Princess Julia

Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Princess Julia


Background = group_or_band
Origin = London, UK
Genre = Electronica/Alternative/Pop
Active = 1981–
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/wearethemost Princess Julia at MySpace]

Princess Julia was born in 1960 and first came to notice in the very early 1980s as part of the short-lived Blitz Kids club scene with the likes of Marc Almond and Boy George [ [http://www.geocities.com/theblitzkids/princessjulia.html Princess Julia ] ] . She achieved mild success and clubland infamy after her appearance in the video for 'Fade to Grey', the hit UK single from Steve Strange's band Visage [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cznha2YTTh0&mode=related&search= YouTube - Visage - Fade to Grey ] ] .

In 2005, pop star Kylie Minogue and her stylist William Baker chose Princess Julia to be part of the stage video for Kylie's successful "Showgirl - The Greatest Hits" world tour. Julia recreated her Visage video appearance especially for Kylie's live show, "A club section features graphics inspired by i-D magazine, a special film of club legend Princess Julia inspired by the Visage video for "Fade To Grey", and clothes inspired by Katharine Hamnett's iconic slogan t-shirts of the '80's" [http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:Zo_Z99P2O-AJ:www.kylie.co.uk/news/archives/00000221.shtml+kylie+minogue+princess+julia+showgirl+tour&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk] .

After Kylie Minogue's return from illness in 2006, the same video footage was used during Kylie's second "Showgirl" tour of 2006/2007. Julia's friendship with Kylie continued in 2007, as the two were seen partying together at London's fashionable "Boombox" club night, as reported on Kylie.com, "Kylie took the role of DJ with her friends William Baker and Princess Julia on Sunday night at Boombox, an established club with a cult following. " [ [http://www.kylie.com/2006_site/news_ecm_item.htm?view=javascript&item=1701416 news ] ] .

In 2006, other musical collaborations included ex-Shakespear's Sister/Bananarama singer Siobhan Fahey on two songs 'Bad Blood' and 'Pulsatron' which Julia remixed as well as No Bra's underground hit song "Munchausen" and Readers Wifes' single "Nostalgia". She has also collaborated with dance acts such as Punx Souncheck [ [http://www.punxsoundcheck.de/ punx soundcheck - we are punx! ] ] , Larry Tee, Kinky Roland and Riton [http://www.thetreatment.co.uk/pj.htm THE TREATMENT :: Princess Julia ] ] .

Princess Julia is still one of London's busiest female DJ's, playing at a variety of night clubs, from The Dice Club to The Cock at The Ghetto. She is also co-publisher for music paper/fanzine The P.i.X [ [http://www.myspace.com/thepixzine MySpace.com - www.thepixzine.co.uk!! - 26 - Fille - UK - www.myspace.com/thepixzine ] ] and regularly contributes to fashion website KCTV.co.uk [ [http://www.kctv.co.uk KCTV ] ] as well writing for i-D magazine amongst others. She writes a weekly column "Revoltage" and "Reportage" for cult publication "QX", reviewing clubs and writing interviews on bands and various musical projects.

References

External links

* [http://www.thepixzine.co.uk P.i.X website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/wearethemost Princess Julia's official MySpace page]
* [http://www.trustthedj.com/PrincessJulia/ Princess Julia at TrustTheDJ.com]
* [http://www.thetreatment.co.uk/pj.htm Background on Princess Julia & her band The Most]