Mental food

Fonction Naturelle

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Released 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.

Leifur James - Magic Seeds

Neural

Rudiments of a Spiritual Life

Rudiments of a Spiritual Life (Crows Labyrinth Rework)

Time

Time (Dotlights Rework)

Second Sight (zakè Rework)

Signaling Through The Flames

Signaling Through The Flames (Dear Gravity Rework)

Heavy Eyes Ignite

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Bump

Bump (Broken Peak Rework)

Zenith

Par Avion (Antarctic Wastelands Rework)

Peterson

Peterson (From Somewhere Quiet Rework)

Happy Home on a Lonely Ground

Happy Home on a Lonely Ground (Perry Frank Rework)

Making music is a state of mind and an expression. My vision of music bridges from Progressive Electronic Music to Lo-fi HipHop and Cinematic soundscapes.

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