Inspired by the sounds of Aphex Twin, Luke Vibert and DJ Stingray, Shinra sent his first demos off in
2005, scoring his debut gig at the now legendary Bang Face night in London. The show led to several more gigs, and
an appearance on London’s Resonance FM.
In summer 2006, Shinra released his debut EP, 'Demons', on Net-Lab, leading to regular gigs across the UK, and airplay
on Mary Anne Hobbs' Radio 1 show. After entering the 2006 UK Laptop Battle championship where performers are
judged on composition, live technical manipulation, and crowd response, Shinra walked away with the crown.
2007 saw Shinra join David E. Sugar's live band, using a laptop to perform live effect processing on vocals and
instruments. The band played live sessions on Radio 1 (Rob Da Bank) and BBC 6Music (Tom Robinson) and performed
at venues across the capital . Shinra then entered and won a competition to remix Unique 3's anthem 'The Theme',
which received a digital release via bleep.com.
Since then, Shinra has been working on new solo material. His compositions have veered from the frenetic cut up
drum patterns of his debut EP, moving towards a more dancefloor friendly acid-infused electro bass. September 2008 saw the release of 1986, his first EP on WIDE Records, which was quickly followed by a string of well-received remixes. Watch out for more remixes and tracks coming out soon!
For gig bookings or remix requests, email james dot shinra at gmail dot com.
Saturday was excellent, we have to get you down again some time. I didn't see a lot of you, but I heard you found some people you know so I'm glad you had a good time.
The set was great, hopefully see you at a Phaked night again soon.
hey! i dont really come on myspace anymore but thought id tell you im gonna be at bangface on friday so would be really good to see you!! are you on facebook? add me jessicambarrett@hotmail.com. xx
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