James Kay and friends hang out in the loft from time to time and drink, smoke and play tunes. You are listening to the result.

Live in the loft

Live in the loft - James Kay - Thomas Godfrey

Thomas Godfrey grew up in London, moving to Stavanger, Norway in the early 90’s as a young boy.
Thomas has always been in love with music, but the first time he tried his hand at djing was in 2008 when at a friends house he asked if it was ok if pressed a couple of buttons on the mixer they had borrowed, just to see what would happen. A week or so later he had a couple of cdj’s and a mixer and used most of his spare time the next few months learning to play.

Six months later he played at club for the first time, and he has never looked back. Later the same year he teamed up with Unauthorized records crew from Stavanger setting up events and playing in the best clubs in Norway.

Deep House, Tech House, Minimal. 
DJ/Producer.
Vinyl/Digital.

Inspired by DiY Soundsystem, James formed a collective and started DJing and promoting in 1999. Graduating from student nights in pubs, to putting on events in clubs and boats in Manchester and London, the next stop was spots in Spain, Mexico and Norway over the next 19 years.

Aspirations to be a producer were never far beneath the surface, but it took time. With an obsession for deep, bubbly, funky west-coast deep house and a love of glitchy minimal tech house - as well as influences from Detroit house and techno, progressive house and breaks, it was never easy to nail one style down and get tracks finished.

With the first release out on Geneza Records - the ‘Sounds from the Deep’ EP attempts to encapsulate all these elements and set the tone for a series of future releases based on nearly 20 years of electronic music experiences. Trippy minimal soundscapes, deep dubby grooves, driving acid techno and dark moody deep house are coming up.

Stay tuned.

Shouts out to Detroit legend Juan Atkins. DJ Romain. Hacienda heroes Dave Haslam and John Da Silva. Jack, Harry, Simon DK, Digs & Woosh from DiY Soundsystem. The Inland Knights. South Africa's Ryan Dent, Mickey Pereira, PMT and Rob ‘The Purist’ White. Spettro. Manchester's Trus'me, Garth Be, John Kraus, Nick Sinna, Marcus Intalex (RIP), David Rodriguez and the Electrosluts DJs. Linkwood from Scotland, Eduardo Rossell, Cash Only and Jimmy Black from Mexico. DI.CAPA from Greece. Sweden's Axel Boman and Aussie Tyson Ballard. Portugal’s Luis P (DPIO) and Heitor Sousa. Norway’s Thomas Godfrey, Stian Bye, Mikael Gordon (Unauthorized) and Charlotte T, Gry Faia, Asgeir A:G, Thorgerdur Johanna, Daniel Vaz and Amo Njai are among the excellent dudes and dudettes who've joined in along the way.

Keep it deep, J.