John Parish (born 11 April 1959) is an English musician, songwriter, composer and record producer.
John Parish
Parish performing live in July 2011
Born (1959-04-11 ) 11 April 1959 (age 65) Yeovil , EnglandOrigin Bristol , EnglandGenres Alternative rock , experimental rock Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, composer, producer Instrument(s) Guitar, keyboards, drums, bass guitar, trombone, percussion, vocals Years active 1983–present Labels Thrill Jockey , Dreamboat Website john-parish.com
Parish is best known for his work with singer-songwriter PJ Harvey .[1] He has also worked with such artists as Eels , Aldous Harding , Tracy Chapman , Giant Sand , and Sparklehorse . His sister is the actress Sarah Parish .[2] Parish was born in Yeovil , Somerset and lives in Bristol . In the 1980s, his girlfriend was Maria Mochnacz .[3]
Career
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His first record release was a single "Mind Made" by the British new wave band, Thieves Like Us (1980).[4] In 1982, he formed the band Automatic Dlamini, with Rob Ellis . The changing line-up of Automatic Dlamini included Polly Harvey from 1988 until 1991. Automatic Dlamini recorded three albums: The D is For Drum (1987),[5] Here Catch Shouted his Father (1990 – unreleased but available as a bootleg), and From A Diva to a Diver (1992).[6] By the time From A Diva to a Diver was released, Harvey had left to form the PJ Harvey trio with ex-Dlamini members Rob Ellis and Ian Olliver, and Parish was playing guitar with Marc Moreland 's band The Ensenada Joyride.[7]
In 1986 Parish had begun a parallel career as a record producer working with UK bands including The Chesterfields , The Brilliant Corners , The Caretaker Race and The Becketts. In 1995 he co-produced PJ Harvey's "To Bring You My Love ", on which he also played guitar, drums, percussion and organ.[8] He co-wrote and produced The Eels album Souljacker (2001), and played guitar on the world tour that accompanied its release. He has produced and/or played on a number of Howe Gelb / Giant Sand albums and frequently appears onstage with them.[9] Parish produced the Giant Sand album Chore of Enchantment (2000), and a photograph of his wedding in Tucson in 1998 was used as the cover for the 2011 re-release of the record.
He also began working as a film composer in 1998, writing the score for Belgian director Patrice Toye 's debut film, Rosie .[10] Parish's score won the Jury Special Appreciation prize at the 1999 Bonn Film & TV Music Biennale. He has since scored another ten soundtracks.
Parish has now worked on seven albums with Harvey, including two co-written albums: Dance Hall at Louse Point (1996) and A Woman A Man Walked By (2009). He played in the PJ Harvey touring band (guitar/drums/keyboards) from 1994 to 1999, from 2009 to 2012 and from 2015 to 2017.[11] He co-produced and played on To Bring You My Love (1995), White Chalk (2007), the Mercury Prize winning Let England Shake (2011), The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016) and I Inside the old year Dying (2023).
He has produced and played on two albums by New Zealand singer-songwriter Aldous Harding , two This Is the Kit albums and two albums by Malian artist Rokia Traoré . He has also collaborated several times with two established European stars, the Italian singer Nada and Belgian singer Arno .
Partial discography
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Solo
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Rosie (2000)
How Animals Move (2002)
Once Upon a Little Time (2005)
She, A Chinese Original Soundtrack (2010)
Screenplay (2013)
Bird Dog Dante (2018)
Scores
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Collaborations
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John Parish & Polly Jean Harvey – Dance Hall at Louse Point (1996): Writer, Producer, Various Instruments
Spleen – Soundtrack To Spleen (1997): Co-writer, guitar, percussion
Spleen – Little Scratches (1998): Co-writer, guitar, percussion
Eels – Souljacker (2001): Producer, co-writer, various instruments
PJ Harvey & John Parish – A Woman a Man Walked By (2009): Writer, producer, various instruments
Playing Carver [15] (2014): Producer, guitar, vocals
Kira Skov - Spirit Tree (2021)
Eels – Extreme Witchcraft (2022): Producer, co-writer, various instruments
Productions
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PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love (1995): Producer, Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Drums
16 Horsepower – Low Estate (1997): Producer, Various Instruments
Giant Sand – Chore of Enchantment (2000): Producer
Bettie Serveert – Private Suit (2000) : Producer
Thou – Put Us in Tune (2000): Producer, mix
Dominique A – Auguri (2001): Producer, various instruments
Morning Star – My Place in The Dust (2001): Producer
Sparklehorse – It's a Wonderful Life (2001): Co-Producer, Various Instruments
Tracy Chapman – Let it Rain (2002): Producer
Thou – I like Girls in Russia (2004): Producer
Morning Star – The Opposite is True (2004): Producer
Jennie DeVoe – Fireworks and Karate Supplies (2004): Producer
Nada – Tutto l'amore che mi manca (2004): Producer
Afterhours – Ballate per piccole iene (2005): Producer e guitar on Ballata per la mia piccola iena
Dionysos – Monsters in Love (2005): Producer
PJ Harvey – White Chalk (2007): Producer
Tom Brosseau – Cavalier (2007): Producer
Magic Rays – Off the Map (2007) : Producer
Marta Collica – Pretty and Unsafe (2007) : Producer
Afterhours – I Milanesi Ammazzano il sabato (14 ricette di quotidiana macabra felicità) (2008): Producer
Jennie DeVoe- Strange Sunshine (2009): Producer
This Is The Kit – Krulle Bol (2008): Producer, drums
Cesare Basile – Storia di Caino (2008): Producer, guitar.
Marta Collica – About Anything (2009): Producer
Maika Makovski – Maika Makovski (2010): Producer, guitar, drums, bass, banjo
Kira – Look Up Ahead (2010): Producer
Zender – Sunday Kids (2010): Mix
Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children – Nive Sings (2010): Producer, drums, guitar, bongos
Peggy Sue – Acrobats (2011): Producer
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (2011): Producer, guitar, drums, vocals, keyboards, trombone
Arno – Future Vintage (2012): Producer, guitars, drums
KT Tunstall – Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon (2013): Mix
Jay Diggins – Searching (2013): Co-Producer with Jay Diggins, various instruments
Mazgani – Common ground (2013): Co-Producer with Mick Harvey, various instruments
Jenny Hval – Innocence is Kinky (2013): Producer, guitar, drums, variophon
Rokia Traoré – Beautiful Africa (2013): Producer
Jennie DeVoe – Radiator: The Bristol Sessions (2014): Producer
Arno –Human Incognito (2016): Producer
PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016): Co-Producer, various instruments, backing vocals
Rokia Traoré - Ne so (2016): Producer
Nadine Khouri – The Salted Air (2017): Producer, various instruments, backing vocals
Aldous Harding – Party (2017): Producer
This Is the Kit - Moonshine Freeze (2017): Producer
Nada – È un momento difficile, tesoro (2019): Producer, Various Instruments
Aldous Harding – Designer (2019): Producer[16] [17]
Jesca Hoop - Stonechild (2019)
Arno - Santeboutique (2020)
Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg (2021)
The Goon Sax - Mirror II (2021)
Aldous Harding – Warm Chris (2022): Producer, Various Instruments
Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork (2022)
PJ Harvey - I Inside the old year Dying (2023): Producer, Various Instruments
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References
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^ [1][permanent dead link ]
^ Parish, John and Sarah (2 April 2009). "John and Sarah Parish in conversation". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 May 2020 .
^ "Maria Mochnacz's best shots". The Guardian . 18 October 2019. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021 .
^ "Thieves Like Us (2) - Mind Made". Discogs.com . Retrieved 11 May 2020 .
^ "Automatic Dlamini - The D Is For Drum". Discogs.com . Retrieved 11 May 2020 .
^ "Automatic Dlamini - From A Diva To A Diver". Discogs.com . Retrieved 11 May 2020 .
^ "Marc Moreland - The Official Site". 4 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2020 .
^ To Bring You My Love (Island Records 1995) Sleeve Notes.
^ "home". Howegelb.com . Retrieved 11 May 2020 .
^ "Rosie". IMDb.com . Retrieved 11 May 2020 .
^ "John Parish official website". Johnparish.com . Retrieved 11 May 2020 .
^ "Water". IMDb.com . Retrieved 15 August 2020 .
^ "Waltz". IMDb.com . Retrieved 15 August 2020 .
^ a b c "Patrice Toye". IMDb.com . Retrieved 15 August 2020 .
^ "PLAYING CARVER - John Parish". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014 .
^ "John Parish". 12 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2020 .
^ "John Parish". Discogs.com . Retrieved 11 May 2020 .
External links
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Official website
Cat On The Wall Interview
June 2009 Interview with L.A. Record
PJ Harvey and John Parish interview with The Guardian writer John Harris