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Juliana Day
Juliana’s music uses a haunting combination of the lower family of recorders, whistles, vocalisations, found sounds and field recordings, building up looped layers and ambient, improvised textures. Described as “fascinating and contemplative” (Jazzwise), her music takes influence from choral music, folk music, minimalism and artists such as Tim Hecker, Kali Malone, Steve Reich, Ichiko Aoba, William Basinski and Pauline Oliveros.
Her debut album “lull”, commissioned by NFOJAiM, and released on New Jazz and Improvised Recordings explores interludes- things that serve “in between” functions- places, periods of time, journeys, dreams and stages of life, and she has since released "Capillary Cycles" on the same label, a 20 minute work which explores sea and desert landscapes, as well as bodily systems/cycles.
"fascinating and contemplative" - Jazzwise Magazine
"that was a real journey wasn't it? The deft use of echo there to create this sinuous texture of sound. That was absolutely beautiful" - Freeness, BBC Radio 3
"strangely beautiful, totally immersive and absorbing" - The Jazz Mann
“music that surrounds and envelopes”
Bebop Spoken Here
Emergence Collective
Juliana co-directs Emergence Collective, who build beautiful, minimalist sound worlds that gradually evolve through improvised performance. Featuring a revolving lineup and a vibrant mix of ancient and modern instruments, the ensemble brings together exciting combinations of the North’s finest improvisors, generating a hypnotic kaleidoscope of sound, completely unique to every live performance and every space they perform in.
The group has sold out venues across the UK, released several albums, and run workshops exploring their creative process.
Their latest album 'Swimming in the early hours' is available to pre-order now.
“beautifully subtle yet hypnotic performance of stripped back improvised minimalism" The Guardian
Juliana Day & Tom Harris
Juliana Day & Tom Harris are an experimental duo exploring sound, material, and improvisation. Their collaboration repurposes reclaimed steel plates as sonic resonators, transforming industrial remnants into instruments which hold a delicate sonic power. Emerging from long-term work with FTGU Studio, Tom and Juliana have developed this concept for live performances, using a combination of lower family recorders, whistles, vocals and electronics. At the heart of the project is the unpredictable interplay between the musicians and the innate voice of the materials.
Juliana Day & Manon McCoy
This collaboration with experimental harpist, improviser and composer Manon McCoy emerged out of years of improvising and performing together, but only recently as a duo.
Together, they create music that is industrial, dark, beautiful and dreamlike. Drawing on a shared collaborative practice, they weave harp, winds, voice and electronics into fluid, responsive, improvised compositions.
They both continue to explore the boundaries of their instruments, and recently premiered work at a sold out performance with live analogue visuals from artist and filmaker Benji Wilson.
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