Musical Influences....more than I can list.... but here are the ones that have always influenced me.
Brian Eno, Philip Glass, David Bowie, Chopin, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Autechre, Plaid, The Black Dog, Bochum Welt, Depeche Mode, everything released on the Wax Trax! label, This Mortal Coil and electronic music from the 80's.
Some more recent ones... Herbert, Murcof, Venetian Snares, Luke Vibert.
Other influences for my music...
Thunderstorms, Grappa, an occasional single malt Scotch (or four... um... was that out loud?), my wife and daughters, the voices in my head.... shhh... they can hear you.....
James has released many records since 1993. Starting out as Influx on Sapho records, a sister label of the well respected UK label Rising High Records. His first ambient album, Atmospherics was released in 1994 on Rising High. He also released records on Isophlux Records (as Influx and Protocol), Analog Records (as Influx), BML Records (as Influx) and many others..
James spent many years as the face of Korg, doing demos for the Electribe series and also as part of the Korg Sound Design team, where he created sounds and patterns for many of their synths including... EA-1/ER-1/ES-1/EMX1, MS2000, microKorg, The Legacy Collection and many others.
In 1997 he teamed up with DJ Ed Weingarten (aka Displacer) and formed the breakbeat act Expansion Union, releasing music on Wax Trax!/TVT records. The song "Playing with Lightning" from the album "World Wide Funk" was featured in the hit movie "Blade" and used on the gold selling soundtrack CD for the film.
After many years of legal battles with TVT (still ongoing!), James decided to start his own label for his musical output, James Bernard Music. His album "New Life" is a return to his days of ambient, with his love for the TB-303, IDM and glitch music also inspiring the sounds on the album. His latest release "Flashback" on 360 records is a culmination of his love for ambient, downtempo, acid and IDM music.
These days when James is not being daddy to his three beautiful girls Ava, Chloe and Mia, he still composes music and also works for Propellerhead Software (makers of Reason, www.propellerheads.se) as the Artist Relations person, creates sounds and music for them and also travels around the world doing gigs, demos and training seminars on Propellerhead products.
"Flashback" is out now on 360 Records! Look for it on your favorite download site soon.
You can also go to www.lulu.com/jamesbernard to purchase many more albums not available on iTunes yet!
JB wat up bro,I like what I'm hearing on your site.I made some new music as well made with 80% REASON.Some sounds of xpand & sampletank were used as well but just @ the end of the production to add some more depth.Hope all is well with you & I'll see you in Janurary at the Anahiem convention at the NAMM show.Peace. :)
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