Julian Hamilton

Julian Hamilton
Hamilton of The Presets, Parklife Festival, Wellington Square, Perth in October 2012
Background information
Birth name	Julian Thomas Hamilton
Born	September 1976 (age 40) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Electro
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Vocals, keyboards
Years active	2001–present
Associated acts	Prop, The Presets, Kris Menace

Julian Thomas Hamilton (born September 1976) is a singer-songwriter and keyboardist, who, with band mate Kim Moyes, formed the electronica duo, The Presets in 2003. They have issued three studio albums, Beams (September 2005), Apocalypso (April 2008), and Pacifica (September 2012). Both were previously members of another electronic group, Prop, which released two albums, Small Craft Rough Sea (2001) and Cook Cut Damage Destroy (early 2003). Hamilton has also worked as a session and touring member of Silverchair (2001–2003) and The Dissociatives (2004). At the APRA Music Awards of 2008 Hamilton and Daniel Johns (of Silverchair) won Song of the Year and Most Played Australian Work for Silverchair's single, "Straight Lines". In 2009 Hamilton and Moyes won Songwriters of the Year for their work on Apocalypso for The Presets.

Julian Thomas Hamilton, was born in September 1976 and grew up in Sydney. He attended St Andrew's Cathedral School, where he sang in the associated Cathedral Choir. He completed his Higher School Certificate in 1994.

In the following year Hamilton was studying piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he met Kim Moyes (studying classical percussion). Hamilton on keyboards and Moyes on vibraphone joined an electronic band Prop, with Jeremy Barnett on marimbas, David Symes on bass guitar and Jared Underwood on drums. Prop released their debut album, Small Craft Rough Sea, in 2001 on Undercover Music/Silent Recordings label. In October that year, Radio National's Brent Clough aired some of their tracks on his programme, Otherworlds, and described their sound as "fusing jazz, classical, minimalist, funk and techno elements into a seamless whole" and noted their "remarkably diverse influences – with selections from Olivier Messiaen and Philip Glass to Sci-Fi soundtracks, Squarepusher and Al Green".