Your name:
Chris James.
Where are you
from?
Leeds, England.
Name of band:
It's a solo
project: Chris James. Although I am also the singer songwriter in Stateless.
Who else is in
your band?
In the solo
project I work with Nick Ramm, an amazing piano player.
How would you
describe yourselves?
Folk, cinematic,
organic.
Who are your
main influences musically?
My main
influences for the solo stuff are people like Bob Dylan, John Martyn, Nick Drake,
and Tim Buckley...But I also love electronic music which is reflected in my
band Stateless.
What do you hope
to achieve in music?
Make many
albums, tour the world, collaborate with interesting artists, writers,
designers.
What has been
the highlight of your career so far, and why?
Working with DJ
Shadow was amazing. I wrote and sang two songs with him on his album The
Outsider and then we did a massive world tour with 80 shows in 20 different
countries. Was incredible.
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
Playing in
Geneva we saw a DJ who scratched vocal orgasm sounds for 45 mins. Cleared the
room!
If you had to
pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
At the moment
I'd choose my current song The Force (Song For Dylan), it's a dedication to my
favourite poet Dylan Thomas, and it's an adaptation of his poem The Force That
Through The Green Fuse Drives The Flower.
Where can we
listen to it?
the video is
here:
And you can
download the WAV or mp3 for free here:
Where can we
find out more about your music?
My facebook
page:
And Twitter:
And download
the song here:
Anything else
you’d like to say about your band/music that I forgot to ask?
The new solo
album is coming out next year, so stay tuned for tour dates, announcements,
release dates.
I also have new
Stateless music coming out too - a new submersive multi media project. And, we
are currently writing and recording our third Stateless LP.
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