A version of James K was born. Comprised of bones, reactive metals and a larynx with freckled eyes that catalyzes that mix, she can now see through all the schemes. This is the truth. When she chews gum, it’s not clear which one of her personas does it. Since their first release in 2013, describing them separately is grunt work as they switch places, cosplay each other and would most likely lull you into a lonesome dream. Together, they know how to produce, sound, film and edit. Thus, they are brought to the table, performing and DJing in clubs and theaters, along composers and children alike. Over this past year, she has performed in Japan, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico City, throughout Australia, the US, UK and Europe at festivals and venues such as Dekmantel, Sustain Release, MUTEK, Lost Festival, Solstice, Dripping Festival, Nowadays, ICA London, Volksbuhne, National Sawdust, Miscellania, Phoenix Central Park, and Public Records. In recent years she has played support for pioneer Morton Subotnick‘s final run of live shows, shared the stage with James Ferraro, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Yves Tumor, Arushi Jain, and Priori, among many others.

She released her sophomore LP, ‘Random Girl,’ on Incienso in September 2022, has released with labels such as AD 93, PAN, iDEAL, Dial, UNO, among others, and started her label She Rocks! in 2015. Her collaboration with hoodie, a 10” titled ‘Scorpio,’ was released in summer 2023 via AD 93, landing on numerous EOTY lists, and she followed up with another single this summer which has garnered similar attention thus far. K has been a resident on NTS, with her show, ‘Trip Lick,’ since 2019, and she has provided mix’s for series such as Dekmantel, Crack and Fact. She has collaborated with artists such as Moin, Perko, Heurco S., Priori, Special Guest DJ, Beta Librae, Yves Tumor, Drew McDowall, LEYA, Parris. She produces music that makes temporary haven for indomitable lyrics – and these are in constant flux. You can check what they are here: [917 908-1173]. It’s only a part of her fairly detailed world. A world that she abandons and then builds upon.

Sometime you can’t hear the words……since anything beyond everything she wants to give you a hint…..it’s not pretty (but it’s pretty)

Take a sip of water before your memory error blinks. Dial to K. Listen to the disfragmented territory and the cast of it she’s making. It might not be what you will have thought tomorrow.

 

Press Links

Dazed Magazine – On Random Girl, James K Is Building A Map To Herself

Fader – Song You Need To Know: Tempestuous Ambient Shoegaze From James K