He produces work in a range of fields including musical composition, art exhibits/installations, sound design for film, radio programming and performance works in mediums such as dance.
He is a member of The Band Of Holy Joy, Tiger Walking Downhill and The Tramadols.
Contact: james.s.finn@gmail.com
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Band Of Holy Joy Live At Watermans Theatre
Saturday 29th October 2011
Watermans Art Centre,
40 High Street,
Brentford, TW8 0DS
To celebrate the release of the new Band Of Holy Joy album on Exotic Pylon Records, titled ‘How To Kill A Butterfly’, the album will be performed live in its entirety. With support from Phil Martin, Simon Rivers & Paul McGrath, as well as Simon Morgon.
Tickets are available in advance from the box office for £10 (0208 232 1010) or on the door for £12.
The Spirit Of Gravity Presents Kacper Ziemianin, Peter Smith and James Stephen Finn
Thursday 25th August 2011, 8.30pm.
Komedia Studio Bar
44 Gardner Street
Brighton, BN1 1UN
The Spirit Of Gravity presents live performances from White Tiger, Nil, Plurals, and an improvised noise set from Kacper Ziemianin, Peter Smith and James Stephen Finn at Komedia in Brighton.
Tickets are £5 on the door.
Mascara Nights
Saturday 20th August 2011, 9pm
Mascara Bar
72 Stamford Hill
London
N16 6XS
A night of live music at Mascara Bar in Stoke Newington on Saturday 20th August, featuring performances from Navarone, The Valkarys and The Tramadols (with James Stephen Finn on guitar).
Free entry.
Recently, as part of Hilltown New Music Festival’s ’Close To The Sound - Behind The Melody - Near The Inaudible’, a ‘Listening Room’ was setup in Herd’s Lounge of Hilltown House in Ireland. This feature of the festival included a piece by Kacper Ziemianin, Peter Smith and James Stephen Finn.
A full programme for the event can be found here.
http://www.hilltown.ie/close_to_the_sound.pdf
Band Of Holy Joy Live at The Borderline
Saturday 3rd September 2011, 7pm
The Borderline
Orange Yard, Manette Street
London
W1D 4AR
Symptomatic presents The Band Of Holy Joy performing live at The Borderline in Soho with guests.
Manette Street is off Charing Cross Road, just south of Tottenham Court Road tube station.
Tickets are £10 in advance. Available from Ticketweb and HMV.
http://venues.meanfiddler.com/borderline/listings/featured/4235
Currency Programme - An evening of sound art
Thursday 20th July 2011, 5.30pm
London College Of Communication
Elephant and Castle
London
SE1 6SB
CRiSAP and University Of Arts London present an evening of exploratory sound art works comprising of installation, improvisation, performance and video. Taking place in the London College Of Communication Gallery.
James Stephen Finn will be presenting his installation ‘A Pastor’s Sermon Haunts Deptford’ as well as taking part in an improvised musical performance with Dario Khan, Richard Coles, Kyriaki Karydi, Giuseppe Scalese, Tadeo Sendon and Andrew Espin.
Free Entry.
Tramadol Nights
Friday 29th July 2011, 9pm
The Finsbury
336 Green Lanes,
London
N4 1BY
An evening of live music, DJs and visuals as apart of Tramadol Nights at The Finsbury in Manor House. Live bands on the night include The Valkyries, The Tramadols (featuring James Stephen Finn on guitar) and Lil’ Lost Lou.
The will also be DJ sets from Ellie Andrews, James Stephen Finn, and others to be confirmed.
There will be a barbeque out front of the venue, and sixties fancy dress is optional.
Free entry.
Band Of Holy Joy Live At Glastonbury Festival
Saturday 25th June 2011, 3.30pm
Club Dada in the Shangri La Zone
Glastonbury Festival
Band Of Holy Joy will be performing live at this year’s Glastonbury festival as part of Attitude Is Everything. The performance will take place at 3.30pm on the Saturday of the festival weekend at Club Dada in the Shangri La Zone of the festival. Other acts that day will include Heavy Load, Captain Angelo, Stella OBE and DJ Void.
Kacper Ziemianin, Peter Smith and James Stephen Finn At Raven Row’s ‘Gone With The Wind’
Thursday 23rd June 2011, 3pm
Raven Row Gallery
56 Artillery Lane,
London E1 7LS
As part of the ‘Gone With The Wind’ exhibition at Raven Row, curated by Ed Baxter, there will be a live improvised performance by Kacper Ziemianin, Peter Smith and James Stephen Finn. The performance will be taking place at the Raven Row gallery at 3pm on Thursday 3rd June, and will be broadcast live on Resonance 104.4FM.
The exhibition will be on between 9th June and 17th July, and features works and performances by Max Eastley, Takehisa Kosugi, Walter Marchetti and Resonance FM.
You can listen to Resonance FM live in London on 104.4FM, or worldwide at www.resonancefm.com.
Damo Suzuki Live At Cafe OTO
Friday 8th July 2011, 8pm
Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin Street,
Dalston, London, E8 3DL
Damo Suzuki (CAN) returns to Cafe OTO on Friday 8th July. He will be supported by Standard Planets. The line-up for Damo Suzuki’s backing band follows.
Craig Tamlin (Chickenwing Allstars) - Drums
Justin Paton (NOW) - Bass
James Stephen Finn (Band Of Holy Joy) - Synthesizer
Marcus Hamlett (Kopek, Sons of Noel & Adrian) - Electronics
Georgina Staines - Xylophone
Grahan Dunning (Eat Lights Become Lights) - Turntables and Objects
Alice French (GDLI) - Flute
Koichi Yamanoha (The Catcher Nine/Screaming Tea Party) - Guitar
Tickets can be purchased from Ticketweb here.
More information can be found at http://www.cafeoto.co.uk.
