London-based producer Loraine James has announced a new album of songs that reinterpret, reimagine, and respond to the work of American composer Julius Eastman. The full-length, titled Building Something Beautiful for Me, arrives October 7 via Phantom Limb. Below, listen to the lead single “Maybe If I (Stay on It),” which riffs on Eastman’s composition Stay on It. Also below, find the LP artwork; the album packaging was designed by Dennis McInnes and inspired by writing from Eastman’s manuscript pages.
On October 2, James will perform Building Something Beautiful for Me at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London’s Southbank Centre. Earlier this year, James released a collaborative EP with TSVI called 053. She also shared her self-titled debut under the electronic moniker Whatever the Weather earlier in 2022. James’ previous solo full-length under her own name was June 2021’s Reflection.
Read the interview “Loraine James Takes Electronic Music’s Temperature With New Alias Whatever the Weather” on the Pitch.
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Building Something Beautiful for Me:
01 Maybe If I (Stay on It)
02 The Perception of Me (Crazy Nigger)
03 Choose to Be Gay (Femenine)
04 Building Something Beautiful for Me (Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc)
05 Enfield, Always
06 My Take
07 Black Excellence (Stay on It)
08 What Now (Prelude to the Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc)
