Johnny Whitney (born June 28, 1981) is a singer, author and multi-instrumentalist from

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. He is probably most well known for his vocals and keyboarding alongside

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in the post-hardcore band, The Blood Brothers. He is also the vocalist of

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. Johnny has also provided vocals for

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, Glowbug, Soiled Doves, and Neon Blonde. Johnny has gone on to remix songs from Jaguar Love, as well as songs by other artists: "Positive Tension" by

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, Maps by

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and a clash of "Heartbeats" by The Knife with

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's "Juicy", and is featured on

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's Remix of

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's song "Shoot Frank". Some of his remixes can be found on his "DJ Johnny Whitney" MySpace page. In 2010, Johnny provided vocals for Felix Cartal's track "Volcano", featured on the album "Popular Music". He runs a clothing company called Crystal City Clothing along with his wife Amy Carlsen. On the 21st July, 2010, Johnny released volume 1 of his acoustic mixtapes through Crystal City clothing: On October 1, 2010, Johnny released the short story "The Mermaid and the Actor" through www.crystalcityclothing.com In 2011 and 2014 Whitney collaborated with Belgium electro-pop group Arsenal (band) on their albums Lokemo and Furu. He joined them on several live gigs in Belgium. They headlined the Rock Werchter festival. As of 2020, Whitney is inactive in music, and now works as a UI Developer at Netflix.

References

External links

Johnny Whitney on Tumblr

DJ Johnny Whitney MySpace page

Johnny Whitney Acoustic Mixtape MySpace page
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