MEDIA 11/11/25

“And this plugin that we made together a couple years ago, called Pitch Gate. It’s something that basically allows you to gate as many notes as you want. You can build this creepy sounding horn stereo, where every step of the scale has a different effect.”

– Ableton talk to James Holden and Waclaw Zimpel about the making of their The Universe Will Take Care Of You album, including a free download of the Pitch Gate device which they developed together: GO>>

MEDIA 03/11/25

– See James Styler‘s photos of James Holden & Waclaw Zimpel‘s performance at Stroud’s Hidden Notes Festival (via the Hidden Notes Facebook profile): GO>>

MEDIA 26/10/25

“It’s properly odd and jagged, but utterly compelling too, unsettling and absorbing at the same time.”

– The Irish Examiner review James Holden & Waclaw Zimpel‘s live performance at this year’s Guinness Cork Jazz Festival: GO>>

MEDIA 11/10/25

“But Common Land took the musical form of a hypnotic lava lamp bubble, a circuitous journey via cavernous dub and night jungle scree until an earthly saxophone breaks though it’s dream laden membrane.”

– The Voice Of Unreason places James Holden‘s Common Land (from his 2023 album Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities) at #32 in their list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far: GO>>

MEDIA 17/09/25

“The British synth artist and the Polish clarinet player are coming to Dublin to perform a show based off their recent debut album of improvisatory works The Universe Will Take Care Of You.”