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James Murray
@slowcraft.bsky.social
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Composer | Producer | Curator
http://jamesmurray.info | http://slowcraft.info
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slowcraft.bsky.social
Clearings is out today - a name-your-price EP of alternative versions of tracks from my 2022 Home Normal album Careful Now:

homenormal.bandcamp.com/album/cleari...

#clearings #EP #homenormal #jamesmurray #bandcamp #nameyourprice #independentmusic #supportartists
April 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
“I’m free to decide what my music means to me but not to define what it might come to mean for someone else now or in the future...”

www.patreon.com/HeadphoneCom...

#headphonecommunity #headphonecommute #jamesmurray #exclusive #featuredartist #independentmusic #supportartists
March 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Headphone Commute just published this exclusive track premiere:

headphonecommute.com/2025/03/18/j...

More over on Headphone Community:

www.patreon.com/HeadphoneCom...

#headphonecommunity #headphonecommute #jamesmurray #exclusive #featuredartist #changingitup #independentmusic #supportartists
March 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Today we welcome HERE to Slowcraft with A Quiet Unease, a nuanced collection of atmospheric electronic ambient available in digital & limited cassette editions:

slowcraft.bandcamp.com/album/a-quie...
linktr.ee/slowcraft

#HERE #labeldebut #slowcraft #electronic #ambient #tapes #cassettes #bandcamp
March 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Just a quick note to say that if you’re considering supporting Slowcraft this Bandcamp Friday - or any time throughout March - then you might be interested in this:

www.patreon.com/HeadphoneCom...

#headphonecommunity #jamesmurray #exclusive #bandcamp #discount #featuredartist #changingitup
March 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Today we open up pre-orders for the HERE label debut A Quiet Unease, ahead of release on 14th March in digital & limited cassette editions:

slowcraft.bandcamp.com/album/a-quie...

Thanks as ever for all your support.

#slowcraft #HERE #aquietunease #preorder #electronic #ambient #cassette #bandcamp
March 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Headphone Community is here: a more personal, humanly curated and equitable music discovery experience.

Details: headphonecommute.com/2025/02/17/h...
Access: www.patreon.com/HeadphoneCom...

#headphonecommunity #headphonecommute #jamesmurray #exclusive #featuredartist #changingitup #supportartists
March 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Where Birds Fly is the name-your-price single taken from HERE's upcoming Slowcraft debut, available soon in digital and limited cassette editions:

slowcraft.bandcamp.com/album/where-...
linktr.ee/slowcraft

#slowcraft #HERE #beyondclouds #debut #electronic #ambient #independentmusic #bandcamp
February 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Home Normal have just released this exclusive name-your-price James Murray mix compiled by Ian Hawgood:

homenormal.bandcamp.com/album/home-n...

#homenormal #jamesmurray #ianhawgood #silentvigils #slowreels #mikelazarev #nameyourprice #mix #support #ambient #drone #independentmusic #bandcamp
February 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Here's a beautiful new CD edition of my 2018 album Landscapes of Lovers, released today on Home Normal alongside name-your-price companion piece Safehaven recorded at Home Normal HQ over the winter break:

homenormal.bandcamp.com/album/landsc...
homenormal.bandcamp.com/album/safeha...

🌹💌🌹💌🌹💌🌹💌🌹💌🌹
February 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
"So endearing and infectious..."

Ron Schepper's writing is always a treat. This textura review of the Dött ljus debut Bottna is no exception:

www.textura.org/archives/d/d...

#textura #döttljus #bottna #debut #release #slowcraft #electronic #ambient #techno #independentmusic #press #tape #bandcamp
February 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Genre-melding Dött ljus debut Bottna is available now on cassette and hi-res digital from our Bandcamp, and across all the usual platforms:

slowcraft.bandcamp.com/album/bottna
linktr.ee/slowcraft

#döttljus #bottna #debut #releaseday #slowcraft #electronic #ambient #techno #independentmusic #tapes
February 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Weekend mode engaged: www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/the...

#döttljus #lowlightmixes #slowcraft #mix #debut #electronic #ambient #electronic #techno #independentmusic #pre-orders #tapes #cassettes #mixcloud #bandcamp
February 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Pre-orders open today for the Dött ljus debut Bottna, an impressively nuanced mini-album that abandons all expectation and trespasses genre boundaries:

slowcraft.bandcamp.com/album/bottna
linktr.ee/slowcraft

#slowcraft #döttljus #debut #electronic #ambient #electronic #techno #pre-orders #tapes
January 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Slowcraft is thrilled to present the hybrid electronica of Dött ljus with their debut single Förr, paired with a crisp techno remix by Anders Enge:

slowcraft.bandcamp.com/album/f-rr
linktr.ee/slowcraft

#slowcraft #döttljus #debut #electronic #ambient #electronic #techno #independentmusic #bandcamp
January 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Happy New Year and Happy Friday!

A Closer Listen just raised the curtain on Slowcraft ’25: Stockholm duo Dött ljus are making exactly the music we want to hear right now...

acloserlisten.com/2025/01/02/a...

#slowcraft #döttljus #debut #electronic #ambient #techno #independentmusic #acloserlisten
January 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Unearthed! a handful of artist-signed Slowcraft Presents CDs:

x5 Ian Hawgood - Impermanence (2019)
x6 Neotropic - The Absolute Elsewhere (2018)
x1 Alapastel - Hidden For The Eyes (2017)

slowcraft.bandcamp.com/merch

Just in time for Bandcamp Friday - don’t sleep on it if you want one :)
December 6, 2024 at 8:57 AM
slowcraft.bsky.social
I'll be winding down the Slowcraft half-price sale after this weekend, so now would be the time to use the code "fall50" at checkout for 50% off anything and everything:

slowcraft.bandcamp.com
jamesmurray.bandcamp.com

#slowcraft #jamesmurray #bandcamp #autumn #discount #independentmusic #sale
November 30, 2024 at 2:55 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
New music! my rework of When the Angels Wake You from Celtic songstress Bróna McVittie's debut album is out now 💜💛
bronamcvittie.bandcamp.com/.../when-the....
open.spotify.com/album/60wgRc....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=28X6...
🧚‍♀️💨🧚‍♀️💨🧚‍♀️💨🧚‍♀️💨🧚‍♀️💨🧚‍♀️💨
#newmusic #ambient #remix #vocal #cosmicfolk #bandcamp
November 24, 2024 at 11:53 AM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Following the response to the Slowcraft half-price sale, the “fall50” code now covers the James Murray bandcamp too, where you'll find these HN albums, pictured here and now unavailable elsewhere.

jamesmurray.bandcamp.com
slowcraft.bandcamp.com

🍃🍂🍃🍂🍃🍂🍃🍂🍃🍂🍃🍂

#jamesmurray #bandcamp #autumn #sale
November 1, 2024 at 10:20 AM
slowcraft.bsky.social
There's now 50% off everything over at the Slowcraft bandcamp with the code "fall50". Help us make way for what's to come next year by closing any gaps in your collection: slowcraft.bandcamp.com

🍃🍂🍃🍂🍃🍂🍃🍂🍃🍂🍃🍂

#slowcraft #bandcamp #autumn #discount #independentmusic
October 27, 2024 at 2:53 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Artist copies of Weeds arrived the exact same day as an unexpected late solo bloom of flax, pictured here alongside the artwork it inspired 🌱💜💙🌱

quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/weeds

#quietdetails #jamesmurray #music #newmusic #ambient #synth #drone #electronicmusic #analoguephotography
September 25, 2024 at 4:36 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Riz Maslen aka Neotropic needs our help:

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/in-need-of...

The musician’s life is surely precarious enough without these unwelcome, unexpected things dropping from the sky.

Please chip in if you feel able. Thanks.
September 23, 2024 at 4:05 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
Infrequent studio reveal and track breakdown of Weeds just published over at quiet details:
September 20, 2024 at 1:10 PM
slowcraft.bsky.social
I rarely do interviews but could hardly refuse curator Alex Gold of @quietdetails.bsky.social this Q&A.

Part One focuses on background and approach:

substack.com/@quietdetail...

Photo by Stijn Hüwels.

#quietdetails #jamesmurray #weeds #interview #composition #newmusic #ambient #bandcamp
September 13, 2024 at 10:54 AM