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| Birth name | James Rockhill [1] |
| Born | 20 May 1990 |
| Origin | Sussex, England |
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| Years active | 2010–present [1] |
| Labels | Drum & Bass Arena (2017–present) KVRT Records (2016) MTA Records (2013–2016) Program (2012–13) Viper (2012) |
James Rockhill (born 20 May 1990), better known by his stage name Kove, is a British electronic music producer and DJ. His song "Way We Are", featuring Melissa Steel, entered the UK Singles Chart at number 30.
Rockhill signed his debut double A-side single "Stellar" / "Breach" to Viper Recordings in 2012. [1] It was released on 5 March 2012. His second single, "Iodine" / "Open Ground" was released on Andy C's Program on 8 October 2012. Rockhill released "Gone" / "Airlock" through Program in early 2013. Later in the year, he signed to Chase & Status's label MTA Records, remixing their comeback single "Lost & Not Found" and releasing his debut EP Measures through the label. The EP's first track, "Love for You", received heavy airplay on BBC Radio 1Xtra and marked the start of his commercial breakthrough.
Following remixes for Bastille and John Newman, he released the double A-side "Gobble" / "Melisma" through MTA on 16 February 2014. His first charting single, "Way We Are", was released in July 2014 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 30. His next EP, Murmurations, was released on 5 October 2014 and includes the song "Drop" (premiered by Annie Mac).
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| Measures |
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| Way We Are |
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| Murmurations |
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| Nightfires, Vol. 1 |
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| Nightfires, Vol. 2 |
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| In From The Cold |
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| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
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| 2012 | "Stellar" / "Breach" | – | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Iodine" / "Open Ground" | – | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | "Gone" / "Airlock" | – | — | — | |||||||||||||
| "Searching" | – | — | — | Measures | |||||||||||||
| "Night Thought" | – | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | "Gobble" / "Melisma" | – | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Way We Are" (featuring Melissa Steel) | 30 | 7 | 38 | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | "Hurts" (featuring Moko) | – | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | "All or Nothing" (with Joseph J. Jones) | – | — | — | |||||||||||||
| "Ain't No Love" | – | — | — | In From The Cold | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | "Give & Take" | – | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Tonight" | – | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | "Echoes" (featuring Ben Duffy) | – | — | — | |||||||||||||
| "Bearclaw" | – | — | — | Drum&BassArena 2019 | |||||||||||||
| "Motor" | – | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| "Le Retour" | – | — | — | UKF10 - Ten Years of UKF | |||||||||||||
| "The Music" | – | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | "Burn" (with Brookes Brothers featuring Kathy Brown) | – | — | — | |||||||||||||
| "Power" | – | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| "Healing" (featuring Charlotte Haining) | – | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | "Sweet Music" | – | — | — | 25 Years of Drum&BassArena | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | "Placebo" (with Jack Mirror) | – | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | "So Much Love" | – | — | — | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||
| Year | Song | Release | Label |
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| 2012 | "Sleep It Off" | Summer Slammers 2012 | Viper |
| 2014 | "Searching VIP" | MTA5 | MTA |
| "Night Thought VIP" | |||
| 2016 | "Dust" | Drum&BassArena 2016 | Drum&BassArena |
| Year | Song | Artist |
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| 2012 | "Betamax" | Big Black Delta |
| "End of the World" | Deap Vally | |
| 2013 | "Love Me Again" | John Newman |
| "Lost & Not Found" | Chase & Status (featuring Louis M^ttrs) | |
| "Of the Night" | Bastille | |
| 2014 | "Holding Onto Heaven" | Foxes |
| "10 Million People" | Example | |
| "1 Bad Bitch" | Ten Ven & Ripley vs. Zebra Katz | |
| "Lost You" | Zeds Dead (featuring Twin Shadow & D'Angelo Lacy) | |
| 2015 | "Together" | Ella Eyre |
| "Pony (Jump on It)" | Tough Love (featuring Ginuwine) | |
| "Are We Electric?" | The Kooks | |
| "Never Forget You" | MNEK and Zara Larsson | |
| 2016 | "Say You Do" | Sigala (featuring Imani Williams and DJ Fresh) |
| "Nothing Like This" | Blonde (featuring Craig David) | |
| "Say To Me" | WHTKD | |
| 2017 | "Highs & Lows" | Emeli Sandé |
| "Skin" | Rag'n'Bone Man | |
| "More & More" | Tom Zanetti (featuring Karen Harding) | |
| 2018 | "Wild Love" | James Bay |
| "Stargazer" | End of the World | |
| "Start Over" | Ellis & Laura Brehm | |
| 2019 | "Wires" | Kovic |
| 2020 | "Grow" | BCee, Blu Mar Ten & Charlotte Haining |
| 2021 | "Nothing For Free" | Pendulum |
| "Be There" | T & Sugah (featuring Ayah Marar) | |
| "Sublimate" | Waterstrider | |
| 2022 | "Sweater Weather" | Jomarijam & The Neighbourhood |
| 2023 | "Mirrors" | Emba |
| "Could You Be the One" | Laidback Luke & Katy Alex | |
| "Everytime" | Maduk (featuring Calixte) | |
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