![]() ![]() He sent her a cassette tape of an instrumental track which would eventually become the song "Evergreen". ![]() When he received the audio parts, he realized otherwise and contacted Zoë asking her to write with Faithless. He was immediately drawn to Zoë's voice but assumed she had been sampled from a 1930s-era record as Mills and Tolliday were at this time frequently building their songs around vocals lifted from old vinyl. Upon the release of "Swollen", Faithless member Rollo Armstrong was one of a few people tasked with re-mixing the song. He also included the track on a self-compiled chill-out album entitled Cained. In keeping with the format of the show, he included "Swollen" in a list of only eight songs he would take with him were he cast away on a desert island with limited resources. Shortly afterwards, she wrote her vocal parts for the song "Swollen", which was described by the British actor Michael Caine during his BBC Radio 4 broadcast of Desert Island Discs as "one of the most romantic songs in chill music I've ever heard". Zoë played guitars and sang on the album version of the track. Simon immediately loved it and asked her to re-record it with Bent for inclusion on their debut album, Programmed to Love (2000). At home, Johnston was using a 4 track to record guitars and vocals and had just completed an acoustic version of her song "Private Road". The band were in the process of putting together their debut album having just been signed to Ministry of Sound. She also wrote with Hubtone ("Wayback" in 1998 and "Red Balloon" in 1999), Weekender ("Sunday Session" in 2000), and created an unreleased solo EP entitled Balloon Woods (1999).Īfter reuniting as old school friends, Zoë began exchanging demos with Simon Mills (one half of the UK electronica duo Bent along with Nail Tolliday). Johnston received praise in early write-ups with one reviewer finding her vocals to be "so distinctive, almost unearthly". Numerous remixes of the album tracks followed. In all work with Neon Heights, Zoë is credited under the moniker "Zed J". Zoë wrote with Nottingham-based house duo Simon White and Cal Gibson, firstly on the single "Cherry Trees" (1999) and then on a number of tracks which were released on their debut album A View From the Heights, released on both vinyl and CD by Glasgow Underground in 1999. Her longest musical collaborative partnership is with UK trance group Above & Beyond. She has written and recorded songs with a number of bands including Faithless, Above & Beyond, Bent, and Delerium, and also with former Beautiful South frontman Paul Heaton as part of his solo projects. Zoë Johnston is a Grammy-nominated British singer, songwriter and artist, born in Nottingham, England c.1976. ![]()
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