Sarah Jay “SJ” Hawley is a soulful English art-pop electronica artist.
Her sultry haunting vocals and uplifting melancholic songs tap into the deep stuff. Trip Hop band Massive Attack called upon her to write and sing “Dissolved Girl” on Mezzanine and “Wire”, movie soundtrack to “Welcome to Sarajevo”. An engaging performer, she was invited on tour with them to promote this album.
After her Warp records release, “Yeah You”, SJ recorded and toured with producer Charles Webster in “Symmetrix”, “Lo Rise” and “Presence”, fuelling the youth revolution through the nineties with Deep House and Electronica.
From humble beginnings singing jazz and blues in the seaside town Skegness, SJ carved out a successful career as a session singer with eighty or so International releases and soundtracks. Whilst raising a family her focus shifted to coaching in vocals, performance and songwriting whilst Head Of Vocals at The British and Irish Institute of Modern Music (BIMM).
Deeply aware of the healing power of music having survived Skegness, a Stroke and Cancer, S J is now excited to release her music.
This retrospective collection of previously unreleased songs is a fusion of analogue and electronica. Feminine, earthy and soulful SJ sings moving, emotive, dark torch songs. Her signature satin voice is enchantingly melancholic, rich with emotion. Her songs powerful and poignant, shine a light on the beauty in tragedy. Reminding us that sorrow carves valleys in the soul to contain more joy.
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