James Yuill | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | James Yuill |
Born | 20 July 1981 |
Origin | London, UK |
Genres | Acoustic, Electronica |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, electronics |
Labels | The Happy Biscuit Club Moshi Moshi Nettwerk Music Group Cooperative Music |
Member of | Hunger/Thirst |
Website | http://www.jamesyuill.com/ |
James Yuill (born 1981) is an English folktronica musician from London, currently signed to the Moshi Moshi record label. [1]
Yuill released his first album, The Vanilla Disc, on his own Happy Biscuit Club label in 2005. [2] After releasing his second album, entitled Turning Down Water for Air, in February 2007, he was later signed by Moshi Moshi. Moshi Moshi re-issued the album in January 2009. Turning Down Water for Air was described by Clash as "a startling piece of work". [3] He has been described as "a one-man band armed with a laptop, mixing decks and an acoustic guitar". [4] His popularity grew internationally and he was signed by the Nettwerk Music Group in the United States in 2008. [2]
Yuill also works as a remixer and has provided remixes for Tilly & the Wall, The Answering Machine, Au Revoir Simone, and David Holmes. [2] [5] [6] [7] He has also collaborated with Charlie Westropp under the pseudonym Hunger/Thirst.
In 2010, he produced a version of " Jingle Bells" for a Guinness commercial, using pint glasses containing varying levels of Guinness to create the tune. [8]
In 2013, after a successful campaign on PledgeMusic, he released his fourth studio album called "These Spirits" on his Happy Biscuit Club label. Yuill's fifth album A Change In State was released in July 2017.