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.
The first Chip'n'Damned Records compilation is out now!!!
Various Artists - Bleep or Die! [CND001] Click on the picture to download!
With Beytah, Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou, Célomalabit, Chantal Goret, Divag, Dj Jo Quaid 5, Dr. Von Pnok, Hiromushi, Hypanaut, Iserobin, Motif_r, Osica, Peter Quistgard, The Captain Kirk on LSD Experience, The Toilet, Toxic lipstick, Una niña malvada, Unas, Yatagarasu and Zombectro.
Pending the new release "Melotonine" (release date coming soon), i decided to offer you a part of my best recent works in a free EP, "Cupboard Replacement", downloadable in all numeric formats with special graphic art works by Flint on Music AutOmatiK's Website :
We can stay in contact on facebook now... Thanks for your support !
OUT NOW! brand new ep of Doc Colibri!!! Incredible free-form junglebeats, highly twisted bass sounds and spooky melo/effects are presented in this 4 tracks ep! Download and listen now!
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.
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