James Johnson

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There are several artists who have released works under this name.

The most active of them nowadays is James Johnson, a profilic American ambient musician, who started by playing in experimental/ambient outfit Illusion of Safety and later releasing own solo albums, specializing in minimalism. James Johnson has collaborated with artists including Ma Ja Le, Robert Scott Thompson, Alio Die and especially Vir Unis. He founded the label Zero Music, which eventually merged with atmoworks, founded by both Johnson and Vir Unis in 2001. Johnson decided to leave the label in March 2008.

Recently James Johnson has released several of his older works, such as Unity, Surrender, Entering Twilight and The Butterfly Chamber as freely available 256 CBR MP3 downloads on his website.

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  • Dapunk

    His albums are now free on James site.

    9 May 2011 Reply
  • Xengrid

    Very good ambient. Great for listening or just background music as well. If anyone is interested for getting his records, Johnson has lately released (and will release more) of his old records on his website for free.

    7 Mar 2011 Reply
  • marijuan28

    hahahah

    1 May 2010 Reply
  • MinduLT

    very!

    9 Jan 2009 Reply
  • CrazyGumbi08

    I'm having difficulty locating his albums as well, any help is appreciated.

    9 Sep 2008 Reply
  • safe-as-milk

    anyone know where i can find his records?? actually having such issues. PM me

    1 Mar 2008 Reply
  • quora

    very nice ambient similar to Brian Eno. close to Vir Unis too

    30 Jul 2007 Reply