Julian Hamilton

Julian Hamilton
Hamilton of The Presets, Parklife Festival,
Wellington Square, Perth in October 2012
Background information
Birth nameJulian Thomas Hamilton
BornSeptember 1976 (age 48)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenresElectro
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Vocals, keyboards
Years active2001–present

Julian Thomas Hamilton (born September 1976) is an Australian singer-songwriter and keyboardist, who, with bandmate Kim Moyes, formed the electronica duo, The Presets in 2003. They have issued four studio albums, Beams (September 2005), Apocalypso (April 2008), Pacifica (September 2012), and Hi Viz (June 2018). 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.