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'Screenplay: the film music of John Parish' was listed at #2 in the Best Soundtracks of 2013 by Mojo Magazine
John Parish - How Animals Move
John Parish - Once Upon A Little Time
John Parish - Rosie
She, A Chinese (UK/Germany , Dir. Xiaolu Guo) 2009 Winner ‘Best Film” Locarno Film Festival 2009 Soundtrack by John Parish. John wrote and recorded the music for Xiaolu Guo’s film ‘She, A Chinese’ at the end of 2008. Before the film’s official release in February 2010 it was shown at a few festivals and attracted quite a bit of interest. Ben Baldwin from Dreamboat Records caught one of these showings, liked the film and the score, and approached John about releasing an original soundtrack album. They both wanted to include the Chinese bands and the ending track by Feist that Xiaolu had used in the movie.
September 2014 saw the release of the Playing Carver album featuring John Parish, Marta Collica, Boris Boubil, Gaspard La Nuit, JeffHallam, Csaba Palotai, and Marion Grandjean with songs inspired by the works of Raymond Carver. There was a launch show for the album at Petit Bain, Paris on September 24th, with further shows at Staccato, Miramont de Guyenne (26th) and La Carene, Brest (27th).
2009- PJ Harvey and John Parish - Black Hearted Love
PJ Harvey and John Parish - A Woman A Man Walked By (2009) Island Records This was John and Polly's second collaborative album - John wrote all the music and Polly wrote the lyrics. The 'A Woman A Man Walked By' touring band was PJ Harvey - vocals John Parish - guitar Eric Drew Feldman - keyboards, bass Giovanni Ferrario - guitar, bass Jean-Marc Butty - drums. They toured in 2009 to: (in reverse order) Humphreys, San Diego, CA; The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA; The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA; Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR; Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA; Weesner Amphitheatre, Apple Valley, MN; The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL; Theatre, Indianapolis, IN; The Beacon Theatre, New York, NY; Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA; House of Blues, Boston, MA; Warner Theatre, Washington DC; Madison Theatre, Covington, KY; Centre Stage, Atlanta, GA; France, Paris, Bataclan; Belgium, Brussels, Ancienne Belgique; Holland, Amsterdam, Paradiso; Denmark, Copenhagen Veg; Norway, Oslo, Rockefeller; Sweden, Stockholm, Nalen; Germany, Berlin, Passionskirche; Germany, Stuttgart, Theaterhaus; Italy, Milan, Auditoriu; Portugal, Porto, Casa Da Musica; Queens Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland; Ritz, Manchester UK; Town Hall, Birmingham, UK; Shepherds Bush Empire, London UK; Anson Rooms, Bristol UK; Oxford Brookes University UK; Corn Exchange, Brighton, UK; Irving Plaza, New York, NY; El Rey, Los Angeles, CA; Stubbs BBQ, Austin, TX (SXSW)
2001 Eels - SoulJacker
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1998-PJ Harvey - Is This Desire
Spleen - Little Scratches
Eels- Useless Trinkets
The The - Shrunken Man EP
The Inner Flame - Rainer Ptajek Tribute
Spleen - Soundtrack to Spleen
M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
M.Ward - Transistor Radio
John Parish contributed a track to the Reloaded version of AFTER HOURS anniversary reissue of their celebrated 'Hai Paura Del Buio?' Details at www.afterhours.it
Pj Harvey - Is This Desire
1992-Automatic Dlamini- From a Diva to a Diver
'In C' was performed live on February 6th 2013 by Adrian Utley's Guitar Orchestra at St George's Hall, Bristol, UK . John also played in Adrian's band on August 17th 2012 at Mail, Maps and Motion, The Tramshed, Bristol
Thieves like us Mind Made 1980
1989-Automatic Dlamini - Here Catch, Shouted His Father
D is for Drum 1987
Tom Brosseau - Perfect Abandon (Tin Angel Records) 2015 Produced by John Parish and engineered by Ali Chant. The entire record was recorded live with one microphone.
Maggie Bjorklund – Shaken (Bloodshot Records) 2014 Produced by John Parish with guests John Convertino, Barb Hunter, Jim Barr, and Kurt Wagner.
Kings of the South Seas - Kings of The South Seas (D. Wink) 2014 Acollection of 19th century whaling songs reinterpreted. Recorded live at Cecil Sharp House, London, mixed at Toybox, Bristol with Ali Chant.
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp - 'Rotorotor (Moi J'Connais Records) 2014. Produced by John Parish and recorded by Ali Chant at Toybox Studios.
Mazgani - Common Ground (-Vox-) 2013 Mazgani is a Portuguese based Iranian singer-songwriter. Common Ground was produced by John with Mick Harvey at Toybox Studios in April 2012.
Howe Gelb - The Coincidentalist ( -New West-) Mixed at Toybox by John & Ali
Kira - When We Were Gentle (-Stunt Records-) 2013 John produced and played some drums. Recorded and mixed by Paul Corkett at Sun Studios in Copenhagen. The album won Best Album at the 2014 Steppeulven Awards in Copenhagen. Kira also won the award for Best Vocalist, and the album was nominated for Best Production, and Best Song Writing.
Aiden Simpson - Night Falls With Rosemary EP (Blanket Records) 2013 Night Falls with Rosemary is a 4 track EP produced by John Parish, all songs written by Aidan Simpson.
Raphelson - Everything Was Story, Story Was Everything (Two Gentlemen) 2012 Mixed at Toybox, Bristol by John
Arno _ Future Vintage (Naïve Records) 2012 Album by Belgian legend Arno, produced by John Parish and recorded by Ali Chant at Toybox Studio, Bristol.
Peggy Sue – Song and Dance (_Wichita _) 2011 7” single taken from the album ‘Acrobats’
Peggy Sue - Acrobats (Wichita---) 2011 Produced by John, recorded by Ali at Toybox, Bristol
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (Island Records, 2011) Winner of the Mercury Music Prize 2011.
Cleo T. - Songs of Gold and Shadow (Folkwit Records) 2011 Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxiszTTIzCg Bandcamp: https://folkwitrecords.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-gold-and-shadow
Zender - Sunday Kids (--) 2010 Zender is the solo moniker of Belgian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Thijs De Clus. Click here to see a video showing the mixing of the album at Toybox in Bristol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mPlgU6jSbM Zender website: http://www.zendermusic.be/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upBzNc5D5NU
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This Is The Kit - Krulle Bolle (--) 2007
Magicrays - Off The Map (2007) Produced and mixed by John Parish, Engineered by Ali Chant, Recorded at Toybox Studios, Bristol, UK in September 2006. Mastered by Shawn Joseph at Optimum Mastering Magicrays is a Swiss group fronted by Raphael Enard since 1994. They made two previous albums ''Take Me Home' and 'On the Shoreline' (also produced by John Parish). At the same time as making On the Map, Raph was pursuing a separate project called Raphelson. In 2007 John gave a guest appearance with Raphelson at Montreux Jazz Festival.
Jennie Devoe - Fireworks and Karate Supplies (Rubin the Cat records) 2005
2005
Magicrays - On the Shoreline (Two Gentlemen) 2004 Produced and mixed by John Parish, Engineered by Craig Schumacher and Nick Luca, Recorded at Wavelab studio, Tucson, AZ between October and November 2003. Mastered by J.J. Golden at John Golden Mastering
Thou - I Like Girls in Russia (---) 2004
Actual Size - Sunday Driver (Gut Records) 2002 Produced by John Parish at the Dirty Box Studios, Bristol. Mixed by Michael H. Brauer for MHB Productions at Quad Studios, NYC, assisted by Rick Chavarria. Decks by Will Norie. Trombone played by Savio Pacini, recorded at State of the Art Studios, Bristol. ProTools engineer Andy Henderson. Tracks 2 & 3 produced & mixed by Actual Size.
Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain (Elektra) 2002 Video of the recording of the song "I am Yours": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRKwUoQP26M
Morning Star - My Place in the Dust (Microbe records) 2001 Morning Star is the project of Jesse D. Vernon. John Parish produced, and played drums on the second track.
Bettie Serveet - Private Suit (---) 2000
White Hotel - Porcelain (---) 2000
The Harvest Ministers - Orbit (--) 1996
Actual Size
The Chesterfields - Guitar in Your Bath EP (The Subway Organization) 1986 Almost accidentally, in 1986 John Parish began a second career as record producer when indie guitar band and neighbours The Chesterfields approached him to help out with the recording of their first single as he was the only person they knew who’d actually made a record before. The subsequent ‘Guitar in your bath EP’ which was a classic example of the ‘C86 sound’ became an independent chart hit, and as Parish’s name was on the sleeve, a steadily escalating number of bands began calling and requesting his services as producer.
enny Hval INNOCENCE IS KINKY
Cesare Basile - In Coda (--) 2003
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