Biography

Straight from the streets of Lisbon, with connections in London and Norway, musical interaction, cultural blends and music has always been present in what James pursues. As founding member of cultural movement Biggerbounce he has conquered many an audience and shared the booth with legendary pioneers, the likes of Carl Craig of Planet – e fame and DJ Premier from Gang Starr can both vouch for his skills, as well as countless appearences alongside infamous Live acts and performers such as Spekturm, Ed Motta, Apparat, Bugz in the attic, Jazzanova and many more.

A constant search for good music sees James mixes several styles, weather diving into a minimal affair, going cosmic with that disco, droppin baile breaks or rockin a Hip Hop festival, the beats are secured, this ecclectic style has led to regular overseas performances in London, Berlin and Norway as well as all over Portugal with several residencies.

The ongoing search for music and what its worth sees Lisbon pulsating to the Bigger picture, underground culture has always been at the forefront of all that’s related to his project and the message is can’t stop, won’t stop. Since 2005 legends such as Recloose, C2 aka Carl Craig, Richard Dorfmeister, Ed Motta, Jazzanova, Skitz and Rodney P, Rodney Hunter, Premo & London Elektricity, Mia, Apparat, have all touched base and the future is bright with a new found love for innovative next generation music lined up for the near future such as Spektrum, Data MC, Bugz in the Attic and Al Haca.

On the production tip many remixes and collabs have taken place, from Lisbon to Canada, from nu wave electronic folk with Andrea Revel to slo mo jazz disco with constant interaction with Portuguese acts such as 1-Week Project, Yen Sung, Dino Alves, Da Weasel and soon come M.a.u and Cool Hipnoise.

Currently a live project is in the making, a vocal mashup album reflecting both the state of affairs and the state of mind of the society we live and breath in. Look out for promo material soon in your local record store. Keeping with the times James collaborates with several journalistic affairs, look out for Zoot Magazine sold worldwide in London, Lisbon, Paris, New York and Japan.

Catch the biggerbounce radio show every month with guests from around the world, dj cosmo, makossa & megablast, ben mono, dj premier, skitz and rodney p, jazzanova, rui murka, Jstar and many many more.

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