Biography
Joel & Julia Bio
Joel Nicholson (Butcher The Bar) and Julia Guther (Guther) have known each other for a couple of years, after Julia designed the delightful cover art for Butcher The Bar's debut release, 'Sleep At Your Own Speed' on Morr Music. Since then, they became friends, and after both contributing work to 'A Good Crop' in 2008, Joel and Julia decided to work together on a track for EardrumsPop's collaborative themed release, 'Between Two Waves'.
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About Julia Guther:
Julia Guther is a Berlin based graphic designer, illustrator and musician.
In 2002 she formed the band Guther (with Berend Intelmann, and later Patrick Arp) releasing both ‘I Know You Know’ in 2003, and the Norman Nitzsche produced ‘Sundet’ in 2006 on respected German indie label Morr Music.
As a graphic artist, Julia has worked closely with Morr music, providing cover artwork for the likes of Telekenesis, The Go Find, Au Revoir Simone, The Wooden Birds & Butcher The Bar, and has played an integral role in contributing to Morr’s unique identity.
More recently, Julia produced artwork for Japanese label Ralley, which has resulted in a support slot with musician Yuri Miauchi on his tour of Japan in May 2010.
www.juliaguther.de| www.myspace.com/morrmusicguther
About Butcher The Bar:
Butcher The Bar is Manchester based musician Joel Nicholson.
Joel began writing and recording music as a solo artist in the Spring of 2007 using a collection of second hand instruments and a Fostex. A copy of these demo's ended up in the hands of Thomas Morr, and by the Summer of 2008, Butcher The Bar had signed to Morr Music and released debut album 'Sleep at Your Own Speed'. Joel is currently working on a second Butcher The Bar record.
www.myspace.com/butcherthebarband
Tell us about the song:
Joel, 'Pope Pius X is my first attempt at writing a song that references my youth in and around my hometown of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and more specifically, is an example of how nostalgia can blur the details of reality. I felt that a good way to suggest this idea was to place a series of specific incidents into a song, in an attempt to recreate the way we fuse various independent occurances to form one singular feeling. Or rather, how fitting it would be to consider nostalgia by cramming ten years of youth into a three and a half minute pop song?
Pope Pius X is the name of a catholic school which neighboured the house that i grew up in, and their playing field was a popular place to spend time as a kid. That place, along with a handful of other moments mentioned in the song, help summarise my youth in a non-specific fashion, much like that of nostalgic sentiment.'
Why did you choose to work together, and how did you meet?
Joel, 'Julia and I met in February of 2008 in Berlin. Julia would be lending her wonderful artistic vision to design the cover art for Butcher The Bar's debut record, 'Sleep At Your Own Speed'. Since then we have stayed in touch and become friends, and when Knut contacted us about the collaboration compilation I thought it would be a great opportunity to work with Julia, and a fun way to form a song.'
Do you have plans to do more music together?
The song we contributed for this compilation is intended to appear on the next btcher The Bar record, using either this version, or recording the song again to realise an alternative identity, but that is up in the air at present. Hopefully we will work together again in the future..
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