Artists rarely challenge an audience's comfort zone both visually & aurally; huge respect to them & their crew for executing an uncompromising vision & mastery of conveying emotion through sound.

They returned to the B-Stage; dry ice billowed, blinding strobes creating a frantic barrier around the stage & I found myself ensconced in a smoke-filled cyberpunk-industrial future disco. Which was nice.

Astonishing lights- a 3D curtain around the main stage; dynamic colours, shapes & shadows moving in all directions & interacting with the performers.

The band are an astonishing combination of individual skills working as a team &
the coherent, careful thought & thematic attention to detail in every aspect of the production was inspirational

Nine Inch Nails, Manchester Arena - June '25 - Once upon a time, not too long ago, I took a day out in Manchester.

Bjork: Cornucopia at the Phoenix Picturehouse, Jericho, Oxford - May 25

I was curious how the immersive, sensory, experience of Bjork live concert would translate to an intimate cinema setting in one of my favourite parts of Oxford.

Radiohead x Shakespere

Hamlet - Hail to The Thief - RSC - Stratford On Avon - June 2025

So good I saw it twice.

Once with the wonderous Mrs Warburton and once with an old pal and musical who both loved it too.

Relished the opportunity to see Suzanne Ciani, a true pioneer of the synth and sound design world, perform live recently with the phenomenal Ninja Tune artist Actress.

The soundtrack to 'Lost Without You' is now available on my bandcamp and spotify

This was a fun short film shot in the summer of '24 in Bristol as a collaborative project with various talented colleagues from the BAFTA Connect scheme.

jameswarburton.bandcamp.com

'Mayfly' Soundtrack - available on Bandcamp and Spotify now. (Links at bottom)

My approach to scoring this intriguing Sci-Fi short film was to take inspiration from the subject matter and story - the creation of human-like robots with a one-day life-span (the same duration as the Mayfly)
(1/4)

Refractions - Clark x Manchester Collective x Melanie Lane - Southbank, April 2025

I was lucky enough to attend this performance as part of the Multitudes Arts Festival;
orchestral music re-imagined through collaborations with dancers,visual artists, poets, MCs and contemporary electronic artists

Oliver Harris kindly got in touch after seeing a film I’d scored to ask me to come up with a mixtape; an hour or two of music/sound,old and new, that I felt had shaped me, for his wonderful 'Nomad Discology' series.

- www.nomad-discology.com/6 -

Listen &read about my choices at link above.

A mix of albums & books that've proved inspirational in 2024 or am looking forward to exploring in 2025.Wonderful music from Bjork, Julia-Sophie and Warpaint & books exploring minimalism, films of Tarkovsky,microtonality,the C86 movement & behind the scenes stories of Radiohead, Idlewild and Later…

'A Moment of Calm' - Looping Piano + Synths + Tape - You may enjoy listening to this EP whilst writing/working/sleeping/living- rcrft.co/reel/JamesWa...