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James Holden

@jamesholden.bsky.social

Musician, co-runs border community records, etc. Tour dates, releases: www.jamesholden.org

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Border Community@bordercommunity.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This week Luke Clancy invited @jamesholden.bsky.social on to RTE lyric fm's @culturefile.bsky.social for an in depth chat running over his entire sprawling career to date. And even if you're not in Ireland you can listen again here>> www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...

The Future Sound of James Holden | Culture File

1990s teenage trance prodigy and superstar DJ, James Holden on lighting out for the territories of modular synthesizers, spiritual jazz, Moroccan ceremonial music and Live Coding.

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James Holden@jamesholden.bsky.social · 5mo ago

the live coding scene is 100% the thing that has made me most excited over the last couple of years: seeing people perform actually live music with computers, as free as jazz, freer, showing their screen, sharing what they're doing with an audience who understand what they're doing has felt so...

Border Community@bordercommunity.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A little treat to get you through the week: @thequietus.com have just shared a recording of @jamesholden.bsky.social & Waclaw Zimpel's "intense, beautiful and burbling" live performance at this year's @mutek.bsky.social Montreal>> thequietus.com/news/james-h...

Listen to James Holden & Wacław Zimpel at MUTEK 2025 | The Quietus

Regular readers of tQ might remember that our friends at MUTEK helpfully had someone handy with a tape recorder to capture Factory Floor’s comeback set at the 2024 edition of the festival. Well, we’re...

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James Holden@jamesholden.bsky.social · 11mo ago

can't wait for this, pattern-based music being my favourite thing.. + nervous excitement: i'm going to try a 'from scratch' kind of set using benny...

Alex McLean@slab.org · 11mo ago

Less than two weeks to go until Alpaca festival Sheffield + we just added @jamesholden.bsky.social to the club night full of pattern-based music on the 13th Sept. It's going to be a special one and if you are nearby I think you should definitely join us. 2025.algorithmicpattern.org/sheffield/

MDonaldson →@8sided.blog · 12mo ago

oh, it's nothing, baby — just the brand new Talk Of The Tonearm newsletter featuring extra insight on ambitious sax guy Sean Imboden, cosmic explorers James Holden + Wacław Zimpel, and ritual tone-shifter Lingyuan Yang plus reviews of new ones from Bit Cloudy + Avi C. Engel head into the zone ✨ →

The Essence Remains Intact

This week: making big things happen in mid-town USA, letting the universe take care of you, the ritual of dissonance, and righteous acts of rebellious loving. Here, the essence is hardly rare.

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The Tonearm@thetonearm.com · last yr.

British music producer James Holden and Polish clarinet virtuoso Wacław Zimpel built The Universe Will Take Care of You in four spontaneous London studio days, capturing the act of playing without thinking. Interview — James Holden + Wacław Zimpel Surrender to the Sound: @jamesholden.bsky.social

James Holden and Wacław Zimpel Surrender to the Sound

The British music producer and Polish clarinet virtuoso built 'The Universe Will Take Care of You' in four spontaneous London studio days, capturing the act of playing without thinking.

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Border Community@bordercommunity.bsky.social · last yr.

We are huge fans of the @cosmicchambo.bsky.social podcast so I'm pretty chuffed that something from the new @jamesholden.bsky.social & Zimpel album made it into his latest mix>>

Kosmische Chambeaux@cosmicchambo.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Fresh Vøid Contemplation Tactics 🚨 There's Always This Moment I: Talking and not talking about basketball, Zen center life, barber shops, and reggae lurk | share | subscribe | for free cosmicchambo.substack.com/p/theres-alw...

Border Community@bordercommunity.bsky.social · last yr.

This also went up at the weekend: @jamesholden.bsky.social 's contribution to the Herb Sundays playlist repository, plus a handy recap of his career to date according to Sam Valenti IV. "An actual Sunday from one of our great living musicians.">> herbsundays.substack.com/p/herb-sunda...

Herb Sundays 156: James Holden [Season 9 Finale]

An actual Sunday from one of our great living musicians. "now i have plenty of sundays, but feel strong existential panic at the idea of making a playlist. so i tricked myself..."

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