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About Me

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4"the wetness, the dryness...beautiful." Jane Siberry--1999"The music world is chock full o' bands who "defy classification," "span genres;" there are even those who "push recognized boundaries," and, God help us, "serve up a musical gumbo."...The point is, for every band that dares to choose the road less traveled, there's a pack of music critics following close behind, each trying to outdo the other with breathless hyperbole. The problem is that, more often than not, a band is just a band. Then there's Resin, a group for whom the praise might actually be deserved. ...Imagine Grace Slick at her psychedelic peak, fronting Sly and the Family Stone, only everbody in the band is wearing Birkenstocks and you're on 'ludes. That's Resin...Resin is good, and refreshingly so - in the sense that good musicians sometimes do end up in good bands making good music, despite trends to the contrary. That - not veiled allusions to evolving musical styles - makes them worth seeing." Aaron Bragg The Local Planet Weekly, Spokane, WA April/02

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Member Since: 4/3/2006
Band Website: julievik.com
Band Members: Lots of people have come and gone and come again over the years and days of Resin and the newly named 'Julie Vik'. Some core people, either live or recording have been: Julie Vik - vocals, guitars, some other subtle stuff, Alex Varty - guitar and noises, Colin Nairne - guitar and producer engineer guy, Moritz Behm - violin and mandolin, Corbin Keep - cello, lots of bass players, including Ian Cameron, Travis Baker, Dave Reimer and Doug Elliot, some drummers - Damian Graham, Joel Lower, Jack Guppy. Been lucky to have played with guests like Jesse Zubot, Francois Houle, Bill Runge, Simon Kendall, and others.
Influences: Gustav Mahler, Narciso Ypres, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Killing Joke, Durutti Column, Joni Mitchell, Donovan, Pere Ubu, Sly and the Family Stone, Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, Gentle Giant, Gong, Robert Wyatt, Eivind Aarset, Average White Band, Barry White, Beck, Dave Brubeck, The Beatles, Led Zepplin, Jane Siberry, Steve Reich, The Raincoats, Robyn Hitchcock, Patrick Fitzgerald, Igor Stravinsky, Andy Williams
Type of Label: None

My Blog

web site update - free downloads

okay, it's not quite there yet, but finally updated www.julievik.com - was sorting through stuff and found a bunch of live recordings that you can download for free - some very fine playing by alex va...
Posted by Julie Vik on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:31:00 PST

'twist' smother review

Thanks smother! http://www.smother.net/reviews/items/modernrock/2077/Julie_V ik-Twist.php Truly soaring vocals marry the progressive pop overtures that are 'twisted' into aptly titled album....
Posted by Julie Vik on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:54:00 PST

buy CD's or download songs here

Store: http://www.indiepool.com/main/store/index.asp?n=17351 Download: http://audiolunchbox.com/album?a=50219 http://www.emusic.com/browse/c/b/b/a/0-0/1611644649/0.html http://www.musicload.de/artist...
Posted by Julie Vik on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:41:00 PST