James Berkeley ṣe akọsilẹ akọsilẹ akọsilẹ albumu Lost Boy, Golden Hour

British multi-instrumentalist, producer ati singer-songwriter James Berkeley – ti o dara julọ mọ bi awọn akọkọ akọkọ akọkọ ti UK neo-soul outfit Yakul – lọ si aiyipada si aiyipada pẹlu rẹ akọkọ album ‘Lost Boy, Golden Hour’ ati awọn akọsilẹ akọsilẹ akọsilẹ single ‘Giving Me Love’ nipa 4th July 2025.

Tẹsiwaju awọn ẹya ara ti soul, jazz, dream pop, indie ati electronica, Berkeley ṣẹda ọna ti o jẹ ẹya-ara ṣugbọn mọ - o fẹ Thundercat ni Japanese Breakfast pẹlu awọn ẹya-ara ti Washed Out. Lẹhin ti o ti gba awọn akọkọ nikan lati awọn gẹgẹbi Gilles Peterson (BBC 6 Music), Complex, ati Earmilk, awọn oniwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe, awọn oniwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe-iwe.

“Mi titun single ‘Giving Me Love’ ni a ifowosowopo ti o ṣugbọn ninu awọn ti o dara julọ si rẹ, awọn eniyan ti o dara julọ si rẹ le tun ri rẹ ti o dara ju. Ati nipasẹ wọn o le ri o fun rẹ.” – James Berkeley

Awọn albumu ti a ti ṣe nipasẹ akoko iṣoro ni ipari ọdun 2024. "Fuck it, I am writing an album and I am doing it now," James wí pé rẹ modest followers on Instagram. Lẹhinna, o ti ni gbọdọ awọn oniwe-tita rẹ, gbọdọ siwaju sii ju 30,000 awọn olumulo, ati ki o ni kikun ni kikun ti awọn album ni kikun ti a ṣe, produced, performed ati mixed nipa o.

Ni ko si ẹnu si awọn UK jazz, R&B ati soul circuits, James ti ṣe awọn iroyin rẹ pẹlu Yakul, lati tẹsiwaju Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club tẹsiwaju si ṣiṣẹ pẹlu Mereba ati ṣiṣe pẹlu Incognito on Tomorrow's New Dream. O si tun gbe ni okeere pẹlu Incognito, gbe awọn ile-iṣẹ ni Blue Note Tokyo ati Blue Note Milan.

Lẹhin ti awọn akojọ, o ti wa ni silẹ gbajumo: fi meji EPs bi a solo artist ati ṣiṣẹ pẹlu ọpọlọpọ ọpọlọpọ akọkọ ẹgbẹ edbl, gẹgẹbi wọn 2022 joint EP eyi ti o ti wa ni nigbagbogbo siwaju sii ju 2 million stream. O tun ni atilẹyin si awọn akitiyan bi Cosmo Pyke ati ki o si tẹsiwaju gbajumo fun awọn ọpọlọpọ awọn oniwe-studio agbara ati magnetic live agbara.

Ati awọn iroyin falsetto, jazz-inflected piano voicings ati a iyanu fun analog synth textures, James Berkeley jẹ ọkunrin aṣiṣe-ọna-ọna-ọna pẹlu nkan lati sọ. Lost Boy, Golden Hour jẹ diẹ ẹ sii ju a akọkọ – o jẹ a iroyin ti o dara julọ.