Jim-E Stack Explained

Birth Name:James Harmon Stack
Birth Date:21 January 1992
Birth Place:San Francisco, California, U.S.
Years Active:2012–present

James Harmon Stack, (born January 21, 1992) known professionally as Jim-E Stack, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and DJ born in San Francisco, CA,[1] and based in Los Angeles, CA.[2] His solo releases have featured Bon Iver, Empress Of, Charli XCX, Ant Clemons, Jana Hunter of Lower Dens, and the Range.[3] As a songwriter and record producer, Stack has collaborated with Dominic Fike,[4] Kacy Hill,[5] Octavian,[6] Bon Iver,[7] Joji, Caroline Polachek,[8] Haim,[9] Diplo,[10] Empress Of,[11] and more. He has remixed Wet, Anna of the North, Rostam, Active Child, and Lower Dens, as well as other artists.[3] [12]

Career

2011-2016: Early years, Tell Me I Belong

Born James Harmon Stack, Jim-E Stack grew up in San Francisco's Inner Richmond, where his passion for music evolved from playing in garage rock bands and jazz bands to making beats inspired by Daft Punk, Burial, J Dilla, Timbaland, and The Neptunes.[13] While Jim-E lived in New Orleans and Brooklyn, his original releases and EPs, in addition to remixes for Sky Ferreira and ASAP Rocky, garnered critical acclaim and interest. It would lead to his debut 2014 album, Tell Me I Belong,[14] accompanied by touring with Shlohmo and Bonobo.

2016–present: Collaborations, EPHEMERA

Returning to California in 2016, Stack continued to release new solo material, including collaborations with fellow electronic artist The Range, as well as solo releases featuring Noonie Bao, Rostam, Charli XCX, and more. Between then and early 2019, he collaborated with Empress Of, Diplo, and Caroline Polachek for their own music, in addition to contributing on songs for Haim.

Stack contributed heavily to his then-partner Kacy Hill's second studio album Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again, released July 2020.[15] Hill states Stack acted as inspiration for much of the album's lyrical content in the liner notes of the record.[16]

From late 2019 through 2020, Stack released new singles featuring Ant Clemons,[17] Empress Of, Dijon and Bon Iver,[18] along with an announcement for a new album titled EPHEMERA. It features the aforementioned singles, with other collaborations with Octavian, Bearface of Brockhampton and Kacy Hill.[19] Stack also released a CD exclusive EP in October 2021, sold for free only at one store in New York and London.[20]

Stack was again a primary collaborator in the creation of Kacy Hill's Simple, Sweet, and Smiling album, which released October 2021.[21]

in 2023, Stack served as a principal producer, songwriter, and instrumentalist with Dominic Fike, collaborating on his album Sunburn.

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
Tell Me I Belong
EPHEMERA
  • Released: October 30, 2020
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming

EPs

TitleDetails
Come Between
  • Released: January 16, 2012
  • Label: Good Years Recordings
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
It's Jim-ee
  • Released: August 4, 2017
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming
Promotional Only
  • Released: October 12, 2021
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming

Singles

TitleYearLabelAlbum
"Bubble Boy"2012Body High
"Deadstream"2016Self-releasedIt's Jim-ee
"Hyperballad"
(featuring Jana Hunter)
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"You are Not Alone"
"Forgotten"
"Dreamt"It's Jim-ee
"Deadstream"
(Rostam Version featuring Charli XCX)
"Forgiven"2017
"Moments Noticed"
"With You"
(with The Range)
Dominorowspan="3"
''Somebody"
(featuring Noonie Bao)
2018Self-released
"A Man Can't Know What It's Like To Be A Mother"2019
"Good Enough"
(featuring Ant Clemons)
EPHEMERA
"Note To Self"
(featuring Empress Of)
2020
"Sweet Summer Sweat"
(featuring Dijon)
"Jeanie"
(featuring Bon Iver)
"Can We"
(featuring Kacy Hill)
"Sweet & Spice"
(Deb Never & Jim-E Stack)
2021Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
"2nd Round"Promotional Only
"FFBH"
"Next to Me"
(featuring Lucky Daye)
2022

Remixes

TitleYearRemixed Artist(s)
"Lovers (Jim-E Stack Remix)"2017Anna of the North
"Real Thing (Jim-E Stack Remix)"Lower Dens
"Warning Intruders (Jim-E Stack Remix)"2018Rostam
"When I'm With Him (Perfume Genius Cover)"[22] 2019Empress Of
"Old Bone (Jim-E Stack Remix)"Wet
"Cruel World (Jim-E Stack Remix)"2020Active Child
"Without You (Jim-E Stack Remix)"Perfume Genius

Songwriting and production discography

Title! rowspan="2" width="30" scope="col"
YearLead artistAlbumCredit(s)
WritingProductionInstrumentationEngineering
"Want You Back"2017HAIMSomething to Tell You
"New Moon"Cold SpecksFool's Paradise
"What the Hell"BridgeWreck
"Be A Man (Get In the Cold Shower)"2018Kidepo
"Flacko"CoshaR.I.P Bonzai
"Shoulda"RL GrimeNOVA
"When I'm with Him"Empress OfUs
"Esta Noche"Dillon FrancisWUT WUT
"No Pare"
"New Shapes"
(featuring Octavian)
2019DiploEuropa
"Galapagos"Lower DensThe Competition
"I Give Up"Caroline PolachekPang
"Door"
"U Give It Up"2020Empress OfI'm Your Empress Of
"PDLIF"Bon Iver
"enemy"Charli XCXhow i'm feeling now
"FUBT"HAIMWomen in Music Pt. III
"To Someone Else"Kacy HillIs It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again
"Much Higher"
"Just to Say"
"Porsche"
"Unkind"
"Six"
"Dinner"
"Friend"Gracie Abramsminor
"tehe"
"Chapter 1"OctavianALPHA
"Rari"
(featuring Future)
"Double Negative (Skeleton Milkshake)"Dominic FikeWhat Could Possibly Go Wrong
"AUATC"Bon Iver
"Your Man"JojiNectar
"Lazy"LupinLupin
"Bored Again"
(featuring Gabriel Delicious)
Buddy Ross
"Starface*"Jean DawsonPixel Bath
"Roots"2021Cautious ClayDeadpan Love
"Escalator"Ritt Momney
"Sweet & Spice"Deb Never & Jim-E StackWhere Have All the Flowers Gone?
"I Couldn't Wait"Kacy HillSimple, Sweet, and Smiling
"Seasons Bloom"
"The Right Time"
"Simple, Sweet, and Smiling"
"Walking at Midnight"
"So Loud"
"Caterpillars"
"Mochi's Interlude"
"Easy Going"
"The Stars"
"Another You"
"Milk Me"2022Sudan ArchivesNatural Brown Prom Queen
"Welcome To My Island"2023Caroline PolachekDesire, I Want to Turn Into You
"Chalk 1.3.3 [2017 Export Wav]"FlumeArrived Anxious, Left Bored
"Revolve Around You"Lola YoungMy Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely
"How Much Is Weed?"Dominic Fike
"Ant Pile"
"Sick"
"7 Hours"
"Bodies"
"Sunburn"
"Pasture Child"
"4x4"
"Frisky"
"Mama's Boy"
"Dark"
"Someday"ElmieneMarking My Time
"You"The Kid LAROIThe First Time
"Save Your Tears"2024Jess GlynneJess
"Dance Alone"Sia & Kylie MinogueReasonable Woman
"My Day Off"
(featuring Nourished by Time)
Kacy HillBUG
"Take Me to the River"Lorde

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Things Have Changed: YG, Tinashe and Jim-E Stack on Growing Up in the '90s. 2020-07-29. The FADER. en.
  2. Web site: Barna. Ben. Here's How Jim E-Stack Made His Super-Catchy Heartbreak Album. 2020-07-29. Nylon. en.
  3. Web site: Jim-E Stack. 2020-07-29. Discogs. en.
  4. Web site: Riddell. Rose. 2020-07-31. A Dominic Fike x 'What Could Possibly Go Wrong' album appreciation post.. 2020-08-01. Coup De Main Magazine. en.
  5. Web site: Kacy Hill: Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again. 2020-07-29. Pitchfork. en.
  6. Web site: Hussey. Allison. Octavian and Future Share Video for New Song "Rari (Chapter 1)". 2020-07-29. Pitchfork. en-us.
  7. Blistein. Jon. 2020-05-11. Bon Iver Drop Kaleidoscopic Animated Video for 'PDLIF'. 2020-07-29. Rolling Stone. en-US.
  8. Web site: Caroline Polachek's Pang establishes her as a singular, indispensable voice. 2020-07-29. The Line of Best Fit. en.
  9. Web site: 2020-06-25. Review: Haim Redefine Their Legacy On 'Women In Music Pt. III'. 2020-07-29. Stereogum.
  10. Web site: Diplo. Jim-E Stack Is The Master Of Combining Sounds. 2020-07-29. Nylon. en.
  11. Web site: 2020-07-14. Jim E-Stack - "Note To Self" (Feat. Empress Of). 2020-07-29. Stereogum.
  12. Web site: Daily Discovery: NY Producer Jim-E Stack Makes Music That You Can Melt Into. 2020-07-30. Complex. en.
  13. Web site: 2012-05-02. Discovery: Jim E Stack. 2020-07-30. Interview Magazine. en-US.
  14. Web site: Jim-E Stack preps Tell Me I Belong. 2020-07-29. Resident Advisor.
  15. Web site: Howard. Lindsay. Listen to Kacy Hill's incredible new album 'Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again'. 2020-12-28. Variance Magazine. en-gb.
  16. Web site: Kacy Hill - Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again. 2020-12-28. Discogs. en.
  17. Web site: Jim-E Stack excels on the passionate electro pop of "Good Enough". 2020-07-31. The FADER. en.
  18. Web site: Yoo. Noah. Bon Iver Joins Jim-E Stack on New Song "Jeanie". 2020-10-02. Pitchfork. en-us.
  19. Web site: Subscribe. Jim-E Stack announces new album 'Ephemera'. 2020-12-28. diymag.com. en.
  20. Web site: Jim-E Stack on Twitter: "Promotional Only EP available now physical only free of charge". 2021-10-12. Twitter. en.
  21. Web site: Sacks & Co. /// Kacy Hill. 2021-10-12. sacksco.com.
  22. Web site: Yoo. Noah. Perfume Genius and Empress Of Rework Her Song "When I'm With Him": Listen. 2020-07-29. Pitchfork. en-us.