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Australian singer, songwriter and producer James Chatburn explores soul, blues, rock and electronic music with the release of his anticipated sophomore EP, Damen.

Off-kilter, neo-soul joint "In The Wild" leads the EP as the third and final single release, possessing of a raw, analogue sound, slow hip-hop inspired grooves, and borrowed classical motifs. The counter melody derived from ‘In The Hall Of The Mountain King’, works as an almost Dr. Dre style riff, meshed in with distorted guitars, brass and 60’s sounding delays. The lyrics concentrate on themes of inhibition, and body movement while flowing with a more rhythmic emphasis.

Damen kicks off with D'Angelo leaning "Darling I Missed Your Call", a multilayered, pulsating track which combines rough synth bass, gritty guitars, playful trumpet lines over a hard-hitting, Prince-inspired beat.

Soulection released "Omens" introduces an arresting melancholy, as its sparse production built on handcrafted samples, synthesizers, drum machines, guitars and lush vocal layers amalgamate into a swelling display of musical restraint, before "In The Wild" kicks in and picks up the energy with its tongue in cheek approach to the production.

"Beat That Stops" acknowledges the rock and blues music Chatburn grew up playing, with heavily distorted guitars and synthesizers over a 70’s inspired drum groove, while a live recording of the stripped back "Fire" ends the EP off with a display of intimate vulnerability in both the narrative and musicality - all held together by Chatburn's fiercely soulful voice which is both fragile and intense.

After years of writing music with nothing more than a pen and a guitar, James has successfully manoeuvred his way into the world of production with the completion of ‘Damen’.

Partly recorded in Redbull Studio’s Berlin, the EP blends band style performance and arrangement with electronic beats and synths, forging a rhythmic soulful style, with a lo-fi indie sensibility. Often compared with singers such as John Legend and James Blake, he not only boasts overdriven blues guitar styling’s when performing, but makes use of synthesizers and effects, displaying a dexterity of genre inline with peers such as Jordan Rakei, Gabriel Garzon Montano and Nick Hakim.

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