Second Person (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Second Person

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Origin = London, United Kingdom
Genre = Post Trip Hop Electronica Hip-Hop Downtempo Trip-hop
Years_active = 2002 to Present
Label = Independent
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URL = http://www.secondperson.net/
Current_members = Julia Johnson Mark Maclaine Álvaro López
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Second Person are a British band that mixes influences from trip hop, jazz, hip hop and electronica to form Post Trip Hop.

In late 2001, singer Julia Johnson and producer/bassist Mark Maclaine met, and early the following year formed the band Second Person. Drummer Álvaro López was recruited in mid 2004 to complete the current line up and their debut album "Chromatography" was released later that year. It went on to sell out of its initial white-label run in United Kingdom, USA and Australia through word of mouth and publicity generated by musical placements on documentaries and extreme sports films [ [http://www.secondperson.net Second Person website ] ] . The opening song "Too Cold To Snow" was later featured in the closing credits of 2006 film "Dolls". The band went on to record a live DVD at the The Bedford in London and score music for a number of British broadcasters (including BBC and Channel 4) and are one of the main suppliers of music for the international broadcaster: The Extreme Sports Channel.

The band released their new album "The Elements" on 9th August 2007, it was co-produced and mixed by producer/engineer Tony Platt (Bob Marley, Iron Maiden and also credited with engineering the second biggest selling album of all time: AC/DC's "Back in Black"). This album has already gained a high media profile in the UK as Second Person are the first British band to have raised the $50,000 target on Sellaband - which allows fans to invest directly in bands on the site. [ [http://money.guardian.co.uk/investments/alternativeinvesting/story/0,,2184623,00.html Power to the fans - profits to the bands | Money | The Guardian ] ] [ [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2181694.ece Money, music and the web - Times Online ] ] [ [http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=102183 Mi2N - Music Industry News Network ] ] [ [http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Entertainment/SellaBand_releases_first_batch_of_crowdsourced_CD_albums_135484.html SellaBand releases first batch of crowdsourced CD albums ] ]

The band have written a follow-up album to The Elements and will be titled "Come to Dust". This full length album will include the songs such as Gone Fishing, the video for which (directed by Katy Davis) has already gained play on MTV and is currently being used as part of Cobra Beer's sponsorship of ITV movies in the UK. Many [ [http://www.secondperson.net Second Person website ] ] of the videos for this album are either completed or currently in production, and video directors include: Ebba Erikzon (Radiohead's "2+2=5" video), Mina Song (Gnarls Barkley: "Crazy"), Everton Sebben, Ben King, Susan Luciani and Andy Marshall.

The band are currently scoring the music for the British feature film City Rats which stars Danny Dyer and Tamer Hassan and is due out mid 2008.

Band members

* Julia Johnson - Vocals/Piano/Keys
* Mark Maclaine - Bass/Production/Programming
* Álvaro López - Drums/Programming

Discography

Albums

* "Chromatography" (2004)
* "Live at the Bedford" (2006)
* "The Elements" (2007)
* "Come to Dust" (in pre-production - due for completion early 2008)

Compilations

* "Glastonbury Unsigned 2005 Album" (2005)

Film and TV scores

* "City Rats" (Feature Film - Full Score: 2008) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1090646/]
* "Streetball Extreme: Battle for Europe" (TV Series Score: 2006) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0853077/]
* "Genex" (TV Series Theme : 2006) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804415/]
* "The Passenger" (Film Score : 2006) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796347/]
* "Dolls" (Final Credits Music : 2006)
* "Snows in the House 3" (Feature Documentary Score : 2004) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814325/]
* "Verbier Ride 2004" (TV Series Score : 2004) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410846/]
* "Snows in the House 2" (Feature Documentary Score: 2003) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814324/]

External links

* [http://www.secondperson.net/ Official Website]
* [http://www.sellaband.com/secondperson Official Sellaband website]
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* [http://www.fabchannel.com/second_person Second Person live at Fabchannel] at Paradiso in Amsterdam, January 7 2007
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20070314_sellaband.shtml BBC Radio 6 Interview] , March 14 2007

References

;Notes;Bibliography
* [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aBY5k_s1wolc Bloomberg.com] online edition - 5 June 2007
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2034014,00.html The Guardian] newspaper UK: main section (plus online edition) - 15 March 2007
* London Lite newspaper UK - 15 March 2007
* Thelondonpaper newspaper UK - 15 March 2007
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20070314_sellaband.shtml BBC 6 Music] Radio Music News Interview (plus online article) 14 March 2007
* "The Times" newspaper UK: Knowledge Section (Saturday 26 November 2006)
* BBC Radio 2 Interview (The Weekender with Matthew Wright - 3 November 2006)
* "Future Music Magazine" Magazine UK: Interview (November 2005)
* "The Independent" newspaper UK (23 October 2002: pg 12)