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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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