Effective period / Period of releases: 2005 - 2013

James Reindeer (b. 1978) is an English writer, producer, rapper, and multidisciplinary artist best known for his acute, anguished rap vocals, post-rock sonic landscapes, and multifarious use of sampled field recordings.

Emerging over a decade ago as a voice of the disaffected indie-rap underground, Reindeer first found critical acclaim alongside longtime friend and musical collaborator fbcfabric for their highly-celebrated conceptual album, ‘It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Whom You Know’ (fbcfabric & reindeer).

Since then he has written and recorded twelve albums across a variety of genres from hip-hop to doom-drone to spoken-word, and collaborated with such greats as Son Lux, 2econd Class Citizen, Egotronic, Frittenbude, and a raft of others, as well as performed live across North America and Europe, sharing stages with the likes of Thesis Sahib, Bleubird, Astronautalis, Gong, and Ceschi, to name but a few.

Originally hailing from South London, UK, Reindeer has spent many years living and traveling throughout the Western Lands, from Ostrava to Oakland, Leipzig to Brighton and is currently between residences somewhere in the Surrey Hills.