British multi-instrumentalist, masana'antu da singer-songwriter James Berkeley - mafi kyau da aka sani a matsayin zamani frontman na UK neo-soul shirye-shirye Yakul - ya tafi a cikin solo yankin tare da album na farko 'Lost Boy, Golden Hour' da singa na farko 'Giving Me Love' a 4th Yuli 2025.

Bringing elements of soul, jazz, dream pop, indie da electronica, Berkeley yana samar da wani sauti wanda aka dace amma maimakon - san cewa Thundercat ya samu Japanese Breakfast tare da lantarki na Washed Out. Har ila yau, da aka samu gabatarwa daga kamar Gilles Peterson (BBC 6 Music), Complex, da Earmilk, ta solo aiki yana gina a kan wannan asali tare da ƙarfi da m musicality.

"My sabon singles ‘Giving Me Love’ ne mai ban mamaki cewa har ma a cikin your lowest, da mutane mafi kusa da ka za ka iya ganin mafi kyau. Kuma ta hanyar su za ka iya samu shi ga ku." - James Berkeley

The album aka kammala da wani impulsive momen a gudu 2024. "Fuck it, I'm writing an album and I'm doing it now," James ya ce ta modest followers a kan Instagram. Duk da haka, ya ci gaba da masu zaman kansu, ya ƙara fiye da 30,000 abokin ciniki, da kuma cikakken wani album cikakken da aka rubuta, samar, yi da kuma mixed ta.

Kuma mai ban sha'awa da UK jazz, R&B da soul shirye-shirye, James ya sa hankali tare da Yakul, daga sayar da Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club uku zuwa samarwa tare da Mereba da samarwa tare da Incognito a kan Tomorrow's New Dream. Yana kuma tafiya kasa da kasa da kasa tare da Incognito, ya yi aiki a gida a Blue Note Tokyo da Blue Note Milan.

Out of the spotlight, ya kasance tsanani m: ya sa biyu EPs a matsayin solo artist da kuma aiki tare da tsawon lokaci na sana'a partner edbl, ciki har da su 2022 joint EP wanda ya zama har yanzu fiye da 2 miliyan streams. Yana kuma taimakawa akai-akai kamar Cosmo Pyke da kuma ci gaba da ci gaba da sayarwa ga duk da studio prowess da magnetic live energy.

Tare da alama falsetto, jazz-inflected piano voicings da kuma sha'awar ga analog synth texture, James Berkeley ne mai zane-zane mai ban sha'awa da wani abu don ce. Lost Boy, Golden Hour ne fiye da wani alama - shi ne wani alama na halitta.