Remixes by Jim James

[SaraBananaBear]

Alt-J - Fitzpleasure, Jim James Apple C remix

Floating Action - The Balance, Jim James remix
Floating Action - Not What I Came For, Jim James remix
Floating Acton - Seized, Jim James remix

[Fully]

Good idea, Sara. :-*

[SaraBananaBear]

Good idea, Sara. :-*

Thanks Beth!

[searchinbig]

Great Sara! Does anyone have any info on these?? Just looking for some insight on Jim's choices, etc...

[SaraBananaBear]

Great Sara! Does anyone have any info on these?? Just looking for some insight on Jim's choices, etc...

From a  SPIN interview:

Messing around in the studio seems to be what James has been doing with the rest of his time, too. Recently, he has discovered just how much he likes the art of remixing. "That's been a really fun process for my brain, working on somebody else's music with my own creative freedom," he says. He's done some work with Floating Action, who he shouted out as one of Forecastle Festival's most exciting artists. "I've been borderline obsessed with them," he says. "I got to know the guy who leads the band [Seth Kauffman] through some of my friends in Dr. Dog. We talked a little bit, and I offered to release his next album on my Removador label. We're going to release that in September, and I've been obsessed with it and doing remixes for it. It's been really cool." In the meantime, James recently posted his remix of a song from the group's Desert Etiquette album, another release he was "obsessed with.

James has also been remixing a British group called Alt-J, who make pastiches of jangly drums, folky guitars and quirky vocals. "I saw them play in Germany at one of the festivals we played," he says. "When I saw them, it kind of gave me this good, foreboding feeling. It was like seeing one of the great bands very young."

When it comes to remixing, James treats tracks like chemistry, seeing what sound reacts best with what. It's like this weird puzzle," he says. "I'm kind of looking at it in a way where I'm almost pretending I wrote all the parts but I put them in the wrong order. I'm not trying to be a techno remixer. I'm not trying to make typical remixes. But sometimes I'll play some stuff and sing some stuff on there and other times I'll just use what they have and fuck it up and move it around and stuff like that."

Hope that helps a little!

[searchinbig]

Helps a lot. Thanks! 

[SaraBananaBear]

Oooh, new remix, Not What I Came For!

[Fully]

I think I like this one the best of the three Floating Action remixes that he's done.

[SaraBananaBear]

I think I like this one the best of the three Floating Action remixes that he's done.

I still think The Balance is a little closer to my heart, but I agree this one is really, really good! Wonder what he'll remix next...

[jadavis7]

Oh, The Balance for sure.

Me too. I guess this isn't technically a remix comment, but, I wish MMJ (or Jim) would do something like Dr. Dog and Floating Action did--release a double A-side single with each band covering one of the other's songs. Could be neat-o.

[SaraBananaBear]

Oh, The Balance for sure.

Me too. I guess this isn't technically a remix comment, but, I wish MMJ (or Jim) would do something like Dr. Dog and Floating Action did--release a double A-side single with each band covering one of the other's songs. Could be neat-o.

Yes! Excellent idea! It would be great if they did that!