James Welburn's debut album 'Hold', published by Miasmah, was described as "Like watching a massive twisting fire slowly fading into the open skies, accompanied by a drum section so repetitive yet mind bending that you're unsure if it's ever going to stop"

Hailing from the UK, but located in both Berlin (DE) and Lillehammer (NO), James has been on a path to catch the perfect drone through the last years, playing an abundance of underground drone and noise sets in Berlin and Norway.

His biography already boasts notable collaborations, such as the one with the legendary drummer Tony Buck of The Necks or those with Tomas Järmyr (of Zu & Motorpsycho), Andrea Belfi  and the pioneering 60's New York drone composer Phill Niblock.
WIth performances at many festivals around Europe, including Rewire Festival in Den Haag & Incubate festival in Tilburg (NE), NEXT Advanced Music Festival in Bratislava(SK), FLUSSI Media Arts Festival (IT), Hradby Samoty in Rosice (CZ), Svart Oktober at Blitz Oslo (NO), Nødutgang in Bodø (NO) and The Woodland Gathering in Cumbria (UK).
Today Welburn performs a live set on the boundary between noise rock and electronica, modifying dirty electric bass sounds with abstract software effects into dark engulfing soundscapes and searing bass drones that breathe with a mysterious forceful energy. A relentless rhythm section, performed by Amund Kleppan (NO), drives the music forward, forming epic compositions of sound and noise.

"… Full of sounds and structures to get lost in, to bathe in the layers and wade through the textures that Welburn constructs with consummate skill...marks him out as a solo artist and collaborationist to watch" - The Quietus.