James Yuill

James Yuill (born 1981) is an English folktronica musician from London, currently signed to the Moshi Moshi record label.[1]

James Yuill
James Yuill performing in 2009
Background information
Birth nameJames Yuill
Born (1981-07-20) 20 July 1981
OriginLondon, UK
GenresAcoustic, Electronica
InstrumentsVocals, guitar, electronics
LabelsThe Happy Biscuit Club
Moshi Moshi
Nettwerk Music Group
Cooperative Music
Associated actsHunger/Thirst
Websitehttp://www.jamesyuill.com/

Biography

Yuill released his first album, The Vanilla Disc, on his own Happy Biscuit Club label in 2005.[2] After releasing his second album Turning Down Water for Air in February 2007, he was later signed by Moshi Moshi, who re-issued that album in January 2009. Turning Down Water for Air was described by Clash as "a startling piece of work".[3] He has been described as "a one-man band armed with a laptop, mixing decks and an acoustic guitar".[4] His popularity grew internationally and he was signed by the Nettwerk Music Group in the United States in 2008.[2]

Yuill also works as a remixer and has provided remixes for Tilly & the Wall, The Answering Machine, Au Revoir Simone, and David Holmes.[2][5][6][7] He has also collaborated with Charlie Westropp under the pseudonym Hunger/Thirst.

In 2010, he produced a version of "Jingle Bells" for a Guinness commercial, using pint glasses containing varying levels of Guinness to create the tune.[8]

In 2013, after a successful campaign on PledgeMusic, he released his fourth studio album called "These Spirits" on his Happy Biscuit Club label. Yuill's fifth album A Change In State is to be released in July 2017.

Discography

Albums
  • The Vanilla Disc (2005), Happy Biscuit Club
  • Turning Down Water for Air (February 2007), Happy Biscuit Club
  • Turning Down Water for Air (January 2009), Moshi Moshi
  • Earth EP/Fire EP (2009), Moshi Moshi
  • Movement In A Storm (2010), Moshi Moshi
  • These Spirits (2013), Happy Biscuit Club
  • A Change In State (2017), Happy Biscuit Club

Singles
  • "This Sweet Love" (2008), Moshi Moshi
  • "No Pins Allowed" (2008), Moshi Moshi
  • "No Surprise" (2009), Moshi Moshi
  • "Over The Hills" (2009), Moshi Moshi
  • "On Your Own" (2010), Moshi Moshi
  • "First In Line" (2010), Moshi Moshi
  • "Crying For Hollywood" (2011), Moshi Moshi
  • "Turn Yourself Around" (2013), The Happy Biscuit Club
gollark: People might actually look at you as weird if you donate a significant % of your income to effective charities, rather than just £10 a month to WarmFuzzyCharity2000 which helps endangered homeless tigers get food or something.
gollark: As far as I'm aware, you can actually still save lives for something like £500 each by donating money to help with malaria in Africa. But *nobody does this*!
gollark: Because it is! It mostly works fine!
gollark: People talk a lot about how terrible capitalism is, and then generally just... ignore the possibility of charity.
gollark: The market system (roughly) satisfies people's values, and apparently most people's actual values don't include giving up anything to help people they don't directly interact with.

References
  1. "Single Reviews, James Yuill 'No Surprise'". Channel4.com. 21 January 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
  2. Nastos, Michael G. "James Yuill Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-12-12
  3. Murray, Robin (2009) "Track of the Day 10/12 - James Yuill", Clash, 10 December 2009, retrieved 1 January 2010
  4. Wither, Emily (2009) "James Yuill - The MacBeth, London (24/01/2009) Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine", dailymusicguide, 28 January 2009, retrieved 1 January 2010
  5. Lester, Paul (2008) "New band of the day No 380: James Yuill", The Guardian, 1 September 2008, retrieved 1 January 2010
  6. "Artist of the Week! James Yuill", rockfeedback.com, 26 January 2009, retrieved 2010-12-12
  7. "James Yuill Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine", IMU, retrieved 2010-12-12
  8. "James Yuill remixes Jingle Bells using pints of Guinness", music-news.com, 10 December 2010, retrieved 2010-12-12
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