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Prolific producer and musician James Ford has revealed some sad news: he’s been diagnosed with acute leukemia. His statement reads: I have some personal news to share. I was feeling pretty rough in ...

The star producer of Kylie and Gorillaz, and one half of electro duo Simian Mobile Disco, has gone solo with a pleasingly idiosyncratic debut album Alexis Petridis recommends Whorl by Simian Mobile ...

You may know James Ellis Ford as one half of Simian Mobile Disco (and Simian before that) or from his production work for Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Florence and the Machine, Depeche Mode, Haim, Gorillaz, ...

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Simian Mobile Disco’s Jas Shaw has announced a new album of over twenty tracks of unreleased solo material called The Exquisite Cops. Though the project doesn’t yet have a release date, Shaw will be ...

Gold Panda and Jas Shaw (of Simian Mobile Disco) have formed a new duo. Together, they are Selling. And on October 10, they released their debut album On Reflection. Listen to the record, and check ...

With Murmurations, SMD have kept to their usual M.O. of not appearing to have a usual M.O. After recent forays into instrumental, introspective exploration, they have employed the considerable talents ...

British electronic duo Simian Mobile Disco (James Ford and Jas Shaw) are releasing a new album, Murmurations, on May 11 via Wichita. Previously they shared videos for its first two singles, “Caught In ...

Jas Shaw, one-half of English electronic outfit Simian Mobile Disco, has been diagnosed with AL amyloidosis, a rare, incurable condition caused by a bone marrow disorder that can affect tissues, ...