… In this months Future Music.
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Wow! Does it mean that Thom Yorke knew about the Arc; or that he knew about gaffer tape?
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he knew james would eventually throw it down 
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Can we revive this old thread and maybe rename it in just James Holden?
His album The Inheritors had such a great influence on me and how I think about making music.
And now his new album is out and again I just don’t really know what it is I’m listening to.
This interview is a great read about him and the new album: James Holden: "I got really bored of making music. But the moment I discovered modular and Live and Max/MSP, it all opened up again" | MusicRadar
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what track are they talking about?
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I think the whole album. I’m just listening to it again after reading the interview and now it’s a totally different experience 
I like the transition between Contains Multitudes and Common Land. Perhaps that sound is the “birds on a wire” slinging around. Interesting interview and album. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
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(Isn’t James Holden part of this forum?)
Yeah, JH has had a great journey. I’m totally aligned with what he’s been doing in recent years… just about how I’d imagine some of my music coming together,
Nice to see he’s a big advocate of Airwindows plugins as well!
About a decade ago I had a conversation with Holden and often I find myself reflecting on our discussion of the roles for magic and intuition: Interview: James Holden dowses sonic heritage by Jason Richardson
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James Holden on using modular gear live and Max for Live patches | MusicRadar.pdf (133.4 KB)
^^ the interview at the top of the thread.
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This was a great read. Thanks for sharing.
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Another verified “how did I not know about this artist until now” moment for me here on lines 
I had never listened to James Holden before today, but listened to The Inheritors on my run today and it was like getting baptized in sound. Very, very wonderful.
I started playing around with modular + acoustic drums on my last record, and there’s just something about that approach that I find captivating. Inheritors is a master class.
This goes into the same bucket of gratitude that @dan_derks bringing Matt Davies + Church Andrews into my life went into.
@tehn thoroughly enjoyed that article!
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You’re likely to enjoy his record with The Animal Spirits.
Deep Moroccan Gnawa vibes!
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Ah welcome my friend. I saw him and Nathan Fake play live in Miami in 2005. Changed my life forever after that. Really great talent.
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James Holden is a boss. The Inheritors is such a good album.
Everything sounds like it just on the verge of complete chaos or breaking into feedback.
I didn’t love the follow up (The Animal Spirits) as much, but it was still a great listen.
His new album has just had a glowing 5* review in the Guardian:
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From the description I would say it’s Gone Feral, which is the second track of the following live session. You can see he emulates the Maths behaviour described in the article using his Arc.
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Ohh thanks for posting this! I love this new album. It’s so rich of textures, rhythmic changes and timbres. And his Outdoor Museum Of Fractals | James Holden & Camilo Tirado | James Holden is one of my favorite pieces for modular + percussion.
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I don’t know much of his other music but this record with Mahmoud Guinia is one of my all time favorites (start with track 1):
He also gives a good talk on the Group Humanizer plug-in mentioned in the OP interview, I think at an Ableton conference.
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