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Julian Hinton BBC NEW TALENT FINALIST

"The Precious Sessions" is here...

About Me

“Julian’s expressive, warm and melt-in-the-mouth sounds will prove to be timeless. "

Since the age of sixteen, as a keyboard player, Julian has played hi-energy funk and afro-latin at London’s Cargo club as keyboard player with Basil Issac’s Black To Basic crew …..
- He has lead a Jazz Piano Trio backing Edinburgh darling Kate Dimbleby in her tours of the UK, Australia and New Zealand…..
- Has arranged and composed for Cambridge based drum ‘n bass outfit “Grizzly” …..
- Has toured Italy playing and arranging for EMI Italy’s ‘Z-STAR’ …..
- And now is producing and playing with the gorgeous songstress Bev Lee Harling (www.myspace.com/bevleeharling)
But writing songs has always been a passion.
2008 sees the emerging of a much cherished, beautifully crafted collection – his debut album, “My Precious Life”. Pieces that feature, not only wonderful musicianship, but a lyricism that is mature, thoughtful and intimate.
The album is a collection of 16 tracks recorded between 2003 and 2006 (that included learning my way around a studio!),and comes from ten years of living and noticing, experiencing and engaging with life artistically in London.
Observing my thoughts and actions, and those of the people close to me, and not so close, has resulted in a collection of songs that has been such a journey to create in the studio, but one that is testament to the old artistic adage of getting up and doing the work! (And then letting it go.) There was a time when I though I'd love to make an album and let all my lyrical thoughts spill out. The only thing that stopped me was my own head....Ha!
Musically, every song has a different personality and "My Precious Life" moves through different genres with a freedom reminiscent of the music of Sting, John Martyn and Paul Simon.
LIVE…. On the live side, a new band featuring Frederico Portelli (drums/percussion) and Rob Fairweather (bass) is beginning to play the songs from the record but with a jazzier, freer vibe. With Jools on guitar and Rhodes (sometimes simultaneously!)…the sound is classic but with a spirit of adventure!...A chance to entertain and revive a more musical approach to a singer/songwriter show.
Think latin breaks leading into African grooves, following rock twists… all with a strong sense of jazz and soul!
Venues performed at include…
The Jazz Cafe
Cargo
Queen Elizabeth Hall
The Bedford
Bloomsbury Theatre
Cobden Club
Quasimodo (Berlin)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Our gigs are listed in Gig Guide Ltd
Gigs, Bands and Music Venues at Gig Guide Ltd
THE PRECIOUS SESSIONS....(in a nutshell)
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"Keep An Eye On Me" Live @THE PRECIOUS SESSIONS
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Julian Hinton and Vikram Hazra

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Member Since: 8/7/2006
Band Website: julianhinton.com
Band Members: Album Personnel Bev Lee Harling - Violin/Backing Vocals,
Emma Cornet - Cello,
Frederico Portelli - Drums/Additional Guitar/AdditionalProduction,
Suman Joshi - Percussion,
Dave Temple - Sax,
Ben Somers - Sax,
Niamh McNally - Backing Vocals,
Adam Goldsmith - Electric Guitar
Aldwin Johnson - Final Mixing/Additional Production
New Live Band
Jools - Voice/Guitar/Fender Rhodes
Frederico Portelli - Drums/Percussion
Rob Fairweather - Bass

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RINGTONES
available at http://www.groupietunes.com/artists/JulianHinton

Latest iTunes Review ...."A brilliant album. Such a good find. ***** "

What others say...
"It's a lovely record - poetic - romantic - excellent."
"There is something mysteriously comforting about these songs that relax and fill you with soulful warmth."
"Julian's musical and lyrical thoughts are a colourful spectrum in full flow".
"This album is not just music, it's poetry as well. It will grab your heart and thoughts from the very start."
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Julian is a "HYBRIDLAB" featured artist....

featured in FANZINE ISSUE 4

and part of "CITYSHOWCASE" www.cityshowcase.co.uk

Influences: Early...
Early Elton John, Welsh Male Voice Choirs (from my Dad), Mozart, Yamaha brightly coloured keyboards!
Later....
Acid Jazz, Paul Simon, John Lee Hooker, The Black Crowes, Counting Crows.
Then came Jazz....
Jason Rebello, Errol Garner, Harry Connick Jnr, Mingus, Sting, Miles, Pat Kelly
Then came Bev....
Bjork, Septpiece, Orquestra Mahatma, Brahms, Rickie Lee Jones, Brothers Johnson
Then came a piano career....
Z-Star, Ben Reynolds, Basil Issac, Damien Hagge, Ben Hazelton, Dave Temple, Vezio Bacci, Frederico Portelli, Art Of Living Foundations musicians, Bev Lee Harling
And now....
Still Bjork, Jill Scott, Sidsel Enderson, Jeff Buckley, Ruben Gonzalez, Arvo Part, Beck, Bob Marley, D'Angelo, Bill Withers, Bobby McFarrin, Eddie Reader, Lakatos, Radiohead, Rufus Wainwright, Astor Piazolla
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Beautiful new music...Coming very soon.

Every night I sit and light a cigarette at the open door and look up at black branches silhouetted against an auburn sky.While the music takes shape, the smoke drifts upwards towards the planes passi...
Posted by Julian Hinton BBC NEW TALENT FINALIST on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:37:00 PST

PALM SPRINGS FILM FESTIVAL

I'm really pleased to let you know that ARK for which I wrote the music, has just been selected for the 2008 Palm Springs International ShortFest (21-27 August). It is one of the world's key short fil...
Posted by Julian Hinton BBC NEW TALENT FINALIST on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:06:00 PST

music for the film " Ark "

I recently wrote the music for another of director Mal Woolfords films "ARK" (following 2006 film "RED BLACK" ) and it has been selected for Peterborough's Film Festival. All of Mal's films will be sh...
Posted by Julian Hinton BBC NEW TALENT FINALIST on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:42:00 PST

"i Quit" chosen for BBC ONLINE programme....

Got a call.....its hYbrilab Andrea....(she's lovely!).....wants to know if BBC Online can use "I Quit" in its Learners Lounge feature about what people can do after leaving college.I say yes... in it ...
Posted by Julian Hinton BBC NEW TALENT FINALIST on Sat, 31 May 2008 04:31:00 PST

HYBRIDLAB ALBUM REVIEW

More brilliant and passionate words from Andrea at the Hybridlab team...thankyou darlin!'My Precious Life' is the debut album graciously offered by singer songwriter Julian Hinton. Speaking of the cir...
Posted by Julian Hinton BBC NEW TALENT FINALIST on Sat, 31 May 2008 04:25:00 PST

LEMONROCK TRACK OF THE WEEK

"Keep An Eye On Me" as sung by Niamh McNally has been selected as track of the week on LEMONROCK.com - which is brilliant!!they say...Lemonrock review 28 May 08: "Sensitive, graceful piano control, an...
Posted by Julian Hinton BBC NEW TALENT FINALIST on Sat, 31 May 2008 04:14:00 PST

BBC NEW TALENT FINALIST

More good news for this year..."Keep An Eye On Me", this time my version, got selected from over 2,000 entries for 2008 BBC New Talent Songwriting Competetion. Overall winner still to be announced but...
Posted by Julian Hinton BBC NEW TALENT FINALIST on Sat, 31 May 2008 04:19:00 PST

Check out this event: "The Precious Sessions"

Hosted By: Julian Hinton When: 03 april 2008, 20:00Where: VIVA VIVA18 High St, Hornsey, N8LONDON, London and South East|66 N87PBUnited KingdomDescription:Julian Hinton Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Julian Hinton BBC NEW TALENT FINALIST on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:34:00 PST

More pictures by Sonja Fowler

Thankyou so much to Sonja Fowler for the other black and white images under PICS. Please visit her page www.myspace.com/sonjafowlerphotographer too.
Posted by Julian Hinton BBC NEW TALENT FINALIST on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:24:00 PST

Profile Photo by Christian Alegria

The profile shot was taken by Christian Alegria - www.christianalegria.com, http://www.myspace.com/christianalegria. Please visit his pages to see more inspriring images.
Posted by Julian Hinton BBC NEW TALENT FINALIST on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:22:00 PST