In this episode, James speaks to Steve Riggs about the challenges of life as a full-time music producer and mix engineer. As the artist behind ‘dharkfunkh’ and a whole host of projects covering countless genres, Riggsy has released and helped others release on labels such as Armada Music, Sony, Suara, Interscope Records, Elrow, Nervous Records, Perfecto Records, OFF Recordings, Cr2, KMS Records, and Black Hole Recordings to name a few.

He has mentored at Birmingham’s ‘Access to Music’ college, regularly engineers tracks for some of the biggest names in the business and has remixed for artists like deadmau5 Yolanda Be Cool and Preditah. He has also worked as A&R for OFF Recordings, Dear Deer Records and Gooseneck Records.

This episode also includes an exclusive first play of “Aspirin and a Bullet”, by Power Coma. Out 1st March on Escape Everything.

In this episode, Jona interviews James about his new EP, “Start Again”, written predominantly on the road. Feeling unfulfilled with work in advertising, James decided to take a break and set off across North America for 3 months. Recording vocals in the woods and mixing tracks in small town coffee shops, he channeled his journey out of disillusionment into the creative process. The EP is an exploration of what it means to leave everything behind and start again.

Also includes an exclusive first play of the title track from the EP. Out 19th November on Escape Everything.

This episode is a special double header, as James talks to Internationally published street photographer and journalist, Dan Ginn, who earlier this year, packed in his day job and set off to explore Central America. We caught up to discuss his plans the night before he left, and then again on his return, to find out what happened.

In this episode, James talks to label partner Jona, AKA To Kiruna as he sets off on his own Escape Everything adventure with his wife and their young daughter.

In this episode, James is joined by internationally published street photographer and writer, Dan Ginn.

They discuss a range of topics including the external factors that inhibit our own creativity, music’s unique ability to unite people, becoming disillusioned with our art, dealing with anxiety, searching for simplicity amongst the chaos and how to find your own voice.

Includes an exclusive first preview of ‘Power Flux’ from Binary Coda’s upcoming EP, coming to Escape Everything at the end of January.

In this episode of the Escape Everything podcast, James and Jona discuss the journey and influences behind their Each of Them Echoes collaboration project. They also get into a discussion about how your emotional state influences your music, and how music can influence your emotional state, as well as the vulnerability that comes from releasing music with lyrics based on real life experiences. Includes an exclusive first play of Tell Me Brother from their upcoming EP.

In this episode of the Escape Everything podcast, James and Jona discuss their reasons for launching the record label, their musical backstories and the creative challenges they've faced along the way. Includes an exclusive first play of Polaris from the upcoming EP by Each of Them Echoes.