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Alain
Johannes
Alain
Johannes first earned recognition on the music
scene when he formed Eleven with his
late wife, Natasha
Shneider, and drummer
Jack Irons (Red Hot Chili
Peppers, Pearl Jam). They
recorded five critically-acclaimed albums which
have won the respect and admiration of fellow musicians.
They toured extensively with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden
and Queens of the Stone Age, joining the latter
as touring and recording members
for several years.
A
gifted musician and songwriter, Alain has performed,
engineered
and produced recordings for many artists,
amassing fantastic instruments and equipment from all
over the world.
Check out pictures here.
Earlier
this year, Alain debuted his first solo album, "Spark." The
album, available in stores everywhere, has received
rave reviews. More
details at www.alainjohannes.com.
Read
what other artists have to say about working with
Alain here.
Some
career highlights to date include:
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CP=co-produced
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CW=co-wrote
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› Chris
Cornell -
Alain co-produced, engineered and mixed
Cornell's
debut album,
"Euphoria Morning." He recorded the album
at his studio, 11AD, performing and
arranging all of
the tracks
as well as
co-writing many of them.
Alain
recently co-produced "The Keeper" with Chris for the
film
'Machine
Gun Preacher.'
› Queens
of the Stone Age -
Alain engineered several projects for this
band
as well as co-wrote several songs on "Songs For The Deaf" and
Lullabies To Paralyze." Alain
has also performed on
these albums.
› Eagles
of Death Metal - "Peace, Love and Death Metal"
and "Death
By Sexy" recorded
and mixed at 11AD.
› Adam
Lambert - Alain co-wrote "Time For
Miracles" with his late wife,
Natasha. The
song was performed by Adam Lambert for the motion
picture
'2012' and was also included on his album
'For
Your
Entertainment.'
› No
Doubt - Alain began his relationship
with No Doubt by engineering
"Return To Saturn."
Alain and Natasha
also co-produced "Love To Love You Baby"
which appeared on the "Zoolander" soundtrack,
as well as several tracks on
"B-Sides" album.
› Live -
Their album "V" was recorded at 11AD and co-produced/engineered by Alain.
› Brian
May (Queen) and Jimmy Gnecco -
Alain and Natasha wrote "Someone
To Die For" which is on the Spider-man 2 soundtrack.
› Desert
Sessions 7&8 and 9&10 -
Alain and Natasha have performed and written on
this critically acclaimed series
of callaborations which include P.J. Harvey,
Josh Homme and Dean Ween, as
well as many others.
Selected
PRODUCTION / MIX credits
-
Mark Lanegan Band - forthcoming album 'Blues
Funeral' (4AD) (P-E-M)
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Chris Cornell - Songbook (UME) (M)
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Chris Cornell - "The Keeper" from
the 'Machine Gun Preacher' (Relativity Media)
(CP-E-M)
Golden
Globe nominee "Best Original Song in a Motion Picture"
(2011)
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Black Box Revelation - My Perception (T4
Tunes) (P-E-M)
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Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 - theme song (Cartoon
Network) (CP-CW)
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Alain Johannes - Spark (RekordsRekords/Ipecac)
(P-E-M)
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Them Crooked Vultures - several tracks from
Them Crooked Vultures (Interscope) (E)
Gold
in Canada
Grammy
Winner "Best Hard Rock Performance" (2010)
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Adam Lambert - "Time For Miracles" from
For Your Entertainment (RCA) (CW)
and the motion picture
2012 (Columbia Pictures) (CW)
#3
debut on Billboard's Top 200
Platinum
in Canada
Gold
in US
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Natalie Imbruglia - 'What You Up To' from
forthcoming album Come to Life (Island) (P-CW)
-
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
(Domino) (E)
#1
debut on Billboard's European Top 100 Albums Chart,
a first for the band.
- Nosfell - Nosfell (V2) (P-E-M)
- Spinnerette -
Spinnerette (Anthem) (P-E-M)
- People
In Planes - Beyond The Horizon (Wind-Up)
(P-E-M)
- Queens
of the Stone Age - Era
Vulgaris (Interscope) (E-M-CW)
album debuted
at #14 on Billboard's Top 200, #5 in CAN, #7 in UK
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Whitestarr - forthcoming album (Atlantic)
(P-E-M)
- Wires On Fire -
self-titled (Buddyhead) (P-E-M-CW-A)
- Eagles Of Death Metal - Death By
Sexy (Downtown) (E-M)
- Eagles Of Death Metal -
Peace, Love and Death Metal (Ant Acid Audio) (E-M)
- Eleven & Josh Homme - "Stone
Cold Crazy"
from Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (Hollywood)
(P-E-M)
- Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies
To Paralyze (Interscope) (AE-CW)
#1 album in the
UK
#5 debut on the Billboard Top 200
One
of the Top 50 Albums of 2005 - Rolling Stone
Gold
in UK and Canada
- Queens
of the Stone Age - Stone Age Complication
(Interscope) (P-E-M)
- Queens of the Stone Age - "Never
Say Never" from The Punisher
soundtrack
(Wind-UP) (P)
- Queens
of the Stone Age - "Hangin'
Tree" from Songs For The Deaf (Interscope)
(W)
- Queens of the Stone Age -
"Back To Dungaree High"
from the Turbonegro Tribute: Alpha (Hopeless) (E-M)
- Queens of the Stone Age -
B-sides (Universal/Interscope) (P-E-M)
- UNKLE - Never, Never, Land (Global
Underground) (P-RM)
- Janubia - Mother Tongue (Lengua
Materna) (M)
- Mark Lanegan
Band - Bubblegum
(Beggars Banquet) (CP-E-M)
- Live - Awake: The Best of
Live (Geffen) (P)
- Live - Birds of Pray (UK Bonus Tracks)
(Radioactive) (P)
- Live - "Deep Enough" remix from the Fast & The Furious soundtrack (Universal)
(P-E-M-A)
- Live - V (MCA) (CP-E)
- Jack Irons - Attention Dimension
(Breaching Whale) (CP-E-M-C-A)
- Smallville -
"Smallville: The Talon Mix" for the original TV soundtrack
(P)
- Steadman - Carried (Elektra) (P-E-M-A)
- Steadman - Revive (Elektra) (P-E-M-A)
- Desert Sessions -
Vol. 7, 8, 9, 10 (Southern Lord) (E-M-CW)
- Mark Lanegan Band - Here Comes That
Weird Chill (EP) (Post P-E-M)
- Mondo Generator - Drug Problem That
Never Existed (E-M)
- No Doubt - Return Of Saturn (Interscope)
(E)
- No
Doubt - Return Of Saturn B-Sides
(Interscope) (P-E-M)
- No Doubt - "Everything In Time" from
Boom Box (Interscope) (P-E-M)
- No Doubt - "Love To Love You Baby" from
the Zoolander soundtrack (Hollywood) (CP-E-M-A)
- Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
(A&M) (P-E-M-CW-A)
- Chris Cornell - "Mission 2000" from
the M:i-2 soundtrack (Hollywood) (P-E-M-CW-A)
- Chris Cornell - "Sunshower" from
the Great Expectations soundtrack (P-E-M)
- Eleven & Chris Cornell - "Ave
Maria" from A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 3 (A&M)
(P-E-M)
- Catwoman soundtrack - "Who's In
Control" (W-A)
- Brian May (Queen) & Jimmy Gnecco - "Someone
To Die For"
from the Spiderman 2 soundtrack (Sony) (W)
ELEVEN's discography
-
1991 Awake In A Dream (Morgan Creek)
- 1993 Eleven (Hollywood/Third Rail)
- 1995 Thunk (Hollywood)
- 2000 Avantgardedog (A&M)
- 2003 Howling Book (Pollen)
Videos
› Alain
Johannes "Endless Eyes" (Pukklepop 2010)
› Alain
Johannes "Unfinished Plan" (Coronet 2010)
› Alain
Johannes "Make God Jealous" (Pukklepop 2010)
› Eleven "Crash
Today"
› Eleven
"Reach Out" (live)
› Solo
with Chris Cornell
› Queens
of the Stone Age "Burn The Witch" (Jimmy Kimmel
live)
› Myspace.com/Elevenesque
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/ CW=co-wrote / A=arranged
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