Jamie T

Infobox musical artist
Name = Jamie T


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Jamie Treays
Born = birth date and age|1986|01|8
Origin = Wimbledon, South London, England
Instrument = Acoustic Bass, Guitar, Keys
Genre = Grindie
Indie rock
Grime
Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 2005 - Present
Label = Virgin
URL = [http://www.jamie-t.com/ Official website]

Jamie Treays (born 8 January 1986), known by his stage name Jamie T, is a 22-year-old English singer/songwriter from Wimbledon, South London. He attended The Hall School Wimbledon and then Reed's School in Cobham, Surrey, England until he was 16 and is currently signed to Virgin Records, but released his "Betty and the Selfish Sons" EP on his own Pacemaker Records label.

He defeated Jarvis Cocker and Thom Yorke to win the "Best Solo Artist" at the 2007 Shockwave NME Awards [cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/jamie-t/26754|title=Jamie T wins Best Solo Artist|publisher=NME] . He has also been nicknamed "one man Arctic Monkey". [cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/artists/jamie-t|title=Jamie T Biography|publisher=NME] Canvas Magazine have described him as "like the bastard lovechild of Billy Bragg and Mike Skinner doing his best Joe Strummer impression" [cite web|url=http://www.canvasmag.co.uk/music/4music_profile_jamiet.html|title=Jamie T profile|publisher=Canvas Magazine] .

On 17 July 2007, Jamie T's debut album "Panic Prevention" was shortlisted as one of the 12 nominees for the Mercury Prize.

Music career

Zane Lowe made "Salvador" his single of the week and "Back in the Game" his Hottest Record in the World. On Jo Whiley's show, "Back in the Game" featured as her "Pet Sound" and more recently his single "Sheila" was Whiley's Record of the Week. Jamie's single "Sheila" has been playlisted by BBC Radio 1 thus receiving more airtime across all shows. Jamie's songs received a lot of airplay on XFM throughout 2006, especially "Sheila" and "If You Got The Money". "Sheila" was released on 3 July 2006. Two videos were made for song; The first video in 2006 consisted of monkeys living in a house and short clips of Jamie singing, while the second video in 2007 features actor Bob Hoskins walking along the River Thames lipsynching to the lyrics. On 16 October 2006, Jamie released his anthemic tune, "If You Got the Money" which reached #13 in the charts. Currently, Jamie T is on an extensive tour of the UK, playing major towns and cities. During this tour and past tours Jamie T has handed out volumes of his mixtape "Panic Prevention Disco" to fans; the cassettes chronicle his favourite songs and influences. His next single "Calm Down Dearest" was released in the UK on 15 January 2007 and reached #9, his first top 10 hit [cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/25810|title=This week's releases 15 January 2007|publisher=NME] . His debut album "Panic Prevention" was then released on 29 January 2007 [cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/25149|title=Jamie T completes debut album|publisher=NME] . When he was younger and used to suffer from panic attacks [cite web|url=http://www.skinnymag.co.uk/content/view/3845/|title=Jamie T - Pacemaker|publisher=The Skinny] , hence the album name. "Panic Prevention" was leaked onto the internet on 18 December 2006. Lily Allen provided backing vocals on the song 'Rawhide' the B-side to the rerelease of 'Sheila' on 7 May 2007.Jamie T won the Best Solo Artist award at the 1002bc NME Awards.

He performed on the Main Stage on 19 May 2007 in Preston for Radio 1's Big Weekend. He also performed at Glastonbury 2007, Benicassim 2007, Oxegen 2007(8 July) where he performed at the green room and Carling Weekend Leeds 2007. He played this years V Festival at the JJB Champion ARENA.

The month of September 2007 Jamie T did a US tour, and on 25 September 2007 he made his US television debut on Last Call with Carson Daly performing "Sheila" and also doing an iTunes Session EP. Jamie T is currently working on his second album with a few track titles being released; including "Murder on the green", "Sticks and stones" and "Bruce".

Discography

Albums

* "Panic Prevention" - 29 January 2007 - UK #4

EPs

* "Betty and the Selfish Sons" - 6 March 2006

ingles

*"Sheila" - 3 July 2006 - #22 (UK)
*"If You Got The Money" - 16 October 2006 - #13 (UK)
*"Calm Down Dearest" - 15 January 2007 - #9 (UK)
*"Sheila (Re-Issue)" - 7 May 2007 - #15 (UK)

7"

* Selfish Sons 7" (PANICSDJ001)
# Side A - "So Lonely Was The Ballad"
# Side B - "Back In The Game"Released in 2006, limited to 500 copies.

* Salvador (song) 7" (PANICS002)
# Side A - "Salvador"
# Side B - "Livin' With Betty"Released in 2006, limited to 500 copies.

B-Sides

If You Got The Money B-Sides

*If You Got The Money (Miloco demo version)

=Sheila B-Sides=

*Northern Line
*Sheila (live @ Panic Prevention Disco)
*Rawhide (feat. Lily Allen)
*Meet Me On The Corner
*Back To Mine For A Moonshine

Calm Down Dearest B-Sides

*Fox News
*Calm Down Dearest (acoustic)
*Feel Me (beecroft pride)

Jamie T Remixes

*Gorillaz - Kids With Guns (Jamie T's Turns To Monsters Remix)
*Hot Club De Paris - Shipwreck (Jamie T remix)
*Kid-KO - So Crazy Was The 113 [ [http://forums.jamie-t.com/viewtopic.php?t=5321 Jamie T Forums] ]
*Sheila (Cass and Ettes remix)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.jamie-t.com/ Jamie T's official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jamietwimbledon Jamie T's Myspace page]
* [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/09/19/jamie_t/ Jamie T's live performance at The Current]
* [http://www.thelanashow.com/episode_one/ Jamie T on The Lana Show]