Desire & Johnny Jewel

Performers

• Desire & Johnny Jewel
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  JOHNNY JEWEL

  Johnny Jewel is an American record producer, composer, photographer, and visual
  artist. He is a multi-instrumentalist widely known for combining the sounds of analog
  synthesizers with electro acoustic instruments. He has been recording and releasing
  records since the mid-1990s. For the last twenty years, Jewel has owned and operated
  his own independent record label, producing and releasing dozens of albums, including
  a number of critically acclaimed pop records from acts such as Glass Candy,
  Chromatics, and Desire.
  As a composer, Jewel is known for his work with Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn
  on the films Bronson (2008) and Drive Soundtrack (2011), and the A&E crime drama
  series Those Who Kill (2014). Jewel scored actor Ryan Gosling's 2015 directorial debut
  ,Lost River Original Motion Picture Score as well as Belgian director Fien Troch's 2016
  film Home Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, for which he won the Georges Delerue
  Award. Along with Chromatics (on screen), his various works soundtracked the David
  Lynch television series Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series).

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  Desire

  Dream pop for the broken heart. Desire is an electronic band formed on the snowy streets of Montreal & currently based in Los Angeles. On stage, vocalist Megan Louise pivots between French & English while draped in latex from head to toe. Joined by multi-instrumentalist Johnny Jewel (Chromatics, Glass Candy).
  

  As a flagship artist of the influential record label Italians Do It Better, they have scored runways for Versace, Fendi, Dior, Chanel, & Bottega Venetta as well writing music for films by Nicolas Refn, David Lynch, & Ryan Gosling. Desire gained worldwide exposure with their hit song “Under Your Spell,” which was featured prominently in 2011's neon noir film, Drive.

  
In 2019, Desire co-headlined the Double Exposure world tour with label mates Chromatics. The performances were complete sonic & visual emersion for the audience. Their brand of 1980's infused synth wave was accompanied by ultra-vivid surrealist films projected throughout their set.