Julianna Barwick
Julianna Barwick is an American ambient musician who composes using electronic loops and layered vocals. Her music is primarily choral in nature. Her debut studio album, The Magic Place, was released in 2011.
Julianna Barwick

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- Name
- Julianna Barwick
- Birthplace
- Louisiana, U.S
- Occupation
- Musician
- Born
- 2000 · Louisiana.
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- ambient music
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Julianna Barwick is an American ambient musician who composes using electronic loops and layered vocals. Her music is primarily choral in nature. Her debut studio album, The Magic Place, was released in 2011.
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• Name — Julianna Barwick • Birthplace — Louisiana, U.S • Origin — Missouri, U.S • Genre — * Ambient • new age • electronic • avant-garde • Occupation — Musician • Years Active — 2006–present • Label — * Dead Oceans • Asthmatic Kitty • InFiné • Mistletone • Current Member Of — Ombre • Website — https: juliannabarwick.com
Music career
Music career
Barwick has said that her music is influenced by her participation in church choir while growing up in Missouri. She composes with a machine to create electronic loops built around her vocalizing. She self-released her debut EP, Sanguine, in 2006. The songs are wordless with vocal overdubs, vocal percussion, and improvisation. On the EP, Florine, she uses a loop station and pedals to create minimalist repetition accompanied by layers of vocals and synthesizers. In 2010, Barwick was commissioned to remix "Reckoner" by Radiohead. During the next year, she released an album of improvisational music, FRKWYS Vol. 6, with Ikue Mori. She recorded her first full-length album, The Magic Place, on a rehearsal stage because it was soundproof and had a piano. The title of the album refers to a tree on her family's farm that was big enough to crawl into, as though the tree contained rooms shaped by the trunk and branches. In 2012, she formed the duo Ombre with Helado Negro and recorded the album Believe You Me. The title of her second album, Nepenthe, was inspired by the death of a relative. The name comes from the drug of forgetfulness found in ancient Greek literature and the work of Edgar Allan Poe. The album features the string ensemble Amiina and a choir of teenage girls. In 2016, the song "Nebula", from her third album Will premiered on NPR. A music video directed by Derrick Belcham was shot at the historic Philip Johnson Glass House. On December 20, 2019, she released an EP, titled Circumstance Synthesis, and in July 2020 she released her fourth album Healing Is a Miracle. In 2026, Barwick released a collaborative album with Mary Lattimore, titled Tragic Magic, through InFiné which includes Barwick's vocals and whistling.
Solo studio albums
Solo studio albums
• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions • US Heat. — New Age Albums • The Magic Place — *Released: February 21, 2011 *Label: Asthmatic Kitty *Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming — — — 4 • Nepenthe — *Released: August 20, 2013 *Label: Dead Oceans *Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming — 25 — 3 • Will — *Released: May 6, 2016 *Label: Dead Oceans *Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming — 21 — 3 • Healing Is a Miracle — *Released: July 11, 2020 *Label: Ninja Tune *Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming — — — —
Collaborative studio albums
Collaborative studio albums
• Title — Album details • FRKWYS Vol. 6 (with Ikue Mori) — *Released: June 14, 2011 *Label: RVNG Intl. *Formats: LP, digital download, streaming • Believe You Me (with Helado Negro, as Ombre) — *Released: August 21, 2012 *Label: Asthmatic Kitty *Formats: LP, digital download, streaming • Tragic Magic (with Mary Lattimore) — *Released: January 16, 2026 *Label: InFiné *Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
EPs
EPs
• Title — Details • Sanguine — *Released: 2006 • Florine — *Released: April 27, 2009 • Matrimony Remixes — *Released: October 4, 2011 • Pacing — *Released: March 5, 2013 • Rosabi — *Released: June 3, 2014 • Circumstance Synthesis — *Released: December 20, 2019
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Julianna Barwick was born on 1 January 2000.
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- 1.Crowell, John. Julianna Barwick. Tiny Mixtapes.
- 2.Monger, James Christopher. Julianna Barwick. AllMusic.
- 3.Juliannabarwick.com. Julianna Barwick + Discography.
- 4.Howe, Brian. Pitchfork.
- 5.Howe, Brian. Ikue Mori / Julianna Barwick. Pitchfork.
- 6.Vogl, Tamara. Beat.
- 7.Asthmatickitty.com. The Magic Place | Asthmatic Kitty Records. 2011-02-22.
- 8.Believe You Me. Asthmatic Kitty Records. 2012-06-21.
- 9.Cooper, Duncan. Julianna Barwick and Helado Negro. Fader.
- 10.Pelly, Jenn. Listen: Julianna Barwick: "Forever", From New Album Nepenthe. Pitchfork. 15 May 2013.
- 11.Hilton, Robin. First Watch: Julianna Barwick: "Nebula", From New Album Will. NPR.
- 12.Mackay, Emily. Julianna Barwick: Healing Is a Miracle review – balm for the soul. The Observer. 2020-07-12. 0029-7712.
- 13.Funder, Martin. The Harp’s Quiet Slumber. seismograf.
- 14.Tragic Magic by Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore. Metacritic.
- 15.Julianna Barwick. Billboard.
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