Producer, DJ and 1-man-band James Pants is a purveyor par-excellence of that unmistakable Fresh Beat: 80s Soul, Electro Boogie, Early Rap, New Wave, & Post-Punk Disco. He's rocked international festivals, hipster-ish dance parties, and many a basement whiletouring the US with the likes of Jaime Lidell and Peanut Butter Wolf, and sharing stages with Orbital and Grace Jones.

He's been championed in print byXLR8R and Pitchfork (amongst others) and his DJ mixes have been featured on podcasts for Apple, BBC Radio, Redbull, and Fabric.

His full 4-piece live band sets channel equal partsSilver Apples, Beck,andRick James, while his legendary DJ sets are truly "party-rocking", mashing up everything from Synth-Pop to Dirty South Crunk to New Wave Disco to Electro-Funk and back again.

James' 2nd full length"Seven Seals", the followup to his highly acclaimed 2008 debut"Welcome", will be released in November of 2009 on Stones Throw Records.