Leifur James - Magic Seeds
Over the past few years, James has steadily built a reputation as a vital new voice in electronic music on both sides of the Atlantic.
Third album Magic Seeds is a rebirth of sorts and his most ambitious project yet. At the beginning of the recording process, James went into the studio in London and played keys with drummer Leo Taylor (The Invisible), violinist Raven Bush (Speakers Corner Quartet) and producer/engineer Oli Bayston (whose recent credits include Kelly Lee Owens). “It was just the four of us in a room for one day, improvising and enjoying the thrill of playing together,” he says. “I was thinking of the Talk Talk record Spirit of Eden, the way they wrote it for months in the dark and then heavily edited it afterwards. I wanted that feeling of a real room of musicians, rather than using samples.”
Over the past few years, James has steadily built a reputation as a vital new voice in electronic music on both sides of the Atlantic.
Third album Magic Seeds is a rebirth of sorts and his most ambitious project yet. At the beginning of the recording process, James went into the studio in London and played keys with drummer Leo Taylor (The Invisible), violinist Raven Bush (Speakers Corner Quartet) and producer/engineer Oli Bayston (whose recent credits include Kelly Lee Owens). “It was just the four of us in a room for one day, improvising and enjoying the thrill of playing together,” he says. “I was thinking of the Talk Talk record Spirit of Eden, the way they wrote it for months in the dark and then heavily edited it afterwards. I wanted that feeling of a real room of musicians, rather than using samples.”
Over the past few years, James has steadily built a reputation as a vital new voice in electronic music on both sides of the Atlantic.
Third album Magic Seeds is a rebirth of sorts and his most ambitious project yet. At the beginning of the recording process, James went into the studio in London and played keys with drummer Leo Taylor (The Invisible), violinist Raven Bush (Speakers Corner Quartet) and producer/engineer Oli Bayston (whose recent credits include Kelly Lee Owens). “It was just the four of us in a room for one day, improvising and enjoying the thrill of playing together,” he says. “I was thinking of the Talk Talk record Spirit of Eden, the way they wrote it for months in the dark and then heavily edited it afterwards. I wanted that feeling of a real room of musicians, rather than using samples.”
