Jules et Jim - Swimming CD Single
The Jules et Jim debut have now been released.  Two tracks, 'Swimming' and 'Only A Fool', were recorded and were released on the 7th of June, initially in Belgium.

"We worked at a great studio called Caraibes with a whizz-kid genius engineer, Vincent. The tracks are being mixed by a top guy called Gilles who co-incidentally worked with a band called Autour de Lucie, who I really like."
 - Julianne.  Two CD's were released, distributed by Sony.

CD 1 :
Swimming
Only A Fool  (Underwater Mix)

CD2 :
Swimming (Single Edit)
Only A Fool  (Radio Mix)
Swimming (Plastic Boat Remix)
Only A Fool  (Underwater Mix)

Although an album is expected to follow, this is a side project, of Julianne's, who is still working on her own material.  Jean-Marc Leaderman describes her solo work to be much closer to Rock than Jules et Jim.

Q Magazine - Where Are They Now
Q Magazine have feature a Where Are They Now article on All About Eve.  Possibly the first artcle on the long disbanded group for a good seven years now.  It features all the band members and the projects they have been involved in since 1992.

April 8th 1999

The Jules et Jim debut release now nears completion.  Two tracks, 'Swimming' and 'Only A Fool', were recorded last weekend and are currently being mixed for release, initially in Belgium.

"I went to Belgium last weekend to sing two tracks for the Jules et Jim project. There is now backing for the project and these two tracks will be released as a single shortly. In Belgium initially. The tracks are called 'Swimming' and 'Only A Fool'.

We worked at a great studio called Caraibes with a whizz-kid genius engineer, Vincent. The tracks are being mixed by a top guy called Gilles who co-incidentally worked with a band called Autour de Lucie, who I really like."

Julianne is now also writing material with old friends Andy Cousin and Mark Thwaite, which she describes as

"...  a healthy juxtaposition the the J et J stuff, this is really very guitar-heavy. Very exciting. This is so recent that the project doesn't even have a name."

January 2nd 1999

The Volares, a Dallas based band, that include Bucks Burnett, Dare Mason and Paul Averitt have released an album called "The Night We Taught Ourselves To Sing"

Recorded over several years, the album contains contributions from Julianne and Marty Wilson-Piper.  Read more about this album and Eric O'Dell reviews the album.

November 16th 1998
It's a great opportunity to sing out from the bottom of my lungs alongside the 'ethereal' side of me....."

Desent the new album by This Burning Effigy is soon to be released.  Read the review of the album here and watch out on the Grave News site for how to get hold of the album.

Jules et Jim demos are complete !!
The Jules et Jim demos are now complete and Julianne is sending them to record companies.  Julianne :

Well, I've finally been to Bruxelles (I loved the Eurostar !) to do the Jules et Jim demo. So its time to send copies to record companies ....  So in the words of Doris Day "Whatever will be will be"

Julianne feels relaxed about sending the demos as she sees this as a side project to whatever she eventually does herself.  Lets hope it doesn't take too long for these demos to reach fruition.

 October 24th 1998

The following is taken from the site Grave News where a sample of the song Pure Complex is available featuring Julianne's vocals. 

The band are currently locked into a north London studio completing work on their new album. Early indications is that it should be the bands most coherent work to date with everything running smoothly in the studio. Julianne Regan from All About Eve is currently working with them and the partnership is currently proving very fruitful.   The Album is now entilted "Descent" rather than the working title "Exiles". Shops will have copies next February, but we'll have copies as from the end of September for a bargain £10.  A sample of the This Burning Effigy/Julianne Regan soungwriting partnership can be heard on their website with a downloadable version of "Pure Complex"

"Pure Complex" will offically be released before the album next January and feedback (as always) is very welcome...

Visit the site Grave News for clips of the track "Pure Complex". Although not a perfect quality copy of the song it illustrates exactly how gothic the band are.  Julianne's vocals are dominant on the track, which for fans will be well worth getting a copy of.

Jules et Jim Project

Julianne will be making further progress on the Jules et Jim project, later this month and will hopefully be working some of her own tracks soon.  Julianne recently contacted our sister site In The Clouds :

"The reasons I've not been in touch have on the whole been fairly
mundane - work, sleep, work....I am currently fixated by two beautiful albums. The new Mansun album 'Six' is exquisite, musically
kaleidoscopic and lyrically it spits and whispers a negative beauty.
The other, the Manic Street Preachers new album, is such a restorative dose of dignified and simply beaautiful, well, 'anthems' I suppose.

I've always loved their lyrics, but have sometimes found elements of
the music a bit alien to me, but this album sees the music living up
to the lyrics. Both of these albums bring tears.

I'm booked onto Eurostar for the end of October to record maybe 3, 4 or 5 "Jules et Jim" songs with Jean-Marc. It really is a fairly 'pop' project despite its obliqueness. I'm also back into demo-ing some of my own things. Oddly, the lack of computer hasn't been as 'end of the world' as I'd feared. It's made me turn my attention to guitars (sorry, electric rather than acoustic!)...if only I had more *time*!

I have saved up my holiday from work and am taking two whole weeks off. I'm going to hole myself up in my room, a fridge full of yoghurt, fruit, chocolate and wine, a shelf full of inspiring literature, watch some *good* television and FINALLY get my songs into a listenable form. Write lyrics that *mean* something and set them to chords that *do* something."

Questionnaire Results are in !
May 28th 1998 Julianne is currently working on a project "Jules et Jim", with Jean-Marc, a Belgian friend of hers. Its completely unrelated to AAE or Mice and Julianne is very excited about it and seems sure it will be released.

Julianne is also working on her own material : "At the same time, I'm still working on my own songs. Each one seems to be taking a different direction, so, the only cure is to carry on and see what happens. I'm also still partially in manual-land, wire-soldering hell, so it takes time."


May 18th 1998 In a mail to Tiny Window (that's been lost in space for the last few months) Julianne clarifies the split of the project herself and Marty were working upon and a near semi-Eve reunion. Its old news now, but still an interesting read.(Read more.)


April 25th 1998 Julianne is still looking forward to recording music but is understandably put off by the music industry that has let her down. In a posting to the Eve's mailing list she states :

"I AM desperate to do some music, but I am in no position to give up my job. I am fortunate in that my sister has given me her Mac on a long-term loan, so, with the help of Cubase, I am now able to write again. I just need to clear the decks and plug in. I don't know if music will ever be a full-time thing again. I sometimes wish that it could be, but, deep down, feel that it would be hard for me to deal with the 'industry' again. I don't have the patience required to humour/deal with the people involved. I'm going to take it step by step. Write some songs, sing them, and then decide whether it's appropriate to try to get a record deal, or, to release the stuff myself. Whatever, I do promise to keep you in the picture."


April 18th 1998'Stars In Their Eyes' a popular Saturday night TV talent show hosts a Julianne Regan looky-likey singing Martha's Harbour. (See Julianne's reaction.)


February 23rd 1998Julianne relents and finally speaks to our sister site 'In The Clouds' to generously answer some questions. (See more)