I'm gonna play a small, intimate solo show in Berlin, in the lovely place called TRANSIT at Schlesischestrasse 35a. Would be great to see you there!
9.12.09, 20:30 - Julia Marcell in Transit, Berlin.
Nov 28 2009 - So much news lately...
If you happen to have access to Polish TV channel TVP1, you can catch me there singing a little and talking even less on December 8. The show is called "Kawa czy Herbata" and it's broadcast live early morning (6-8am).
8.12.09, between 6:00 - 8:00 a.m. - Julia Marcell live on Kawa czy Herbata, TVP1
Drawing by Jan Kłosowski
Photos from the shows:
Versalka Sopot by Tomasz Ośmiałowski
TR WARSZAWA by kuchomik
Nov 27 2009 - And when you write to Santa...
Old Time Radio recorded a wonderful Christmas album. There's very little records like that out there... actually no other comes to my mind at the moment. The thing is - the band wrote all the songs themselves. For a guitar, voices, percussion and with humor (the album starts with "I hate Christmas"). Lovely artwork, wonderful, warm atmosphere, a little lo-fi sound and a lot of heart.
I had a chance to sing with them on "Christmas With You". You can listen to this and other songs on the Old Time Radio's myspace.
ho ho ho.
Old Time Radio "Sketches For Another Christmas Songbook" costs 6 euro and is available to buy directly from the band.
Nov 27 2009 - After the shows
Many thanks to everyone who showed up on our gigs in Sopot, Warsaw and Olsztyn! We had a great time playing and every evening was a special one. We plan to repeat that at the beginning of 2010, along with some shows outside Poland. See you soon.
A little video from the Warsaw show (in Polish):
You can download the full audio recording of the concert in Warsaw from Hennessy Williams website.
And if you have a moment we could use some votes! The website is in Polish but you will find the voting very easily: click to vote for Julia's band as the best newcomer band in Poland. Thanks!
Nov 10 2009 - Michiru's album an Julia's guest appearance on it.
During my stay in Japan I had a great pleasure to work with Michiru - a wonderful young composer based in Tokyo. We played a show together, but we also worked on some songs which Michiru wrote and arranged and invited me to write lyrics for and sing. Now I am happy to announce that the fruits of this collaboration will see the light of the day on Michiru's first Album "World's End Village"!
"World's End Village" will be released on 5th of December in Japan and then in the rest of the world in 2010.
Tracklist :
1. World’s End Village/Rites of Beginning
2. Tin Soldier
3. The Thief -Nusubito-
4. Shrink
5. The Place Where We Will Be Reached
6. The Spinning Wheel
7. Lethe
You can listen to some of them on MICHIRU's MySpace.
http://www.myspace.com/michiru.jp
Singers :
Julia Marcell
Saho Terao
Ayu Okakita
Mariko Ostuka
The album is a beautiful musical journey, filled with Michiru's original songs with orchestral arrangements based around piano, strings, guitar and drums. It has been produced by Keiko Shinozaki.
The songs I wrote the lyrics for and sing are called "The Thief - Nusubito-" and "The Spinning Wheel". You can also hear me on "World’s End Village/Rites of Beginning".
Here's the live performance of "The Thief - Nusubito-" in Tokyo:
"The Spinning Wheel" live in Tokyo:
Nov 02 2009 - Polish mini-tour
We have now confirmed 2 more dates in Poland and so we have 3 upcoming shows:
22.11 - SOPOT, Versalka
23.11 - WARSAW, TR Warszawa
24.11 - OLSZTYN, Bohema Jazz Club, +The Lollipops
Nov 01 2009 - Jakob Kiersch in StyleSpion!
Mr Kiersch answered 15+1 questions in StyleSpion.
Oct 11 2009 - Warsaw shows
We have upcoming two performances in Warsaw - one very soon and very intimate (Julia solo) on Free Form Festival (17.10) and one much bigger and much later in Teatr Rozmaitości (23.11): this is going to be an official celebration of the "It Might Like You"'s Polish release, we're going to play in full band set-up!
In the meantime - an interview on the roof in Hamburg (Boost TV):
And if you read Polish, you can pick up a copy of the new KMAG and Exklusiv.
Oct 01 2009 - Performance in Radio Euro
"The Story", "Night Of The Living Dead" and an interview (in Polish) in "Niedzielna sesja": http://polskieradioeuro.pl/Audycja.aspx?id=19872
Sep 22 2009 - Leipzig
I'm playing at Designers' Open 09 on 22nd October in Leipzig! Detailed program of the festival here.
Sep 07 2009 - Radio Trójka Charts
"Night Of The Living Dead" has the chance to enter Radio Trójka Charts in Poland. We need your votes!
How to vote:
- Go to: http://lp3.polskieradio.pl/
- click pink button "Głosuj" (vote)
- click pink "Zarejestruj się" (sign up) at the bottom of the little white window
- "Hasło" means password, "Powtórz hasło" means repeat password
- "Zgadzam się na przetwarzanie...." means you agree to the processing of your personal data for marketing purposes.
- click blue button "Zarejestruj"
- you will now get email "Rejestracja na LP3"
- in this email click "link aktywujący konto"
- click pink button "Głosuj" again
- find "Julia Marcell - Night Of The Living Dead" and tick the box next to it (you can choose up to 10 songs to vote for)
- go to the bottom of the list and click "Zagłosuj"
Thank you!
Sep 02 2009 - New music!
I made a cover of one of my favorite songs of Gods Of Blitz called "Protoman". It's now for your listening pleasure on my myspace player. The musicians who helped me with the recording are - Anna Prokopczuk on viola, Thomas Merkel on double bass and Jakob Kiersch on drums. Boris Breuer recorded the song in Studio Wong in Berlin.
If you're not familiar with Gods Of Blitz, I recommend that you check them out. They have new record coming out in September (I secretly heard it already and it rrrocks!).
Spot-the-differences: here's the original, Gods Of Blitz version of the song, live from Rockpalast.
Sep 01 2009 - Sehnsucht leben ein Ausnahmezustand
I have the great pleasure of being a part of the wonderful event, which will take place in DHM in Berlin on 6th of September. The museum describes it as "a German-Polish vision with music, literature and film, in the memory of Warsaw Uprising of 1944", but it's so much more than that. It's gonna be very colorful and intense evening for people who are interested in looking back at the complicated history of two neighboring nations, but the poetic nature of the event, the play with contrasts and metaphors will definitely be an emotional experience rather than a history lesson. Stephan Stroux is the heart and brain behind the show and on his website you can find more details (in German).
The music: Andrzej Sobieski (Pianist), Julia Marcell (with band), Jan Tilman Schade (Cello), Trommelgruppe Bando.
German will be the language of the evening.
Aug 19 2009 - New show dates in Germany
With band!
Sep 24 - REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL @ Angie's Nightclub, Hamburg, Germany
Sep 26 - BANG BANG CLUB, Berlin, Germany
Aug 14 2009 - Polish premiere of "It Might Like You"
Finally after many months of business talk and waiting we have a Polish release date! "It Might Like You" will be available in Polish stores on the day of 16th October 2009! We're also planning some shows in Poland around the release - more on this later.
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