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James Hope Project

About Me

The James Hope Project consists of the english poet and spoken word artist James Hope and his musical partner in crime Per Kincaid. Here is the story behind the project in James's own words: I was born and raised in Bristol, England. Raised on jazz, funk, ska, reggae, punk. Real music with real energy. My father died when I was 13, I remember the pleasure of listening to music with him, music still takes me to that special place. I have been through addictions and relationships, they all go, it's a part of life. The only thing that remains true to me is music. No matter what happens noone can take my music away from me.Although I now live in Copenhagen, the Bristol music scene remains influential in my life because it was part of my childhood. I have connections with Massive Attack and Portishead, also with many other Bristol musicians that aren't afraid to make a difference, Bristol creates trends and reaches the world, so do many artists that aren't afraid to make a change, create a difference, challenge the future. Art is communication, an ability but most importantly a gift to be transmitted and received. Music is a therapy, an essential part of lifes journey. I love music and am grateful to of worked with all the musicians that I have worked with. Now working with Per excites me and challenges me. I create alot of insane ideas Per is able to de-code and make sense of.London boy Per (Kincaid) studied classical music and jazz at RCM in Bristol and Rytme Kons in Denmark. A truly all-round bass player, producer, arranger. Per has worked with the likes of the Brand New Heavies (Per's brother Jan is the drummer with the 'Heavies'). On top of his writing commitments Per also plays bass and writes for top Danish salsa band Salsa Loca.What makes our project exciting is that Per and I have similar but at times very different musical influences, because of these differences they seem to take each other further. I'm proud to say that music is my high, music is why I am alive.

My Interests

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Member Since: 08/08/2007
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

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curled up like a floweryou're trapped in time my butterfly... now here i am your son your childplease tell me why ?what could be more fragile than a broken heartnow every time I think of you i fall ap...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:15:00 GMT

joan

your heart is stoneyou got too much what you don't showwhen we're alonei've seen you lose your self controlyou roll yourself up, make yourself smallprotect yourselfyou say you don't want to fall ?you ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:36:00 GMT

expo

now life sleeps between the hollowlove blossoms when she movesshe sais that she believes in mebut only now she makes me chooseshe saiswhen you turn to face the crowddo you believe you're found ?they o...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:27:00 GMT

STATE 53

now I begin a revolution I begin with the word Isoul come to lifethe hypocrits of politics they filled my head so full of liesthey promised us the miraclesthey failed to show the signsso now tell me p...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:23:00 GMT

bullet

there's something here makes me believe the visions from inside my dreamwhy can't you even look at me ?did we create this energy ?sometimes we say what we don't meanand now sometimes we don't speak i ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 May 2008 02:06:00 GMT

BANGY (prayer E B)

One new years eve a friend of mine was shot dead and murdered on the streets of St Pauls, Bristol. He came across a fight and asked them to stop...."Peace, peace it's new years eve a time for peace" ...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:58:00 GMT

PSYCHE

When you love somebody then it's hard to argue, even though sometimes we do. There is a power in our arguments, words just seem to flow, sometimes we don't know where these words come from, the energ...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:47:00 GMT

Dear Friend

Dear Friend,i always thought i'd lose my mindi had to find another wayjust to get through just to surviveyou know i feel so sorry nowi never thought about your lifeyou told me you're a warrior you to...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:41:00 GMT

NEEDLE EXCHANGE

There is an area in Copenhagen that I walk through called Istegade, it's the red light district but also quite a funky area for cafe's and bars. The government have tried to clean the area from junki...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:32:00 GMT

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She took me to a world within a worldthen closed all the doorsI stayed with her just like a song, just like a song that needed chords tell me what's changed then think againthere's always times you fu...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:35:00 GMT