samurai.fm presents Rough Fields

We are very pleased to bring you this glorious exclusive mix from Rough Fields. We think you will enjoy this one a lot!

Rough Fields is the operating name of James Birchall, an electro-acoustic composer, lofi/noise/folk artist and electronica producer from Manchester, UK. The sound brings together the disparate strands of his previous musical paths through folk, classical, rock, minimalism, electronica, electro-acoustic and experimental composition.

After three years spent absorbed in the acid techno scene in Manchester, Edinburgh, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham and London in the mid-nineties, James moved to Huddersfield to study modern composition under Matthew Adkins, Christopher Fox, Michael Clark and other influential figures - a period which also brought him into contact with such luminaries as Steve Reich and Brian Eno. It was during this period that his first productions surfaced on the now defunct Bristol imprint Beat(en) Communications. Returning to Manchester in 2002, Birchall took a position in Salford University's music technology department and continued working on electronic music.

After spending a number of years in Paris composing and performing, James returned to the UK and founded the Bomb Shop label, releasing experimental electronica, house and dubstep under various names (Elias Linn, YTAC, Los Vampiros Lesbos, Sous Section 5, Jingai).

For more information and check out his most recent mix Watery Fable please visit his website below.

www.roughfields.org