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SJ JOHNSON















                            SJ Johnson  is a local singer who is


                                hoping for chart success with

                                     her recent release ‘Lady’








                                                                      SJ began her singing career in 2005,
                                                                      when she was 22, after successfully
                                                                      auditioning for a local band,
                                                                      Crimson Scarlet, who at the time                              Photo: Malcolm Journeaux
                                                                      needed a replacement vocalist.


                                                                      Following a two year stint gigging and
                                                                      recording with Crimson Scarlet, SJ                        Jim encouraged SJ to start writing her own material and her first ever trance song, produced by
                                                                      began working at the Back Door Music                      Si Paul, was snapped up by Armada, the biggest dance label in Europe.
                                                                      project in Rochdale where she met
                                                                      D J Absolut - regarded by many as                         ‘Chasing Rainbows’ reached number 4 in the Beatport charts, number 2 on Armada’s Spotify
                                                                      being one of the best ‘scratch masters’                   chart and  was featured by Armin van Buuren, a Dutch DJ who hosts the radio show ‘A State of
                                                                      in the business, and she left Crimson                     Trance’, which is broadcast to more than 37 million weekly listeners in 84 countries on over 100
                                                                      Scarlet to concentrate on a new                           FM radio stations.
                                                                      musical direction as a session vocalist
                                                                      recording ‘Trance’ in a studio.                           SJ made a move from recording Trance to House music and has been featured on a number of
                                                                                                                                different House labels, including one signed to ‘Armada Deep’. Deep House music is a fast
                                                                      SJ secured a publishing contract with                     growing genre.
                                                                      23rd Precinct Music/Notting Hill Music
                                                                      and has been featured on a number of                      Released in August, SJ’s latest song, ‘Lady’, was co-written with Sally J Crawley and  was
                                                                      Notting Hill music releases .                             produced by well known remixer and radio show host Morlando. ‘Lady’ is described as a ‘bubbly,
                                                                                                                                fresh deep house groove with lyrics that will have the clubs in harmony’ .
                                                                      During this time she met Si Paul (aka
                                                                      ‘Lost Witness’), a DJ and record                          The track is already proving popular and is being played by Des Mitchell on his daily dance radio
                                                                      producer who had a number of singles                      show for Radio One Mallorca.
                                                                      released on major electronic dance
                                                                      label Ministry of Sound.                                  The song can be found on Spotfiy, Beatport, iTunes, and other streaming platforms and, along
                                                                                                                                with a promotional video filmed in and around Rochdale, on Youtube.

                                                                      In the recording studio, SJ also met
                                                                      record producer Jim Neild, who she                        Along with continuing her House music career, SJ has recently returned to her musical roots and
                                                                      went on to marry in 2007 and divorce                      after a 12 year gap, is collaborating with local guitarist/songwriter Malcolm Journeaux on new
                                                                      in 2014.                                                  material, which they will soon be recording.
             SJ fronting Crimson Scarlet at her first gig in 2005

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