Zone Magazine Issue 033 - Jan Johnson
In our feature interviews in this issue we talk to cover legendess vocalist and producer JAN JOHNSTON. A name that for Trance and Progressive fans simply means quality. Starting out in the early ‘90s with short-lived pop band JJ, her fortunes took an upward sweep working firstly with the King of Trance, BT on his ECSM album, and then Australian powerhouse Anthony Pappa (as Freefall) on breakthrough release ‘Skydive’. Signings to Perfecto, Universal and more has spread the Jan Johnson gospel and showcased not only her vocal talents, but also her song writing abilities. Soundtrack syncs and contributions to Grammy Award nominated albums as well as 4 solo albums and countless singles has kept this doyen of the scene at the top of her profession.
In our feature interviews in this issue we talk to cover legendess vocalist and producer JAN JOHNSTON. A name that for Trance and Progressive fans simply means quality. Starting out in the early ‘90s with short-lived pop band JJ, her fortunes took an upward sweep working firstly with the King of Trance, BT on his ECSM album, and then Australian powerhouse Anthony Pappa (as Freefall) on breakthrough release ‘Skydive’.
Signings to Perfecto, Universal and more has spread the Jan Johnson gospel and showcased not only her vocal talents, but also her song writing abilities. Soundtrack syncs and contributions to Grammy Award nominated albums as well as 4 solo albums and countless singles has kept this doyen of the scene at the top of her profession.
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A ROUGH GUIDE TO DARK PROGRESSIVE HOUSE
2001-2003
As I sit here typing this, I'm listening to Saeed &
Palash's 2003 mix compilation Addictive Beats, my
final entry from a deep dive into dark progressive
house. Listening to this particular mix - one of a
few I had never listened to until now - I am fully
prepared to disqualify it from consideration, on the
grounds that I know these DJs' reputation for tribal
house beats, and I teeter on the edge of
plummeting into a spiral of full-blown electronic
music genre-labelling retardedness. After all,
everybody knows that tribal house is completely
different from progressive house, right? Right?!?
Labelling and understanding and arguing about
(both the excellence and the correct categorization
of) the various genres and sub-genres of electronic
music has long since become a cliche within the
dance music community, eg, "I used to be into
techno, but now I'm more into ambient-trip-hopexperimental-noise."
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