5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: JJ Julius Son of KALEO

Name  JJ Julius Son of KALEO.

Best known for  My fashion sense, my charming personality, my love of fine wine and Aperol Spritz, plus a tune I wrote called “Way Down We Go.” 

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Current city  São Paulo, Brazil (on tour) but live in Mosfellsbaer, Iceland.

Really want to be in  Tokyo – I’ve always dreamed of going. I’d love to explore the culture and try all the amazing food…. and sake!

Excited about. Our new album MIXED EMOTIONS which comes out May 9 and the impending tour with stops at Red Rocks and BottleRock Festival in Napa. 

My current music collection has a lot of  Irish and Cuban music, but I keep recycling through older stuff. Truthfully, it’s always changing.

And a little bit of  Blues and folk.

Preferred format  Vinyl—mostly because I appreciate the time and effort people have taken to put it on wax. It’s truly a labor of love.

5 Albums I Can’t Live Without:

1

Pet Sounds, Beach Boys

Really inspiring songwriting plus revolutionary producing and sound engineering.

2

The Lion King Soundtrack, Lion King

The movie and the soundtrack had such a massive impact on me as a child. The songs are extremely well written, and it offers a lot of variety in music. To this day I think it stands the test of time. It may be one of the greatest movie soundtracks of all-time.

3

Back in Black, AC/DC

Such a powerful album, especially given they had just lost their frontman. It’s very inspiring in a way that almost every single track is great. Every song is impactful, and you don’t want to skip over any of them. I just saw AC/DC last summer in Paris alongside 80,000 others and it’s incredible to see how much these songs mean to people around the world.

4

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles

Simply one of the best albums of all-time by the best band there ever was. Evolutionary in song writing, sound recording, and almost every aspect you can think of.

5

Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd

My personal favorite album. When I heard it as a teenager, it took the meaning of an album to another level for me. I remember one of my first concerts at the age of 14 was seeing Roger Waters perform it in Iceland. It shows you how music can take you to an entirely different place in your mind and it is one of those albums you must play all the way through. It’s a journey.

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