FIRE RECORDS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Office and Warehouse Manager
Job Titles:
- General Manager
- Head of Ad Sync & Brand Partnership, North America
Job Titles:
- Creative Director / a & R
- International Artists
James is the managing/creative director of Fire Records. A former designer and musician he took over the running of the label in the early noughties. He has since founded Earth Recordings, a specialist lavish reissue label, a series of sub-labels, the Fire Songs publishing arm, and the Fire Films production division.
Amongst the 100s of international artists James has signed include: Jane Weaver, Vanishing Twin, Death And Vanilla, Marina Allen, RVG, Hater, Islet, Josephine Foster, Lucy Gooch, Faten Kanaan, Brigid Mae Power, The Black Lips, Amber Arcades, Decisive Pink, Immaterial Possession, Rats on Rafts as well as bringing in and re-establishing the current careers, and handling the reissue campaigns, of many artists including The Lemonheads, Giant Sand, Throwing Muses, Pere Ubu, The Chills, Bardo Pond, The Dream Syndicate The Bevis Frond, Half Japanese and many more.
Outside of Fire, James is a partner in various successful creatives businesses including Weird Walk, Deeper Into Movies and Krocker Films, the production company behind King Rocker with the comedian Stewart Lee and director Michael Cumming. He also produces a series of annual live events, film screenings and festivals.
Job Titles:
- Sales and Distribution Manager
Job Titles:
- Digital Marketing Manager
Over the past two decades, he has proven that one can be ambitious, fiercely independent and financially viable while maintaining high artistic standards