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Release Info:
Artist....: James Holden
Album.....: Live at Sonar Festival Barcelo
Supplier..: 4CHOON
Genre.....: House
Rip Date..: 19-06-2005
Year......: 2005
Grabber...: 4CHOON Grabber
Encoder...: Lame_enc
Playtime..: 55:21
Source....: Radio
Quality...: 192Kbps / 44,1kHz / Full Stereo
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Releasenotes:
James Holden is far from your average DJ-producer. With his canÆt be arsed to make an appointment with my hairdresser shaggy hair and vintage Judas Priest t-shirts (with authentic holes) he sticks out like a sore thumb amongst the clean-cut short-haired blokeÆs bloke DJs whose unremarkable faces adorn the pages of the dance music press. (ôI donÆt trust anyone who is cleaner than myself!ö jokes James).
Musically he is also a million miles from the faceless repetitive beats mentality of so many of his peers, much more likely to be listening to leftfield albums from the likes of Mogwai, Four Tet or Boards of Canada than the latest essential mix CD. James Holden is a young man plotting a course through the music world all of his very own, putting some personality back into dance music and refusing to be pigeonholed by journalists who lack the vocabulary to describe anything which doesnÆt fall into the neat little boxes upon which the dance world has been raised.
If an artist like James hadnÆt been into music from an early age youÆd be seriously worried, so we shanÆt bore you with the details, suffice to say it involved his dad teaching him piano, a man called Mr Draycott teaching him violin, an (un)healthy appetite for the music of Queen, early dabblings on his first proto-computer and the unlikely musical guidance of his A-level physics teacher towards all things electronic.
The stuff everyone is really interested in begins aged 19, with a track called ôHorizonsö. Written during his summer holidays from his maths degree at Oxford University on a ú500 PC and a piece of revolutionary music software called Buzz (a freeware internet download), this crossover anthem of the summer of 1999 propelled young James and his bedroom set-up into the top flight of dance music production. The rest, as they say, is history.
To this day, JamesÆ DIY studio set-up remains largely unchanged since those early efforts, bar a few computer upgrades here and there. Despite initial whispers throughout the establishment about ôanalogue warmthö, the days of the twenty grand studio entry level into the world of production were numbered. James had already opened the door for a new generation of talented young bedroom producer-punks who bolted after him, and now those very same doubters are left scrambling to catch up to the digital revolution which threatened to pass them by. Meanwhile, James has taken his computer production to a whole other level, exploiting the full potential which the new software opens up and unleashing a life of its own where others merely try to recreate what you could do on conventional studio equipment.
ôThereÆs always going to be these people who are going to say, æYou just donÆt get that sound unless itÆs analogueÆ,ö explains James. ôAnd itÆs just complete rubbish. You just get a different sound. And I personally prefer the sound out of a computer to the sound out of a load of rotting analogue equipment. You just need to know where to inject the life into it, and how to, and then the computer can become an instrument just like any other.ö
What James has created with this trusty PC is an edit-heavy hybrid sound all of his own, which crosses traditional genre boundaries and has found him fans in almost every scene. Holden tracks slot seamlessly into the sets of techno, trance, progressive and electro DJs alike. From pixie-trance to leftfield dance music, new wave house to melodic techno, the genre-classifiers have yet to find a label which accurately captures the unique yet universally appealing nature of HoldenÆs music. And although he has spawned many an imitator, HoldenÆs constantly evolving sound and rigorous attention to detail has been equalled by none.
To a music world obsessed by scenes, the James Holden success story reads like a catalogue of contradictions. 2003Æs collaboration with vocalist Julie Thompson, ôNothingö, was picked up by legendary UK house label Loaded, yet proclaimed by trance legend Tiesto to be his tune of the year. James has remixed everything from Crosstown Rebels electro-house to Positiva dance-pop; New Order to Britney Spears; Timo Maas dirty breaks to System 7 psy-trance; fast-rising young upstart Nathan Fake to Kirsty HawkshawÆs timeless classic ôFine Dayö. Meanwhile ôA Break in the Cloudsö, the debut release on his own Border Community label, has become an underground European techno classic, still selling by the thousand a whole year after release, making its way onto compilations from Marco Bailey and Monika Kruse and winning Holden a firm following amongst the ever forward-thinking German dance fraternity.
More recent developments on the studio front include new Holden & Thompson track ôCome To Meö, scheduled for release on his own new imprint Cottage Industries early next year, and, after a couple of years respite from remixing, a fistful of new Holden remixes: the nintendo acid and tripped out vocal mixes of Britney SpearsÆ ôBreathe on Meö; a psychedelic electro-trance version of Nathan FakeÆs ôThe Sky Was Pinkö; the dancefloor dub of System 7Æs ôPlanet 7ö; and an animal frenzy of Andre KramlÆs ôSafariö for Crosstown Rebels. Also poised on the horizon is an EP worth of new Holden tracks and, following on from 2002Æs appearance on none other than SashaÆs ôAirdrawndaggerö album, a couple of collaborations with scene stalwarts Ashley Casselle and Slacker.
JamesÆ own DJ sets embrace the same spirit of eclecticism as his productions, uniting his own tracks, remixes and exclusive re-edits with acid house, techno, electro and downtempo melodies, as demonstrated on last yearÆs groundbreaking Balance 005 mix CD. On the borders of everything yet at the same time accessible enough to be slap bang in the middle of it all, HoldenÆs unerring belief in his own musical vision and his often unorthodox fusion of tracks which the purists have traditionally grouped into distinct genres have won him dedicated followiers the world over. One of a handful of young DJs whoÆve been allowed to rise up the ranks in recent years whose age bears more relation to that of the majority of club punters, the coming year promises business as usual on the DJing front, taking in every corner of Europe, a tour of Australia and Asia and regular trips to the USA.
JamesÆ sets are always topped off with a huge helping of previously unheard fresh young prouction talent, many of whom have found a home on his Border Community label. In just one year the label has gained a reputation as a breeding ground for similarly free-spirited genre-benders from the world over, with every release fusing solid dancefloor rockers with leftfield ambient interpretations and handy dj tools. ôBorder Community is my favourite thing that I do at the moment,ö says James. ôIt is really rewarding seeing the young artists we release go on to do great things.ö Names like Nathan Fake, Petter and The MFA are now following JamesÆ lead and already beginning to leave their own unique indellible imprints on the production world. James is also keen to take his troop of multi-talented live acts and DJs on the road with him, bringing the Border Community roadshow to a town near you.
Still only 25 years old, James Holden now finds himself exactly where he wants to be. As the digital producer par excellence he is blazing a trail through as yet unchartered territory, showing those who follow in his wake how it can, and should, be done. As a DJ he gets to travel the world, surprising and delighting in equal measures, and enlarging his band of followers at every port of call. And at the helm of his own buzz label Border Community he is proving himself to be quite the A&R man, discovering like-minded souls to help turn his musical vision into reality and peddling something a little different to the record-buying public. Underlying the three components of the James Holden recipe for success is an unerring belief in his own vision and a refusal to do things the way others tell him they always have been done. He is well into the process of carving out a niche all of his very own, and is not about to let anyone stop him now.
www.jamesholden.org.uk
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