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*announcing* ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง - ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐
LP, CD, DD out ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ
Today, composer, producer, saxophonist and synthesist @joshuaajohn (SML, Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Flea and The Honora Band) announces a new solo album ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐, his third album under his own name and ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ @intlanthem / @nonesuchrecords , out ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ on LP, CD, and digital download (the streaming release follows on November 10).
The ten track album โ co-produced by Johnson and Paul Bryan, featuring contributions from @officialmeshell , @maciestewart , @mhillsounds , ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐๐บ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, and more โ is a marvel of electro-acoustic innovation that combines compositional brilliance and technological ambition into a mesmerizing blend of skeletal soul-jazz, post-bop, electronic minimalism, and dreamy ambience.
The spectrum of influence, clarity of intention, and confidence in craft present in Johnsonโs approach yields stunning results on ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. Whether itโs spiritual and wandering works augmented by the idiosyncratic overloads of hardware technology, stumbling funk that pulsates with the glow of otherworldly deep sea life, surrealist dancefloor cuts, or cloudy collages of shoegaze saxophone, Animative coheres into a strange and beautiful whole โ a generous and spellbinding reflection of its auteurist creator.
Listen to lead track โReeceโand pre-order Animative on limited edition *exospheric blue* color vinyl, classic black vinyl, or CD via the links in our bio today.
( Animative album cover photo by @annapowelldenton )
09 Sep 2026
Zoooooooom in on this video drawn and directed by @mikel_patrick_avery for โ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ๐ณ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒโ from @joshuaajohn โs new album ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ โavailable now on all streaming platforms, link in bio ๐
10 Nov 2026
Today @NYtimes published this incredible, extensive feature on Josh Johnson @joshuaajohn and his new IARC / Nonesuch debut album ANIMATIVE, with photos by Alex Welsh and words by scribe @_marcusjmoore โ read the full piece via our bio link, a few highlights excerpted below >>
โJohnson, 37, is an exacting multi-instrumentalist with an appetite for intricacy, one who can hear the structural possibilities in a fleeting phrase, or recognize how a strange rhythm might transform a composition. But he doesnโt want listeners to feel obliged to decipher his music. Though itโs heady and scans experimental jazz, he wants it to register physically.โ
โJohnsonโs technical command never seems to advertise itself. In an era when musicians are often encouraged to distill their identities into concise, marketable descriptions, Johnson has found opportunity in the opposite impulse: letting his interests coexist, even when they appear to contradict one another.โ
โHis playing tone has a supple, vocal quality to it โ murmuring, swelling and becoming rough around the edges. Thereโs a gentle quality to it trimmed with brief moments of shrillness.โ
โFrustrated with the conventional role of the saxophone โ where the instrument carries a melody, delivers a solo and sits in the foreground โ he wants to find ways to make it function more as background texture than simply a lead voice. By manipulating the instrumentโs sound through electronic processing, Johnson has developed a language that lets him occupy several musical roles at once โ a language that [Jeff] Parker called a significant contribution to contemporary saxophone playing.โ
โIn true Johnson form, the end point is one heโs trusting himself to move toward. โI know that what weโre looking at isnโt all there is,โ Johnson said. โIt can be much better and much more beautiful.โโ
28 Oct 2026
Los Angeles! Join us Tuesday night at @zebulonla โ two of the realest @jeffparkersounds & @jocelynmichellebrown will now be spinning heat โ Presented by @kcrw @kcrwmusic
25 Oct 2026
๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ is out NOW on LP, CD, and digital download c/o @intlanthem & @nonesuchrecords (streaming release follows on Nov 10) โฅ๏ธ
Big big love to all the folks who helped bring it to life:
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ by Josh Johnson and Paul Bryan (@paulie_be )
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ by Paul Bryan and Josh Johnson
๐ ๐ถ๐
๐ฒ๐ฑ by Paul Bryan
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ by Dave Cooley ( @elysianmasters )
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ by @like_pippen
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง - Saxophone, Synthesizer, Sampler, Piano, Rhodes, Percussion, Bass Clarinet, Guitar, Drum Synthesizer
@officialmeshell - Bass (๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ)
@paulie_be - Bass (๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐)
@maciestewart - Violin and String Arrangement (๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐)
@mhillsounds - Trumpet (๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐)
Ben Lumsdaine - Drums (๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ)
@marlonpatton - Drums (๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐)
@b_combz - Drumsย (๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ)
@aaronsteele_damn - Additional Production, Sampler (๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ)
๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ by @annapowelldenton
๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง & ๐๐๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ by @aaronlowell
mgmt: @jameslemkin @eclipseprojectsmusic
23 Oct 2026
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, AT THIS EXACT TIME !!!
๐ธ: @atibaphoto
16 Oct 2026
โ๏ผฒ๏ฝ
๏ฝ
๏ฝ๏ฝ
โ from โAnimativeโ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ w/ @buttersscup and Ben Lumsdaine
โจ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ค to see the trio IRL via links in bio
10/27 - Los Angeles - @zebulonla
11/1 - Chicago - @emptybottle
11/3 - Minneapolis - @thecedar
12/10 - Brooklyn - @publicrecordsnyc
๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ & ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ (@francescablanchard )
๐๐ & ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ - ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ต๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด (@m.o.o.n.r.u.n )
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ & ๐ ๐ถ๐
๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐๐บ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ
13 Oct 2026
Strong poster design by @struggle_inc for @jeremiahchiu / @joshuaajohn DUAL album release show at @emptybottle CHICAGO November 1st โ we'll be printing some of these to sell at the gig! Don't miss! Ticket link in the bio dome ๐
05 Oct 2026
๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป - โ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ
Chicago-raised and Los Angeles-based composer, producer, saxophonist and synthesist @joshuaajohn (SML, Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Flea and The Honora Band) shares โ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ today, a new track from his forthcoming solo album ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ (out October 23 on physical formats and digital download, with streaming release to follow on November 10, via @intlanthem / @nonesuchrecords ).
On โIt Can Be Everywhereโ Johnson creates a dreamscape with glittering synths, ethereal saxophone pads, and elegiac saxophone/violin melodies. The track has more in common with Cluster, Bitchin Bajas, Tangerine Dream, or Michael Hoenigโs classic Departure from the Northern Wasteland than with any jazz standard. Repetitious low-end synthetics and oscillating tonal polyrhythmics build to a hypnotic drone for Johnsonโs intimate sax melody to sit atop, eventually overtaking the listenerโs focus and transmuting into an almost orchestral high-register siren ring, no doubt due in part to violin contributions from @maciestewart .
Johnson says of the track: โโIt Can Be Everywhereโ is both statement and prompt โ to imagine something greater, beyond where we currently stand, and to know that we can also carry that imagined place with us.โ
The track also comes via video filmed and directed by @mikel_patrick_avery , who doubles down on the dreamscape with visions of a masked family doing domestic duties, nature walks, and dancing in their living room, all over long, Fellinian stares through the fourth wall.
Watch, listen to โIt Can Be Everywhere,โ and preorder Animative via the links in our bio today.
29 Sep 2026
CHICAGO NOVEMBER 1: dual album release show for @jeremiahchiu and @joshuaajohn at the legendary @emptybottle โ tix via the bio link !!!
14 Sep 2026
@joshuaajohn announces ๐๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฏ๐๐บ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Brooklyn this fall, with more TBA. His live ensemble for the shows will be a trio with bassist @buttersscup and drummer ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐๐บ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ. Details and tickets at Link ..
Los Angeles, CA - October 27 @zebulonla
Minneapolis, MN - November 3 @thecedar
Brooklyn, NY - December 10 @publicrecordsnyc
( poster design by @aaronlowell )
( photo of JJ by @atibaphoto )
10 Sep 2026
LOS ANGELES: please join us ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ at @2220arts for this special preview of @joshuaajohn โs forthcoming album ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐. At the event, the album will be played in full, between DJ sets from International Anthemโs @hippohq and @jocelynmichellebrown . The event is free with RSVP, link in bio.
09 Sep 2026
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