Artist Research: Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson was born and raised on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawai. Johnson released a four track demo that caught the attention of Ben Harper's producer, J. P. Plunier, who worked with Johnson on his debut album Brushfire Fairytales in early 2001 and this would prove to be Jack's big break as it made him receive a record deal. 

Johnson went back into the studio with Adam Topol and Merlo Podlewski, who played on Brushfire Fairytales, and Mario Caldato Jr on production duties, to record his second full-length album On and On. It was the first album to be recorded at Johnson's Mango Tree Studio in Johnson's home town of North Shore, Oahu, and the first to be released through The Moonshine Conspiracy Records. On and On was released on May 6, 2003. 

In October 2004, Johnson returned to the Mango Tree Studio with Topol and Podlewski along with Zach Gil playing accordion, melodica and piano, to record his follow-up to 2003's On and On. In Between Dreams was released on March 1, 2005. 

Johnson enlisted J.P. Plunier to produce his fourth full-length studio album, Sleep Through the Static. It was recorded using 100% solar energy at the Solar-Powered Plastic Plant studio in Los Angeles. The album featured Gill, Podlewski and Topol. Sleep Through the Staticwas released on February 1, 2008 and was followed by a world tour.

On 1 February 2010, Johnson's official website announced that his fifth studio album, To the Sea, was in the recording process at the Mango Tree Studio, with a planned worldwide release during the first week of June 2010.