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Julianna Barwick's experimental soundscapes are in part informed by her experience growing up in Louisiana and Missouri, singing weekly with her church congregation and school choirs. Her loop-based compositions replicate the soaring textures of a large choral group using only her voice, a loop station and some occasional instrumentation. Barwick starts her songs quietly, usually with a single refrain, and then builds the pieces up until she's created a complicated, weaving sonic architecture. Her extraordinary range and vocal technique propels the music into a variety of different emotional spaces, from feverish to tranquil. ...more
Julianna Barwick's music has been reviewed in Time Out New York, Time Out Lisbon, The New York Times, and The Village Voice, among other publications. Her music has also been featured as "Best New Music" on Pitchfork, which also gave her latest release, 2009's "Florine" EP an honorable mention for an album of the year. She has recently performed at the Abrons Art Center, Bowery Ballroom, and has toured throughout the US and Europe. In 2007 she released her first record, "Sanguine", which is being released this year in vinyl format on M'Lady's Records.
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