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Out 8 November 2024.

Experimental producer, composer and vocalist Leifur James announces the release of his third album ‘Magic Seeds’ via Night Time Stories on 8th November. ‘Magic Seeds’ is a rebirth of sorts, and his most collaborative and personal offering yet. 
 
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. He’s played prestigious London venues with European tours to match, including notable nights at Village Underground and the Barbican, gaining support along the way from the likes of Pitchfork, KCRW, BBC 6Music, NTS, Gilles Peterson, Mary Anne Hobbs, Bradley Zero and actor Cillian Murphy. 

His 2018 debut album ‘A Louder Silence‘ defied convention, deftly blending IDM and minimalist avant-garde influences with Nina Simone-inspired vocals and capturing heady nights at London’s long-lost and beloved club Plastic People. A remix EP followed, featuring respected leftfielders including Bruce, FaltyDL and Coby Sey, yet James refused to stay in one lane. ‘Wurlitzer’s’ ominous crescendo of neo-classical piano and sub-bass won acclaim at film festivals thanks to its visual by Hungarian director Balázs Simon, and then came his second, more challenging electronic full-length. 2020’s ‘Angel in Disguise’ garnered attention from the dance music world, earning praise from Mixmag, CRACK and DJ Mag, and culminating in a full performance on Boiler Room.
 
For now, ‘Magic Seeds’ illuminates James as one of those rare composers who is capable of taking listeners to great highs and plunging them into inky depths; moody and moving music that feels equally airy, as if it was composed outside under the moon – which, he jokes, is exactly where he hopes people will listen to it. And though there are tracks that are more songs than soundscapes, he eschews formulas for musical freedom. It’s an ambitious record that could work both in open spaces and in dank clubs – as long as there is a smoke machine, of course. But more than anything, it feels as if it’s living and breathing; a sonic collage of James’s past few years whirled into one.

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Leifur James - Euphoria

'Reaching', explores the tension between communication and disconnection, presence and absence, silence and noise. The song moves between fragile connections and sudden ruptures, both in its sound and subject matter. A metronomic, tense, and woozy waltz underscores Lucy's almost spoken-word search for meaning, as words are pieced together in an attempt to make sense of an unsettling silence. When language falls short, grinding guitars fill the void, offering a visceral expression of the violence inherent in absence. Like much of The Lost Boys' music, there’s a quiet tension throughout, with the guitars providing brief moments of respite, yet also intensifying the claustrophobic atmosphere. Reaching is raw, searching, and deeply evocative—a striking exploration of longing, fracture, and the complexity of human connection.

Reaching

Muse In Motion (Remix)

A song about believing in love in a world that tries to prove you wrong.   Cover  Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@weikhang95?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Wei Khang Chong</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-couple-of-people-sitting-on-top-of-a-sandy-beach-mLq5DQZAKKg?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a>
      

Unconditional (BBC Live Session)

Nick Mulvey