James Holden talks DJing and Remixing Radiohead | Red Bull Music Academy

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James Holden may be quiet and unassuming, but his music is as dirty as it comes. The Border Community head honcho went from being trance wunderkind to single-minded purveyor of mussed-up techno, with his second album, The Inheritors, released to high praise in 2013.
In his lecture at the 2010 Red Bull Music Academy in London, Holden talks about wiring things up the wrong way, telling A&R men where to go and why you can mix anything, as long as it’s in the right key.
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A man of youth and many talents, James Holden does things in a very idiosyncratic way. The Exeter born student of mathematics debuted in 1999 with the trance-as-trance-can-be single “Horizons”, but went on to create a world of his own - being tagged the fresh wonder boy of British trance came with a collar. Freeing himself with his aptly named Border Community label and the genre-defying melodic anthem “A Break In The Clouds”, followed by his album The Idiots Are Winning, his imprint quickly became a home for like-minded people like Nathan Fake, Avus and Luke Abbott. Holden himself remained busy remixing artists like System 7, André Kraml, Caribou, Radiohead, Depeche Mode and even Madonna herself. Today, the music of James Holden is in the best possible way electronic, diverse and exciting - an approach similar to his kindred spirits Kieran Hebden and Caribou.
TOPICS:
0:53 - Formative years
16:50 - Border Community
28:22 - DJing
43:15 - Cluster
48:51 - Modular music
1:07:48 - Remixing Radiohead
MUSIC:
7:47 - James Holden - “Horizons” www.youtube.com...
18:23 - Nathan Fake - “The Sky Was Pink (James Holden Remix)” • Nathan Fake - The Sky ...
18:43 - Nathan Fake - “The Sky Was Pink” • Nathan Fake - The Sky ...
21:57 - James Holden - “unknown”
27:36 - James Holden - “Idiot” • JAMES HOLDEN - Idiot
44.37 - Cluster - “Hollywood” • Cluster - Hollywood - ...
1:10:35 Radiohead - “Reckoner (Holden Remix)” • Radiohead - Reckoner (...
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If you want to know more about James Holden, and his lessons on modular synths, mixing on key, then you'll want to read this... ► daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2012/04/james-holden-interview/

[@mateosanzpedemonte7342]

Imagine starting your Career with Horizons as your first track release. Pure talent

[@tomstickland]

He describes the struggle of every musical artist. You become successful and then people want more of the same, but as an artist you want to try something different.

[@donnydarko7624]

It's so funny how we all used to think that we would age out of enjoying to dance to music that is designed to physically touch us through infrasound, but that's the addiction. One of the DJ sets of mine that was recorded that I am the the most happy with how it turned out was mostly a House set that I played as direct support for Truncate who actually was going to play a classic house set I played James' track Lump in my set. A buddy of mine would describe the journey of fitting so many different sound characteristics within a single set as going on a voyage around the world and back again, and his compliments are probably the best from anyone ever as far as I'm concerned. Especially since when I posted the recording he said "That set was so good I listened to it twice back to back." That's just the highest praise to me as a DJ. And now that I create my own music, which I can't on make one genre or subgenre, I mean if you truly are a lover of music how could you be content with making only one genre for the rest of your life? I mean I love music that both was made almost a century ago and music being made currently. It's like why would I consider Coldcut journeys by a DJ 70 Minutes of madness and The Portishead Radio one essential mix Two of the best recorded DJ mixes of all time? because they both cover so much ground, and they resonate with me musically.

[@dcl505]

Grew up on his music, insanely beautiful.

[@JDCooper95]

Thank you very much for this video! It's so rare to see so deep and big interview with James. Much appreciated!

[@seq2024]

Should play the tracks !

[@dcl505]

7:50 ''Horizon'' is one of his best tracks, that put him on the map and inspired some of the most iconic DJs like Guy J and Tiesto

[@meisterjaan]

34:16 - the guy

[@kellymelrose8527]

interesting interview with talented guy

[@user-cg4wp1im1r]

goddamn slap shit out of interviewer . he keeps whispering and it"s 7 in the morning and his whisper conversation style is killing me

[@DJSTOEK]

🖤

[@michaels8607]

I spin for people who go out to dance like it's the last day,not for those who run their mouths..