With each new release, James Holden hasundergone a remarkable shift in sound and scope. FACT Magazine’s Claire Lobenfeld sits down with the Border Community boss to explore the road to The Animal Spirits.
“Believe it or not, James Holden had a late start with music. Growing up in a conservative household in the similarly restrained English city of Leicester – “the only good thing about Brexit is now I have an adjective to describe the place where I grew up” – most anything but classical music made it inside his house. “I didn’t get a radio or tape player until quite late in life. I had this huge gap in my knowledge,” he says. “The pop music of the ’80s and early ’90s, I just know nothing of because I lived in like a walled compound where none of that got in. [Music] never made it home, I never got to claim it as my own.” But with nearly two decades of rewriting the languages of dance music under his belt, it’s evident this slow start was hardly a disadvantage.”
At Rewire 2018, James Holden will be joined by his band The Animal Spirits for a live performance of their latest album. Watch the video for ‘The Animal Spirits’ below and learn more about their show at next year’s festival at: James Holden & The Animal Spirits.
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