Rush (2005)

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Jay-Jay Johanson is a jack-of-all-trades: he's a vocalist and DJ, in his time of youth he was a punk and jazzman, by education he's an architect and graphical designer. Many fashion shows in Paris and New York are held to the accompaniment of his sets. His music is trip-hop and pop, the unusual broken rhythms and even retro. He's an astonishing man. His album "Rush" was recorded in Stockholm and Paris - in two studios and with two producers. The Parisian part with dance music was produced by Jean-Pierre Ensuque while the Stockholm part was produced by Magnus Frykberg. Because of this fact the album is quite ambivalent - it's joyful and melancholy, thoughtful and ironic, calm and rhythmic. As a result we can see the mix of Scandinavian philosophic sadness and Parisian Bohemian festivities. This music is ideal for agreeable evening with beloved. It's a bit strange, sentimental, a little unearthly, a little wanton, but it's very attractive.