Jim-E Stack
James Harmon Stack, known professionally as Jim-E Stack, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and DJ born in San Francisco, CA,[1] and based in Los Angeles, CA.[2] His solo releases have featured Empress Of, Charli XCX, Ant Clemons, Jana Hunter of Lower Dens, and the Range[3]. As a songwriter and record producer, Stack has collaborated with Dominic Fike,[4] Kacy Hill,[5] Octavian,[6] Bon Iver,[7] Joji, Caroline Polachek,[8] Haim,[9] Diplo,[10] Empress Of,[11] and more. He has remixed Wet, Anna of the North, Rostam, Active Child, and Lower Dens, as well as other artists.[3][12]
| Jim-E Stack | |
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| Birth name | James Harmon Stack |
| Born | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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Career
2011-2016; Early years, Tell Me I Belong
Born James Harmon Stack, Jim-E Stack grew up in San Francisco's Inner Richmond,[1] where his passion for music evolved from playing in garage rock bands and jazz bands to making beats inspired by Daft Punk, Burial, J Dilla, Timbaland, and The Neptunes.[13] While Jim-E lived in New Orleans and Brooklyn, his original releases and EPs, in addition to remixes for Sky Ferreira and ASAP Rocky,[12] garnered critical acclaim and interest. It would lead to his debut 2014 album, Tell Me I Belong,[14] accompanied by touring with Shlohmo and Bonobo.[12]
2016–present; Singles and collaborations
Returning to California in 2016, Jim-E continued to release new solo material,[3] including collaborations with fellow electronic artist The Range,[15] as well as solo releases featuring Noonie Bao, Rostam, Charli XCX, and more.[3] Between then and early 2019, he collaborated with Empress Of, Diplo, and Caroline Polachek for their own music, in addition to contributing on songs for Haim.
Jim-E Stack contributed heavily to Kacy Hill's second studio album Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again, released July 2020.[16] The pair are now dating, and Hill states Jim-E Stack acted as inspiration to much of the album's lyrical content in the liner notes of the record.[17]
From late 2019 through 2020, Stack released new singles featuring Ant Clemons,[18] Empress Of,[11] Dijon and Bon Iver,[19] along with an announcement for a new album titled EPHEMERA. It features the aforementioned singles, with other collaborations with Octavian, Bearface of Brockhampton and Kacy Hill.[20]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Tell Me I Belong |
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| EPHEMERA |
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EPs
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Come Between |
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| It's Jim-ee |
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Singles
| Title | Album | Label | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Bubble Boy" | Non-album single | Body High | 2012 |
| "Deadstream" | It's Jim-ee | Self-released | 2016 |
| "Hyperballad"
(featuring Jana Hunter) |
Non-album single | ||
| "You are Not Alone" | |||
| "Forgotten" | |||
| "Dreamt" | It's Jim-ee | ||
| "Deadstream"
(Rostam Version featuring Charli XCX) | |||
| "Forgiven" | 2017 | ||
| "Moments Noticed" | |||
| "With You"
(with The Range) |
Non-album single | Domino | |
| ''Somebody"
(featuring Noonie Bao) |
Self-released | 2018 | |
| "A Man Can't Know What It's Like To Be A Mother" | 2019 | ||
| "Good Enough"
(featuring Ant Clemons) |
EPHEMERA | ||
| "Note To Self"
(featuring Empress Of) |
2020 | ||
| "Sweet Summer Sweat"
(featuring Dijon) | |||
| "Jeanie"
(featuring Bon Iver) | |||
| "Can We"
(featuring Kacy Hill) |
Remixes
| Title | Year | Remixed Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Lovers (Jim-E Stack Remix)" | 2017 | Anna of the North |
| "Real Thing (Jim-E Stack Remix)" | Lower Dens | |
| "Warning Intruders (Jim-E Stack Remix)" | 2018 | Rostam |
| "When I'm With Him (Perfume Genius Cover)"[21] | 2019 | Empress Of |
| "Old Bone (Jim-E Stack Remix)" | Wet | |
| "Cruel World (Jim-E Stack Remix)" | 2020 | Active Child |
| "Without You (Jim-E Stack Remix)" | Perfume Genius |
Songwriting and production discography
| Title | Year | Lead artist | Album | Credit(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing | Production | Instrumentation | Engineering | ||||
| "Want You Back" | 2017 | HAIM | Something to Tell You | Keyboards | |||
| "New Moon" | Cold Specks | Fool's Paradise | Yes | ||||
| "What the Hell" | Bridge | Wreck | Yes | Yes | |||
| "Be A Man (Get In the Cold Shower)" | 2018 | Kidepo | Non-album single | Yes | |||
| "Flacko" | Cosha | R.I.P Bonzai | Yes | Co | Programming, synths | Yes | |
| "Shoulda" | RL Grime | NOVA | Yes | ||||
| "When I'm with Him" | Empress Of | Us | Yes | Co | |||
| "Esta Noche" | Dillon Francis | WUT WUT | Yes | Co | |||
| "No Pare" | Yes | Co | |||||
| "New Shapes"
(featuring Octavian) |
2019 | Diplo | Europa | Yes | Co | ||
| "Galapagos" | Lower Dens | The Competition | Additional | ||||
| "I Give Up" | Caroline Polachek | Pang | Yes | Co | |||
| "Door" | Yes | Co | |||||
| "U Give It Up" | 2020 | Empress Of | I'm Your Empress Of | Co | |||
| "PDLIF" | Bon Iver | TBA | Yes | Co | Drum programming | ||
| "enemy" | Charli XCX | how i'm feeling now | Keyboards | ||||
| "FUBT" | HAIM | Women in Music Pt. III | Drum programming | ||||
| "To Someone Else" | Kacy Hill | Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again | Yes | Co | |||
| "Much Higher" | Yes | Co | |||||
| "Just to Say" | Co | ||||||
| "Porsche" | Co | ||||||
| "Unkind" | Yes | Co | |||||
| "Six" | Co | ||||||
| "Dinner" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Friend" | Gracie Abrams | minor | Yes | Co | Drum programming | ||
| "tehe" | Yes | Co | Drum programming, bass programming | ||||
| "Chapter 1" | Octavian | ALPHA | Yes | Yes | |||
| "Rari"
(featuring Future) |
Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Double Negative (Skeleton Milkshake)" | Dominic Fike | What Could Possibly Go Wrong | Yes | Co | |||
| "AUATC" | Bon Iver | TBA | Yes | Co | Drums, percussion | ||
| "Your Man" | Joji | Nectar | Yes | Yes | |||
| "Lazy" | Lupin | Lupin | Drum programming | ||||
| "Bored Again!"
(featuring Gabriel Delicious) |
Buddy Ross | Non-album single | Yes | ||||
| "Starface*" | Jean Dawson | Pixel Bath | Yes | Co | |||
External links
- Jim-E Stack discography at Discogs
- https://genius.com/artists/Jim-e-stack
- "Things Have Changed: YG, Tinashe and Jim-E Stack on Growing Up in the '90s". The FADER. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- Barna, Ben. "Here's How Jim E-Stack Made His Super-Catchy Heartbreak Album". Nylon. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "Jim-E Stack". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- Riddell, Rose (2020-07-31). "A Dominic Fike x 'What Could Possibly Go Wrong' album appreciation post". Coup De Main Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- "Kacy Hill: Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- Hussey, Allison. "Octavian and Future Share Video for New Song "Rari (Chapter 1)"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- Blistein, Jon (2020-05-11). "Bon Iver Drop Kaleidoscopic Animated Video for 'PDLIF'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "Caroline Polachek's Pang establishes her as a singular, indispensable voice". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "Review: Haim Redefine Their Legacy On 'Women In Music Pt. III'". Stereogum. 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- Diplo. "Jim-E Stack Is The Master Of Combining Sounds". Nylon. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "Jim E-Stack - "Note To Self" (Feat. Empress Of)". Stereogum. 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "Daily Discovery: NY Producer Jim-E Stack Makes Music That You Can Melt Into". Complex. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- "Discovery: Jim E Stack". Interview Magazine. 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- "Jim-E Stack preps Tell Me I Belong". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- Listen to "With You" (Yaeji Remix) by The Range / Jim-E Stack, retrieved 2020-07-30
- Howard, Lindsay. "Listen to Kacy Hill's incredible new album 'Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again'". Variance Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- "Kacy Hill - Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- "Jim-E Stack excels on the passionate electro pop of "Good Enough"". The FADER. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
- Yoo, Noah. "Bon Iver Joins Jim-E Stack on New Song "Jeanie"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
- Subscribe. "Jim-E Stack announces new album 'Ephemera'". diymag.com. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- Yoo, Noah. "Perfume Genius and Empress Of Rework Her Song "When I'm With Him": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-07-29.