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peter james

it just..."is"....

About Me

i'm a sound engineer, producer, and amateur photographer and graphic designer. i have been recording "ambient" music for over ten years, though that genre's boundaries are now hard to define. 95% of the sounds i use are created using just the bass guitar. i use a sampler, and not synthesisers, to try and create drifting soundscapes and landscapes - places we don't often visit - some "dark", some not. my influences are not taken from the musical world, but more from the world we live in.some of my work is available for download from www.atmoworks.com ----please also watch this short film by scott derby-webb - accompanied by my track "still falling". still falling



holding on - letting go Comes bundled with a set of original and exclusive artworks created, and donated to this project, by the artist and designer stephen spera (see sample strip below) making this an almost unique package of art and music - both describing a personal journey through time.
the 4 albums above can be downloaded from www.atmoworks.com for $4.98 (US). That's only about £2.50. click on the link in "band website" on the left of this page. that will take you straight there.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/18/2006
Band Website: atmoworks.com
Band Members: peter james
Influences: werner herzog. wim wenders. peter greenaway. man of marble/man of iron. orson welles. kafka. gorecki. eastern european folk and devotional/choral music. cindytalk. lisa gerrard/dead can dance. brian eno. harold budd. soviet dynamo. disturbed earth. cumbria. wide open spaces. peace and quiet. simplicity. a full moon in a clear sky.
Sounds Like: waiting for the door to be opened
Record Label: Atmoworks
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Sounds In Bloom

http://www.myspace.com/dnorma   the link above is to the page of the music and poetry collective Sounds In Bloom, who i have just done a collaborative piece with entitled Naked Moon.  P...
Posted by peter james on Thu, 15 May 2008 04:57:00 PST

so - this is whats happening

to all on my list that accepted my invitation to read about what’s going on with my works.. a big "Thank You". so.. the big news for me of late is that last month i was incredibly amaz...
Posted by peter james on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:43:00 PST

a word about my photo’s

a lot of my photo’s would not be possible without the help and graciousness of one of the best people i know. Nish.  she lets me loose with my camera in her flower shop from time to ti...
Posted by peter james on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:40:00 PST

I have now joined Soviet Dynamo

indeed i have. full time. my own work will probably be taking a back seat for a while. it may not, but it might.  this is a very exciting project for  paul, sam and i.  please take some...
Posted by peter james on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:31:00 PST

my collaboration with the poet called ellom

i recently tried something new. that i hadn't done before - and that was to write a specific piece of  "music"  for a specific poem.  a beautiful poem called "prayer for living beings"....
Posted by peter james on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:25:00 PST

the release of "holding on - letting go"

my debut solo work "holding on - letting go" has now been released by Atmoworks.  my particularly personal look at a certain journey (over the past year or so i have been posting selected tr...
Posted by peter james on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:09:00 PST

not lost - forgotten

"not lost - fogotten". i posted this piece after much deliberation.. it features vocals by the remarkable and gifted Saskia Dommisse, vocalist with Poets To Their Beloved.  i have worked with Sas...
Posted by peter james on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:34:00 PST

The Thursdays

Appearing all of a sudden in my list, is a local (to me at least here in cumbria) band called "The Thursdays".  thoroughly nice people, a dream to work with (a refreshing lack of ego's, and out f...
Posted by peter james on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:01:00 PST

atmoworks

music that i have co-created with Dean Richards (aka Disturbed Earth) can now be purchased via www.atmoworks.com  the albums in question are "still Earth" and "remains".   you may also ...
Posted by peter james on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:15:00 PST

more "is"

i've decided to upload the rough and shortened (the original being some 12 mins long) mix of "lost - not forgotten". the third part of "is".  it's not quite finished, and as i won't be ...
Posted by peter james on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:50:00 PST