James Copeland

James Copeland

James Copeland is a progressive and psytrance artist from Cape Town, also associated with the project Sad Paradise. He is listed with the members Damage, Super Evil and Broken Shiva Toy.

Style and project history

The artist is linked to electro swing, electro-swing and electroswing. The name is also associated with a fictional backstory set in the 1930s, in which a swing and big band operation is formed in Havana, Cuba and later continues through recordings that seem to produce unexpected musical fragments and phrases.

Associated narrative

That story presents James Copeland as travelling widely in later years, exploring different musical cultures and making recordings that give the impression of a full band even when performed by one person.