Souljacker (2001) and produced music for Sparklehorse and Tracy Chapman . He also worked with a number of other European artists. He produced albums for the French artist Dominique A and the Belgian pop band Thou .

In 2002 he recorded his own record How Animals Move (2002) and toured with his own music. (His backing band included Adrian Utley from Portishead .)

From the renewed collaboration with PJ Harvey the albums White Chalk (2007) and A Woman a Man Walked By (2009) emerged.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Dance Hall at Louse Point (with PJ Harvey )
  UK 46 05/10/1996 (1 week)
  US 178 10/12/1996 (1 week)
A Woman A Man Walked By (with PJ Harvey)
  DE 62 04/10/2009 (1 week)
  AT 55 04/10/2009 (1 week)
  CH 24 04/12/2009 (3 weeks)
  UK 25th 04/11/2009 (3 weeks)
  US 80 04/18/2009 (3 weeks)
Singles
That Was My Veil (with PJ Harvey)
  UK 75 11/23/1996 (1 week)

As a solo artist

  • How Animals Move (2002)
  • Once Upon A Little Time (2005)
  • Bird Dog Dante (2018)

more publishments

  • PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love (1995): producer, guitar, organ, drums, percussion
  • John Parish & Polly Jean Harvey - Dance Hall at Louse Point (1996): producer, various instruments
  • Spleen - Soundtrack To Spleen (1997): co-author, guitar, percussion
  • 16 Horsepower - Low Estate (1997): producer, various instruments
  • PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998): various instruments
  • Spleen - Little Scratches (1998): co-author, guitar, percussion
  • Giant Sand - Chore of Enchantment (2000): producer
  • Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (2000): guitar, drums
  • Eels - Souljacker (2001): producer, co-author, various instruments
  • Experimental Pop Band - The Tracksuit Trilogy (2001): producer
  • Dominique A - Auguri (2001): producer, various instruments
  • Morning Star - My Place in The Dust (2001): producer
  • Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life (2001): Co-producer, various instruments
  • Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (2002): producer
  • Experimental Pop Band - Tarmac and Flames (2004): producer
  • Thou - I like Girls in Russia (2004): producer
  • Morning Star - The Opposite is True (2004): producer
  • Jennie DeVoe - Fireworks and Karate Supplies : producer
  • Nada - Tutto l'amore che mi manca (2004): producer
  • Dionysus - Monsters in Love (2005): producer
  • PJ Harvey - White Chalk (2007): producer
  • Tom Brosseau - Cavalier (2007): producer
  • Jennie DeVoe - Untitled Fourth Studio Album : Producer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK1 UK2 US
personal data
SURNAME Parish, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Yeovil , Somerset , England