{"title":"Loraine James","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoraine James is a British electronic producer and musician based in London. With her unique blend of experimental beats and soulful melodies, she has quickly gained recognition in the music industry. Her innovative soundscapes push boundaries and challenge traditional genres, making her a standout artist in the electronic music scene. Whether performing live or producing tracks in the studio, Loraine James continues to captivate audiences with her mesmerizing compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an accomplished musician, Loraine James has released several critically acclaimed albums and EPs. Her ability to seamlessly fuse different musical styles creates a refreshing listening experience for fans worldwide. From ambient textures to hard-hitting basslines, each track showcases her exceptional talent as a producer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a growing fan base and numerous collaborations under her belt, Loraine James is undoubtedly one of the most exciting artists to watch out for. Her dedication to pushing creative boundaries sets her apart from other musicians in the industry. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to her music, exploring Loraine James' discography is sure to be an immersive journey into the world of cutting-edge electronic music.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gentle-confrontation","title":"Gentle Confrontation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGentle Confrontation\u003c\/i\u003e, Loraine James's third Hyperdub album, opens a new chapter of her real and sonic life in which she\nexamines her past and present. It's a positively languid, enjoyably disjointed set made while listening to her teenage favourites;\nmath rock and emo-electronic such as DNTEL, Lusine and Telefon Tel Aviv.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album also features an ever more diverse set of peers, placing them in her unusual musical settings and drawing out sensitive\nand reflexive performances. At other times the album stretches out into a drifting ambience as if seeking a sense of bliss in the\neveryday.\u003ci\u003e Gentle Confrontation\u003c\/i\u003e is about relationships (especially familial), understanding, and giving back a little grace and care,\nwhile the tone of the record criss-crosses watery ambience with denatured rhythm and asmr beats.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese 16 tracks are Loraine's best work yet, and a personal and musical leap forward, delivering a totally unique vision of\nelectronic pop music.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hyperdub","offers":[{"title":"Pink LPx2 | Rough Trade Exclusive","offer_id":50405582930251,"sku":"2026042","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":50405582602571,"sku":"2026039","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50405582405963,"sku":"2026038","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/HDBLP064_Gentle_Confrontation_packshot_a60b1bee_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726579446"},{"product_id":"building-something-beautiful-for-me","title":"Building Something Beautiful For Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eCelebrated UK producer Loraine James joins Phantom Limb for breathtaking homage to vital NYC composer Julius Eastman, reinterpreting, reimagining and responding to key works for a brand new album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1990, the composer Julius Eastman quietly passed away, out of the spotlight, a young man. By his death substance-addicted, homeless and broke, he was unforgivably overlooked in his lifetime. Still, the legacy of creative work he leaves is far more befitting to celebration than destitution. Only a portion of his music remains - a deeply regrettable sidenote to an already heartbreaking story - but this work represents a glorious and beautifully hued depiction of a composer totally in step with any modern great we could name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhantom Limb are long-term fans of both Eastman and Loraine James. Using their rare, fortuitous connection with Julius’ surviving brother Gerry, the label began this new project in summer 2021, hoping to continue the current tide of efforts to reinstate Eastman’s rightful place in 20th-century composition. Loraine was offered a zip drive of Eastman originals (courtesy of Gerry Eastman), Renee Levine-Packer \u0026amp; Mary Jane Leach’s illuminating biography Gay Guerilla (University of Rochester Press, 2015), and transcribed MIDI stems (courtesy of Phantom Limb A\u0026amp;R James Vella), and the resulting album \u003ci\u003eBuilding Something Beautiful For Me\u003c\/i\u003e carries the Eastman torch with finesse and sensitivity. Loraine employs samples, melodic motifs, themes and imagery, and inspiration from Eastman’s canon, slicing, editing, pulling apart and playing samples like instruments to craft a stunning album that venerates Eastman’s genius while adhering to her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpeaking in similar tongues as young, gay, Black, independent creatives in a challenging environment, the two musicians are bound closely together, despite a six-year gap between their lives ever intersecting. James includes the original Eastman title in many of her tracks, appending the source material in parentheses to mark the lineage of the work - a clear, traceable thread from the heavenly to the sublime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbum opener “Maybe If I” riffs on Eastman staple Stay On It. Its arrestingly pretty central melody is reshaped into a living, undulating canvas on which James’ IDM-inspired beat production flickers and swirls. A repeated vocal line pulls Eastman’s towering work of modern minimalism towards reclassification as a “song”. Next follows “The Perception of Me (Crazy N–)”, channelling Eastman’s righteous anger and knowing reclamation of the brutally charged N-word into a quasi-ambient exploration of Eastman piano samples set to skittering beats. Elsewhere, opening side B, “Enfield, Always” acts as a creative response to our past master. While Eastman purposefully, slyly intermingled Uptown NY’s stuffy professionalism with Downtown’s loose fervour, Loraine is a London artist, bound into her locale with the same honour and justified sentimentality as Eastman was with his. 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In contrast to the brash splashes of 2019’s \u003ci\u003eFor You And I \u003c\/i\u003eLP and the grimey anger of \u003ci\u003eNothing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReflection\u003c\/i\u003e is pared-down and confident, taking the listener through how last year felt as a young black queer woman in a world that has suddenly stopped moving, the arc of the album peppered with Loraine's diaristic confessions. Starting positively with the gentle pop-trap of ‘Built To Last’ ft Xzavier Stone, into the bumpy instrumental of ‘Let's Go’, the album switches tone with ‘Simple Stuff’, followed by regular collaborator Le3 bLACK amplifying Loraine's vulnerability on the downcast drill of ‘Black Ting’, then ‘Insecure Behaviour And Fuckery’ is a techno glide which pairs Nova's confrontational plea for respect, delivered in monotone autotune, against deep Drexciyan chords. With Baths on vocals, the weightlessness of ‘On The Lake Outside’ soothes numb feelings, and Eden Samara explores the shadow world of anxious dreams on the airy R\u0026amp;B of ‘Running Like That’. Closing track ‘We're Building Something New’ with Manchester rapper Iceboy Violet brings the album together, confidently suggesting a new world is in reach. \u003ci\u003eReflection \u003c\/i\u003eis a brave step forward for a unique and creative 21st century musician.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hyperdub","offers":[{"title":"Violet | LP","offer_id":50461140025675,"sku":"1116649","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50461139501387,"sku":"1116550","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50461138288971,"sku":"1116549","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8d6c4c80-ccd6-4371-9d77-67407484bedc_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727243873"},{"product_id":"for-you-and-i","title":"For You and I","description":"\u003cp\u003eRaised in the multicultural and mind-broadening London borough of Enfield, Loraine James grew up hearing everything from steel pan music to Metallica, from jazz and electronica to drill and grime, and the results of this exposure can be heard on \u003ci\u003eFor You And I\u003c\/i\u003e. In part the album explores the complexities of being in a queer relationship in London - “I’m in love and wanted to share that in some way … to make songs that reflect layers of my relationship.” – and as a whole \u003ci\u003eFor You and I \u003c\/i\u003eis rhythmically free flowing and sprawling, with melodies that evolve into rippling keys, feeling like a live jam session with a jazz mentality, contrasting the delicate and abrasive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpener \u003ci\u003eGlitch Bitch\u003c\/i\u003e is a warm ear-worm, brandishing swirling textures with undulating keys and compressed percussion, with an introspective theme revisited soon after on third track \u003ci\u003eSo Scared\u003c\/i\u003e, whose glitched percussion and syncopated dub bassline build to a frantic meltdown melody. 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