James Adrian Brown is a British-born songwriter and former lead guitarist from the alternative rock band ‘Pulled Apart By Horses’. After studying art for six years in Leeds (UK), Brown set up his independent record label in the city and would soon begin carving out a career as a professional musician. After achieving chart success, touring the world, and releasing four critically acclaimed studio albums with PABH, James has begun paving a pathway into the world of instrumental electronic music and composing.
Brown’s solo work is heavily electronica-based, utilising analogue synths alongside tape machines, piano, strings, and walls of ambient atmospherics. His work focuses on the analog side of capturing and creating sound in the real world, utilizing physical hardware.
He’s received support from the likes of Gideon Coe and Chris Hawkins at BBC 6 Music, who championed him as creating ‘Massive electronic soundscapes in a Mogwai kind of world’. James has also been regularly featured on BBC Radio 3’s ‘Unclassified’ by show host Elizabeth Alker.
Taking inspiration from influences such as Boards Of Canada, Rival Consoles, Floating Points & Thom Yorke. Brown is discovering, advancing, and pushing his songwriting into new sonic domains.