Jacob Golden is an American songwriter/singer/guitarist. After the dissolution of his former band, Birthday, in 2000 he has worked as a solo artist and collaborated with different electronica musicians and producers.

Biography

Golden currently resides in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

. His debut album Hallelujah World was released in 2002 on Rough Trade

Rough Trade Records

Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...

. He also appeared on the Faultline album Your Love Means Everything in 2002/2004. His second record Revenge Songs was released on Sawtooth/Echo in 2007.

His song 'On a Saturday' appeared in the series finale of the Fox Drama The O.C.

The O.C.

The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox television network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 21, 2007, running a total of four seasons...

.

Revenge Songs

A self-described admirer of the idea of creating "modern field recording

Field recording

Field recording is the term used for an audio recording produced outside of a recording studio. The recording is typically recorded in the same channel format as the desired result, for instance, stereo recording equipment will yield a stereo product...

s", most of the album was recorded in Jacob's home in Portland, and all background noise has been left in the finished record. On 'Zero Integrity' an ambulance siren can be heard in the background. Other tracks were recorded in underground car parks, concrete art galleries and at The Magic Closet in Portland, Oregon.

Hand made limited edition copies of 'Revenge Songs' were made.

Studio albums

• Hallelujah World June 17, 2002 (Rough Trade
  Rough Trade Records
  Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...
  
  ) UK
• Revenge Songs 2007 (Sawtooth Records/Echo) UK

EPs & Singles

• "Welcome to Life" EP (Birthday) 2000 (Rough Trade
  Rough Trade Records
  Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...
  
  ) UK
• "Jacob Golden EP" July 16, 2001 (Rough Trade) UK
• "Come on Over" October 28, 2002 UK

Collaborations

• Birthday - Welcome to Life EP
  Extended play
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   (2000)
• Faultline - Your Love Means Everything (album, 2002)

(Bitter Kiss (vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussions), Where Is My Boy (guitar with Chris Martin

Chris Martin

Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin is an English song-writer, who is the lead vocalist, pianist and rhythm guitarist of the band Coldplay. He is married to actress Gwyneth Paltrow.-Early life:...

 of Coldplay

Coldplay

Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...

 on vocals) and Green Fields (backing vocals with Michael Stipe

Michael Stipe

John Michael Stipe is an American singer and lyricist. He was the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.Stipe is noted and occasionally parodied for the "mumbling" style of his early career as well as his social and political activism. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual image; often...

 of R.E.M. on front vocals)

• Nitin Sawhney
  Nitin Sawhney
  Nitin Sawhney is an Indian-British musician, producer and composer. His critically acclaimed work combines Asian and other worldwide influences with elements of jazz and electronica and often explores themes such as multiculturalism, politics and spirituality...
  
   - Human (album, 2003)

(Vocals on Say Hello and Falling Angels)

• Faultline - Your Love Means Everything (re-release without track Bitter Kiss, 2004)
• Nitin Sawhney
  Nitin Sawhney
  Nitin Sawhney is an Indian-British musician, producer and composer. His critically acclaimed work combines Asian and other worldwide influences with elements of jazz and electronica and often explores themes such as multiculturalism, politics and spirituality...
  
   - Philtre (album, 2005)   vocals on Everything
• Little Foxes - Little Foxes EP. (2006)

External links

• Official website
• Jacob Golden at MySpace
  MySpace
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• Jacob Golden at MusicBrainz
  MusicBrainz
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• Jacob Golden at Discogs
  Discogs
  Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
  
  
• Interview from The Independent
• Interview from Webcuts
• Interview, February 2008 from stv.tv/music
• Strangers Almanac Column on Jacob Golden from Glide Magazine