Jim-E Stack

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Jim-E Stack
Birth nameJames Harmon Stack
Born (1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 32)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
  • musician
  • DJ
Years active2012–present

James Harmon Stack, (born January 21, 1992) known professionally as Jim-E Stack, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and DJ born in San Francisco, CA, [1] and based in Los Angeles, CA. [2] His solo releases have featured Bon Iver, Empress Of, Charli XCX, Ant Clemons, Jana Hunter of Lower Dens, and the Range. [3] As a songwriter and record producer, Stack has collaborated with Dominic Fike, [4] Kacy Hill, [5] Octavian, [6] Bon Iver, [7] Joji, Caroline Polachek, [8] Haim, [9] Diplo, [10] Empress Of, [11] and more. He has remixed Wet, Anna of the North, Rostam, Active Child, and Lower Dens, as well as other artists. [3] [12]

Contents

Career

2011-2016: Early years, Tell Me I Belong

Born James Harmon Stack, Jim-E Stack grew up in San Francisco's Inner Richmond, [1] where his passion for music evolved from playing in garage rock bands and jazz bands to making beats inspired by Daft Punk, Burial, J Dilla, Timbaland, and The Neptunes. [13] While Jim-E lived in New Orleans and Brooklyn, his original releases and EPs, in addition to remixes for Sky Ferreira and ASAP Rocky, [12] garnered critical acclaim and interest. It would lead to his debut 2014 album, Tell Me I Belong, [14] accompanied by touring with Shlohmo and Bonobo. [12]

2016–present: Collaborations, EPHEMERA

Returning to California in 2016, Stack continued to release new solo material, [3] including collaborations with fellow electronic artist The Range, [15] as well as solo releases featuring Noonie Bao, Rostam, Charli XCX, and more. [3] Between then and early 2019, he collaborated with Empress Of, Diplo, and Caroline Polachek for their own music, in addition to contributing on songs for Haim.

Stack contributed heavily to Kacy Hill's second studio album Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again , released July 2020. [16] The pair are now dating, and Hill states Stack acted as inspiration for much of the album's lyrical content in the liner notes of the record. [17]

From late 2019 through 2020, Stack released new singles featuring Ant Clemons, [18] Empress Of, [11] Dijon and Bon Iver, [19] along with an announcement for a new album titled EPHEMERA. It features the aforementioned singles, with other collaborations with Octavian, Bearface of Brockhampton and Kacy Hill. [20] Stack also released a CD exclusive EP in October 2021, sold for free only at one store in New York and London. [21]

Stack was again a primary collaborator in the creation of Kacy Hill's Simple, Sweet, and Smiling album, which released October 2021. [22]

in 2023, Stack served as a principal producer, songwriter, and instrumentalist with Dominic Fike, collaborating on his album Sunburn.

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
Tell Me I Belong
EPHEMERA
  • Released: October 30, 2020
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming

EPs

TitleDetails
Come Between
  • Released: January 16, 2012
  • Label: Good Years Recordings
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
It's Jim-ee
  • Released: August 4, 2017
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming
Promotional Only
  • Released: October 12, 2021
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming

Singles

TitleYearLabelAlbum
"Bubble Boy"2012Body HighNon-album single
"Deadstream"2016Self-releasedIt's Jim-ee
"Hyperballad"
(featuring Jana Hunter)
Non-album single
"You are Not Alone"
"Forgotten"
"Dreamt"It's Jim-ee
"Deadstream"
(Rostam Version featuring Charli XCX)
"Forgiven"2017
"Moments Noticed"
"With You"
(with The Range)
Domino Non-album single
''Somebody"
(featuring Noonie Bao)
2018Self-released
"A Man Can't Know What It's Like To Be A Mother"2019
"Good Enough"
(featuring Ant Clemons)
EPHEMERA
"Note To Self"
(featuring Empress Of)
2020
"Sweet Summer Sweat"
(featuring Dijon)
"Jeanie"
(featuring Bon Iver)
"Can We"
(featuring Kacy Hill)
"Sweet & Spice"
(Deb Never & Jim-E Stack)
2021Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
"2nd Round"Promotional Only
"FFBH"
"Next to Me"
(featuring Lucky Daye)
2022Non-album single

Remixes

TitleYearRemixed Artist(s)
"Lovers (Jim-E Stack Remix)"2017 Anna of the North
"Real Thing (Jim-E Stack Remix)" Lower Dens
"Warning Intruders (Jim-E Stack Remix)"2018 Rostam
"When I'm With Him (Perfume Genius Cover)" [23] 2019 Empress Of
"Old Bone (Jim-E Stack Remix)" Wet
"Cruel World (Jim-E Stack Remix)"2020 Active Child
"Without You (Jim-E Stack Remix)" Perfume Genius

Songwriting and production discography

List of songs co-written, featuring production involvement, instrumentation and/or engineering for other artists, showing year released and album name
TitleYearLead artistAlbumCredit(s)
WritingProductionInstrumentationEngineering
"Want You Back"2017 HAIM Something to Tell You Keyboards
"New Moon"Cold SpecksFool's ParadiseYes
"What the Hell"BridgeWreckYesYes
"Be A Man (Get In the Cold Shower)"2018KidepoNon-album singleYes
"Flacko" Cosha R.I.P BonzaiYesCoProgramming, synthsYes
"Shoulda" RL Grime NOVAYes
"When I'm with Him" Empress Of Us YesCo
"Esta Noche" Dillon Francis WUT WUT YesCo
"No Pare"YesCo
"New Shapes"
(featuring Octavian)
2019 Diplo Europa YesCo
"Galapagos" Lower Dens The CompetitionAdditional
"I Give Up" Caroline Polachek Pang YesCo
"Door"YesCo
"U Give It Up"2020Empress Of I'm Your Empress Of Co
"PDLIF" Bon Iver Non-album singleYesCoDrum programming
"enemy" Charli XCX how i'm feeling now Keyboards
"FUBT"HAIM Women in Music Pt. III Drum programming
"To Someone Else" Kacy Hill Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again YesCo
"Much Higher"YesCo
"Just to Say"Co
"Porsche"Co
"Unkind"YesCo
"Six"Co
"Dinner"YesYes
"Friend" Gracie Abrams minorYesCoDrum programming
"tehe"YesCoDrum programming, bass programming
"Chapter 1"OctavianALPHAYesYes
"Rari"
(featuring Future)
YesYes
"Double Negative (Skeleton Milkshake)" Dominic Fike What Could Possibly Go Wrong YesCo
"AUATC"Bon IverNon-album singleYesCoDrums, percussion
"Your Man" Joji Nectar YesYes
"Lazy"LupinLupinDrum programming
"Bored Again!"
(featuring Gabriel Delicious)
Buddy RossNon-album singleYes
"Starface*" Jean Dawson Pixel Bath YesCo
"Roots"2021 Cautious Clay Deadpan LoveYesCo
"Escalator" Ritt Momney Non-album singleYesYesBass, keyboards, programming
"Sweet & Spice"Deb Never & Jim-E StackWhere Have All the Flowers Gone?YesCoProgramming
"I Couldn't Wait"Kacy Hill Simple, Sweet, and Smiling YesCo
"Seasons Bloom"YesCo
"The Right Time"Co
"Simple, Sweet, and Smiling"Co
"Walking at Midnight"Co
"So Loud"Co
"Caterpillars"Co
"Mochi's Interlude"Co
"Easy Going"YesCo
"The Stars"YesCo
"Another You"Co
"Milk Me"2022 Sudan Archives Natural Brown Prom Queen YesCo
"Welcome To My Island"2023Caroline Polachek Desire, I Want to Turn Into You YesCo
"Chalk 1.3.3 [2017 Export Wav]" Flume Arrived Anxious, Left Bored YesCo
"How Much Is Weed?" Dominic Fike Sunburn YesCoExecutive producer, drums, keyboards, guitar, programming [24] Yes
"Ant Pile"YesCo
"Think Fast"YesCo
"Sick"YesCo
"7 Hours"YesCo
"Bodies"YesCoYes
"Sunburn"YesCoYes
"Pasture Child"YesCo
"4x4"YesCoYes
"Frisky"YesCo
"Mama's Boy"YesCo
"Dark"YesCo
"What Kinda Woman"YesCo

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