Just Jack

Real Name:
Jack Allsopp
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Born in North London, Allsopp grew up listening to dance music including breakdance, electro hip hop and house. An amateur breakdancer at eight, he started DJing at the age of 15 and he soon became submerged in DJ culture and UK garage.
After completing a degree in Furniture Design at Kingston University, he enrolled on a community music production course, so that he can better his awareness of sampling and its potential for use. He went on to practice on perfecting his sound by night and to take on a series of jobs by day.
Allsopp's debut album, titled The Outer Marker and released in 2002 by the independent label RGR Records, was a collection of songs about modern life, relationships, and the pressures of social situations. The album spawned three singles "Paradise (Lost & Found)", "Snowflakes" and "Triple Tone Eyes".
He did not gain fame until 2007, following his TV debut on BBC2's Later with Jools Holland, and then on the Channel 4 show The Friday Night Project, where he performed the single "Starz In Their Eyes", which reached No.2 in the UK Singles Chart; the following three singles didn't make the top thirty. "Starz In Their Eyes" was also featured in the Dolce & Gabbana Summer 2008 fashion show. Kylie Minogue also did a collaboration with him, "I Talk Too Much", for the American release of his Overtones album.
His third album, titled All Night Cinema, released in 2009, was preceded by first single "Embers", which had its premiere on BBC Radio 1 on 12 January 2009 and second single "The Day I Died", which became Jack's second highest charting single on the UK Singles Chart. Both singles peaked inside the top 20. The original choice for second single was "Doctor Doctor" but the single release was subsequently postponed.
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Albums

RGRCDLP1 The Outer Marker — Just Jack Just Jack The Outer Marker (Album) RG Records, RG Records RGRCDLP1 UK 2002 Sell This Version
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172384-8 Overtones — Just Jack Just Jack Overtones (Album) Mercury 172384-8 Ukraine 2007 Sell This Version
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none Instrumentals — Just Jack Just Jack Instrumentals(CDr, Album, Promo) Universal Music none UK 2007 Sell This Version
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00602527080161 All Night Cinema — Just Jack Just Jack All Night Cinema (Album) Mercury 00602527080161 UK 2009 Sell This Version
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NNRCD002 What We Did Today — Just Jack Just Jack What We Did Today(CD, Album) Nearly Native Records NNRCD002 UK 2017 Sell This Version
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NNRCD004 Back To Ford Lane — Just Jack Just Jack Back To Ford Lane(CD, Album, Ltd, Num) Universal NNRCD004 UK 2021 Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs

RGRCD1-12 Paradise (Lost & Found) — Just Jack Just Jack Paradise (Lost & Found) (Single) RG Records RGRCD1-12 UK 2002 Sell This Version
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RGRCD5 Triple Tone Eyes — Just Jack Just Jack Triple Tone Eyes (Single) RG Records RGRCD5 UK 2002 Sell This Version
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none Snowflakes — Just Jack Just Jack Snowflakes (Single) RG Records none UK 2003 Sell This Version
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11339 Writer's Block — Just Jack Just Jack Writer's Block (Single, EP) Mercury 11339 Europe 2006 Sell This Version
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OVERDJ1 Overtones Sampler — Just Jack Just Jack Overtones Sampler Mercury OVERDJ1 Europe 2006 Sell This Version
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none No Time — Just Jack Just Jack No Time (Single, Maxi) Mercury none 2007 Sell This Version
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none Glory Days — Just Jack Just Jack Glory Days (Single, Maxi) Mercury none UK 2007 Sell This Version
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1724057 Starz In Their Eyes — Just Jack Just Jack Starz In Their Eyes (Single, Maxi) Mercury 1724057 Europe 2006 Sell This Version
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THEDAYCJ1 The Day I Died — Just Jack Just Jack The Day I Died (Single) Mercury THEDAYCJ1 UK 2009 Sell This Version
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DOCTORCJ1 Doctor Doctor — Just Jack Just Jack Doctor Doctor (Single) Mercury DOCTORCJ1 UK 2009 Sell This Version
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UNI 2009/00345 Embers — Just Jack Just Jack Embers (Single) Mercury UNI 2009/00345 Belgium 2009 Sell This Version
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none Rough/Ready Ep — Just Jack Just Jack Rough/Ready Ep(4xFile, MP3, EP) Not On Label none UK 2010
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none Winning Ep — Just Jack Just Jack Winning Ep(4xFile, MP3, EP) Nearly Native Records none UK 2014
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none Alchemist — Just Jack Just Jack Alchemist (Single) Just Jack Ltd. none 2016
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none Life Lessons Ep — Just Jack Just Jack Life Lessons Ep(5xFile, AAC, EP) Rocket Music Records Ltd. none US 2016
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none Life Lessons Remixes — Just Jack Just Jack Life Lessons Remixes(3xFile, AAC, Single) Rocket Music Records Ltd. none US 2016
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Compilations

none Remixes — Just Jack Just Jack Remixes(CDr, Comp, Promo) RG Records none UK 2002 Sell This Version
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DJ Mixes

none One Hour Of Fun — Just Jack Just Jack One Hour Of Fun(CDr, Mixed, Promo) Mercury none UK 2006 Sell This Version
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Videos

none Writers Block / Starz In Their Eyes / EPK — Just Jack Just Jack Writers Block / Starz In Their Eyes / EPK(DVDr, DVD-V, Comp, NTSC) TVT Records none US 2006 Sell This Version

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vanez.art

June 10, 2013
edited over 6 years ago
I wonder why has no one written a couple of lines about this guy yet.. His music is pretty fantastic.
I came across his songs when I was, I guess, a 9th grade schoolboy. good ol' times! I've been participating in a bunch of English language olympiades at this time. Needless to say, while preapring to them in the evening, his songs playing in my headphones with sharp and beautiful lyrics reflecting our life and things which are important to everybody involved me much more than endless grammar tests with their dead language. I'm obliged to Jack - he showed me the beauty of his native language and planted the love to it in me. I was literally studying his lyrics instead of my homework. Moreover, some lines even helped me to do speaking parts on the olympiades / write essays. :)

Apart from the lyrical thing, the musical component is very qualitative. I don't really care if he's the main producer or Jay Reynolds but what I know for sure is that Jack takes part in this and produces some elements. that's important for me when speaking about music with lyrics/voice, otherwise [if the artist just sings on a record and his name is solely represented on the cover] its 99% shit insipid pop-product, I bet ya. What I love about his music is that its really diverse (which, again, is pretty rare for song-structured music) spanning from synth-pop and hip-hop to disco and kind of ballad flavoured with lush string arrangements and clever use of samples..
Personal favourites: Deep Thrills, Lost, All Night Cinema, Triple Tone Eyes, Goth In The Disco, Aint Too Sad, Snapshot Memories..

At the moment, there are good news for his fans - although not mentioned on Discogs, new EP "Rough/Ready" was released for free not so long ago. It would be interesting where his path will lead him. Maybe he'll make some instrumental and experimental tracks.. like.. ambient hip-hop? :D Why not? I think it's pretty possible in his case.

Jack, if you're reading this, keep it up man. You're the best. So are your hilarious facebook photos! :D

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