James HoldenUK
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James Holden is a British musician and producer whose career spans trance, techno, modular synthesis, and spiritual jazz. Known for his insatiable curiosity and technical inventiveness, he first gained recognition in the early 2000s as a remixer and DJ, before moving away from the club circuit to explore live performance and improvisation. His albums The Inheritors and The Animal Spirits mark a shift toward more expansive compositions, blending analog synthesizers, percussion, brass, and collective energy.
In 2023, Holden returned withImagine This Is A High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities, a luminous album shaped by years of experimentation, where the spirit of rave meets a deepened sonic philosophy. His performances, crafted with custom-built instruments and homemade software, blur the lines between electronic and organic, between dancefloor and ritual.
