Jamie Woon

Jamie Woon
Woon onstage during the Piknik in Parken festival in Oslo, 2016
Background information
Born (1983-03-29) 29 March 1983 (age 41)
OriginNew Malden, Kingston upon Thames, London, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2006–present
LabelsPMR
Websitejamiewoon.com

Jamie Woon (born 29 March 1983) is a British singer, songwriter, and record producer signed to PMR Records. He gained widespread acclaim in 2010 for his single "Night Air", which was co-produced by Burial, following his previous independent release, the Wayfaring Stranger EP.[1]

Biography

The son of a Malaysian Chinese father, and Scottish mother, Celtic singer Mae McKenna, who also has Irish ancestry. He was born and raised in New Malden in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, before his parents divorced.[2] He was educated at Sacred Heart RC Primary School (New Malden), S.T Catherines RC Middle School (Raynes Park) and Wimbledon College (Wimbledon). He later attended the BRIT School, where he graduated the year behind Amy Winehouse, whom he later supported live.[3][4]

Woon's sound and style is described as soul inflected vocals backed by samplers and programming, or a single guitar track. He describes his music as "... R&B, it's groove-based vocal-led music ..."[2]

On 4 January 2011, the BBC announced that Woon had been placed fourth in the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.[3]

Woon's debut album is entitled Mirrorwriting and was released on 18 April 2011 via Polydor Records.[5]

On 1 May 2012, Woon announced that he had to cancel several upcoming shows due to an injury.[6] Since then, there had been a lull in his activities but in March 2015, he did a collaboration with Portico for their new album Living Fields to be released in April the same year.[7]

In August 2015, a new single, "Sharpness", was released. Benji B revealed in his show on 13 August, that the new album would be called Making Time. It was subsequently released in September the same year.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[8] 		BEL
(FL)
[9] 		DEN
[10] 		NOR
[11] 		NLD
[12] 		SWI
[13]
Mirrorwriting
  • Released: 18 April 2011
  • Label: Candent Songs, Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 15 9 17 14 38 50
Making Time
  • Released: 6 November 2015
  • Label: PMR
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 50 52 — — 51 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

Title Details
Wayfaring Stranger
  • Released: 19 February 2007[14]
  • Label: Live
  • Formats: LP, digital download
iTunes Festival: London 2007
  • Released: 24 September 2007[15]
  • Label: Onetaste
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[8] 		BEL
[9] 		DEN
[10] 		FRA
[16] 		NLD
[12]
"Robots" 2007 — — — — — Non-album single
"Night Air" 2010 67 15 21 — 90 Mirrorwriting
"Lady Luck" 2011 76 29 14 84 56
"Shoulda" 2012 — 53 — — —
"Sharpness" 2015 — — — — — Making Time
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Music videos

Title Year Director
"Wayfaring Stranger" 2007 Sophie Clements[17]
"Spirits" 2008 —
"Night Air" 2010 Lorenzo Fonda[18]
"Lady Luck" 2011 —

Other appearances

Title Year Artist Album
"January" 2013 Disclosure Settle
"This Is What It Feels Like" Banks London EP
"Where You Gonna Go?" 2014 Paul White Shaker Notes
"Memory of Newness" 2015 Portico Living Fields
"Inherent in the Fibre" Darkstar Foam Island
"Oceans of Purple" 2016 Dave Okumu —

Remixes

Title Year Artist Album
"Video Games" 2012 Lana Del Rey Born to Die

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2011 MOBO Awards Best Newcomer — Nominated [19]
Sound of... BBC Sound of 2011 — Nominated [2]
2016 Mercury Prize Making Time Nominated

References

  1. ^ AshMeikle (4 September 2010). "The return of the talented Jamie Woon". Shout4Music.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Geoghegan, Kevin (4 January 2011). "BBC Sound of 2011: Jamie Woon". BBC News. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Jamie Woon". BBC Music. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  4. ^ Lester, Paul (5 November 2010). "New band of the day : Jamie Woon (No 903)". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Wear My Heart on My Sleeve". Wotyougot. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  6. ^ Jamie Woon: Important Announcement (retrieved 1 February 2013)
  7. ^ Line of the Best Fit – Listen: Portico – “Memory Of Newness” (feat. Jamie Woon) [Premiere] (2 Match 2015)
  8. ^ a b "Jamie Woon – UK Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Jamie Woon – Belgium (Flanders) Charts". ultratop.be.
  10. ^ a b "Jamie Woon – Danish Charts". danishcharts.dk.
  11. ^ "Jamie Woon – Norwegian Charts". norwegiancharts.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
  12. ^ a b "Jamie Woon – Dutch Charts". dutchcharts.nl.
  13. ^ "Jamie Woon – Swiss Charts". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011.
  14. ^ "Wayfaring Stranger Ep: Jamie Woon: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads". Amazon UK. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  15. ^ "iTunes – Music – iTunes Festival: London 2007 – EP by Jamie Woon". iTunes Store. 24 September 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  16. ^ "Jamie Woon – French Charts". lescharts.com.
  17. ^ "Wayfaring Stranger (dir. Sophie Clements)". 5 February 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2011 – via YouTube.
  18. ^ "Jamie Woon – "Night Air (Deadboy Remix)"". Stereogum. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  19. ^ "MOBO Awards 2011: Winners in full". Digital Spy. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2012.