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Jim-E Stack

{{short description|American songwriter (born 1992)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| birth_name = James Harmon Stack

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|01|21}}

| birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.

| occupation = {{hlist|Record producer|songwriter|musician|DJ}}

| associated_acts = {{hlist|Kacy Hill|BJ Burton|Buddy Ross|Bon Iver|Empress Of|Octavian}}

| genre = {{hlist|Indie pop|electronic|hip hop}}

| years_active = 2012–present

}}

James Harmon Stack, (born January 21, 1992) known professionally as Jim-E Stack, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and DJ born in San Francisco, CA,{{Cite web|title=Things Have Changed: YG, Tinashe and Jim-E Stack on Growing Up in the '90s|url=https://www.thefader.com/2014/02/11/things-have-changed-yg-tinashe-jim-e-stack-interview|access-date=2020-07-29|website=The FADER|language=en}} and based in Los Angeles, CA.{{Cite web|last=Barna|first=Ben|title=Here's How Jim E-Stack Made His Super-Catchy Heartbreak Album|url=https://www.nylon.com/articles/jim-e-stack-its-jim-ee-track-by-track|access-date=2020-07-29|website=Nylon|language=en}} His solo releases have featured Bon Iver, Empress Of, Charli XCX, Lucky Daye, Ant Clemons, Jana Hunter of Lower Dens, and the Range.{{Cite web|title=Jim-E Stack|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2109859-Jim-E-Stack|access-date=2020-07-29|website=Discogs|language=en}} As a songwriter and record producer, Stack has collaborated with Dominic Fike,{{Cite web|last=Riddell|first=Rose|date=2020-07-31|title=A Dominic Fike x 'What Could Possibly Go Wrong' album appreciation post.|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/dominic-fike/16837|access-date=2020-08-01|website=Coup De Main Magazine|language=en}} Kacy Hill,{{Cite web|title=Kacy Hill: Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/kacy-hill-is-it-selfish-if-we-talk-about-me-again/|access-date=2020-07-29|website=Pitchfork|language=en}} Octavian,{{Cite web|last=Hussey|first=Allison|title=Octavian and Future Share Video for New Song "Rari (Chapter 1)"|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/octavian-and-future-share-video-for-new-song-rari-chapter-1-watch/|access-date=2020-07-29|website=Pitchfork|language=en-us}} Bon Iver,{{Cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=2020-05-11|title=Bon Iver Drop Kaleidoscopic Animated Video for 'PDLIF'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bon-iver-pdlif-music-video-997537/|access-date=2020-07-29|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} Joji, Caroline Polachek,{{Cite web|title=Caroline Polachek's Pang establishes her as a singular, indispensable voice|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/caroline-polachek-pang-album-review|access-date=2020-07-29|website=The Line of Best Fit|language=en}} Haim,{{Cite web|date=2020-06-25|title=Review: Haim Redefine Their Legacy On 'Women In Music Pt. III'|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2087295/haim-women-in-music-pt-iii-review/franchises/reviews/premature-evaluation/|access-date=2020-07-29|website=Stereogum}} Diplo,{{Cite web|last=Diplo|title=Jim-E Stack Is The Master Of Combining Sounds|url=https://www.nylon.com/articles/nylon-jim-e-stack-june-july-2017|access-date=2020-07-29|website=Nylon|language=en}} Empress Of,{{Cite web|date=2020-07-14|title=Jim E-Stack - "Note To Self" (Feat. Empress Of)|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2091486/jim-e-stack-note-to-self-feat-empress-of/music/|access-date=2020-07-29|website=Stereogum}} and more. He has remixed Wet, Anna of the North, Rostam, Active Child, and Lower Dens, as well as other artists.{{Cite web|title=Daily Discovery: NY Producer Jim-E Stack Makes Music That You Can Melt Into|url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2014/07/daily-discovery-ny-producer-jim-e-stack-makes-music-that-you-can-melt-into|access-date=2020-07-30|website=Complex|language=en}}

Career

= 2011-2016: Early years, ''Tell Me I Belong'' =

Born James Harmon Stack, Jim-E Stack grew up in San Francisco's Inner Richmond, where his passion for music evolved from playing in garage rock bands and jazz bands to making beats inspired by Daft Punk, Burial, J Dilla, Timbaland, and The Neptunes.{{Cite web|date=2012-05-02|title=Discovery: Jim E Stack|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/discovery-jim-e-stack|access-date=2020-07-30|website=Interview Magazine|language=en-US}} While Jim-E lived in New Orleans and Brooklyn, his original releases and EPs, in addition to remixes for Sky Ferreira and ASAP Rocky, garnered critical acclaim and interest. It would lead to his debut 2014 album, Tell Me I Belong,{{Cite web|title=Jim-E Stack preps Tell Me I Belong|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/25014|access-date=2020-07-29|website=Resident Advisor}} accompanied by touring with Shlohmo and Bonobo.

= 2016–present: Collaborations, ''EPHEMERA'' =

Returning to California in 2016, Stack continued to release new solo material, including collaborations with fellow electronic artist The Range,{{Citation|title=Listen to "With You" (Yaeji Remix) by The Range / Jim-E Stack|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/the-range-jim-e-stackwith-you-yaeji-remix/|language=en|access-date=2020-07-30}} as well as solo releases featuring Noonie Bao, Rostam, Charli XCX, and more. Between then and early 2019, he collaborated with Empress Of, Diplo, and Caroline Polachek for their own music, in addition to contributing on songs for Haim.

Stack contributed heavily to his then-partner Kacy Hill's second studio album Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again, released July 2020.{{Cite web|last=Howard|first=Lindsay|title=Listen to Kacy Hill's incredible new album 'Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again'|url=https://www.variancemagazine.com/sounds/11368-kacy-hill-album-is-it-selfish-if-we-talk-about-me-again|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Variance Magazine|language=en-gb}} Hill states Stack acted as inspiration for much of the album's lyrical content in the liner notes of the record.{{Cite web|title=Kacy Hill - Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again|url=https://www.discogs.com/Kacy-Hill-Is-It-Selfish-If-We-Talk-About-Me-Again/release/16163226|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Discogs|language=en}}

From late 2019 through 2020, Stack released new singles featuring Ant Clemons,{{Cite web|title=Jim-E Stack excels on the passionate electro pop of "Good Enough"|url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/10/15/jim-e-stack-excels-on-the-passionate-electro-pop-of-good-enough|access-date=2020-07-31|website=The FADER|language=en}} Empress Of, Dijon and Bon Iver,{{Cite web|last=Yoo|first=Noah|title=Bon Iver Joins Jim-E Stack on New Song "Jeanie"|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/bon-iver-joins-jim-e-stack-on-new-song-jeanie-listen/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=Pitchfork|language=en-us}} along with an announcement for a new album titled EPHEMERA. It features the aforementioned singles, with other collaborations with Octavian, Bearface of Brockhampton and Kacy Hill.{{Cite web|last=Subscribe|title=Jim-E Stack announces new album 'Ephemera'|url=https://diymag.com/2020/09/29/jim-e-stack-new-album-ephemera-listen-bon-iver-jeanie|access-date=2020-12-28|website=diymag.com|language=en}} Stack also released a CD exclusive EP in October 2021, sold for free only at one store in New York and London.{{Cite web|title=Jim-E Stack on Twitter: "Promotional Only EP available now physical only free of charge"|url=https://twitter.com/jimestack/status/1447916071894364163|access-date=2021-10-12|website=Twitter|language=en}}

Stack was again a primary collaborator in the creation of Kacy Hill's Simple, Sweet, and Smiling album, which released in October 2021.{{Cite web|title=Sacks & Co. /// Kacy Hill|url=https://sacksco.com/pr/kacy_hill.html|access-date=2021-10-12|website=sacksco.com}}

In 2023, Stack served as a principal producer, songwriter, and instrumentalist with Dominic Fike, collaborating on his album Sunburn.

Stack worked again with Bon Iver as a primary collaborator on their SABLE, EP, which released in October 2024, and the subsequent album SABLE, fABLE, which released in April 2025.

Discography

= Studio albums =

class="wikitable"

!Title

!Details

Tell Me I Belong

|

EPHEMERA

|

  • Released: October 30, 2020
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming

= EPs =

class="wikitable"

!Title

!Details

Come Between

|

  • Released: January 16, 2012
  • Label: Good Years Recordings
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
It's Jim-ee

|

  • Released: August 4, 2017
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming
Promotional Only

|

  • Released: October 12, 2021
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming

= Singles =

class="wikitable"

! scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:1em;" | Year

! Label

! scope="col" style="width:12em;"| Album

"Bubble Boy"

|2012

|Body High

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

"Deadstream"

| rowspan="6" |2016

| rowspan="8" |Self-released

|It's Jim-ee

"Hyperballad"
(featuring Jana Hunter)

| rowspan="3" {{n/a|Non-album single}}

"You are Not Alone"
"Forgotten"
"Dreamt"

| rowspan="4" |It's Jim-ee

"Deadstream"
(Rostam Version featuring Charli XCX)
"Forgiven"

| rowspan="3" |2017

"Moments Noticed"
"With You"
(with The Range)

|Domino

| rowspan="3" {{n/a|Non-album single}}

''Somebody"
(featuring Noonie Bao)

|2018

| rowspan="11" |Self-released

"A Man Can't Know What It's Like To Be A Mother"

| rowspan="2" |2019

"Good Enough"
(featuring Ant Clemons)

| rowspan="5" |EPHEMERA

"Note To Self"
(featuring Empress Of)

| rowspan="4" |2020

"Sweet Summer Sweat"
(featuring Dijon)
"Jeanie"
(featuring Bon Iver)
"Can We"
(featuring Kacy Hill)
"Sweet & Spice"
(Deb Never & Jim-E Stack)

| rowspan="3" |2021

|Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

"2nd Round"

| rowspan="2" |Promotional Only

"FFBH"
"Next to Me"
(featuring Lucky Daye)

|2022

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

= Remixes =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" style="width:16em;" |Title

! scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Remixed Artist(s)

scope="row" |"Lovers (Jim-E Stack Remix)"

| rowspan="2" |2017

|Anna of the North

scope="row" |"Real Thing (Jim-E Stack Remix)"

|Lower Dens

scope="row" |"Warning Intruders (Jim-E Stack Remix)"

|2018

|Rostam

scope="row" |"When I'm With Him (Perfume Genius Cover)"{{Cite web|last=Yoo|first=Noah|title=Perfume Genius and Empress Of Rework Her Song "When I'm With Him": Listen|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/perfume-genius-and-empress-of-rework-her-song-when-im-with-him-listen/|access-date=2020-07-29|website=Pitchfork|language=en-us}}

| rowspan="2" |2019

|Empress Of

scope="row" |"Old Bone (Jim-E Stack Remix)"

|Wet

scope="row" |"Cruel World (Jim-E Stack Remix)"

| rowspan="2" |2020

|Active Child

scope="row" |"Without You (Jim-E Stack Remix)"

|Perfume Genius

Songwriting and production discography

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+List of songs co-written, featuring production involvement, instrumentation and/or engineering for other artists, showing year released and album name

! rowspan="2" width="150" scope="col" |Title

! rowspan="2" width="30" scope="col" |Year

! rowspan="2" width="100" scope="col" |Lead artist

! rowspan="2" width="170" scope="col" |Album

! colspan="4" width="210" scope="col" |Credit(s)

scope="col" |Writing

! scope="col" |Production

! scope="col" |Instrumentation

! scope="col" |Engineering

scope="row"|"Want You Back"

| rowspan="3" |2017

|HAIM

|Something to Tell You

|

|

| {{yes|Keyboards}}

|

scope="row"|"New Moon"

|Cold Specks

|Fool's Paradise

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

scope="row"|"What the Hell"

|Bridge

|Wreck

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Be A Man (Get In the Cold Shower)"

| rowspan="6" |2018

|Kidepo

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Flacko"

|Cosha

|R.I.P Bonzai

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Programming, synths}}

| {{yes}}

scope="row"|"Shoulda"

|RL Grime

|NOVA

|

| {{yes}}

|

|

scope="row"|"When I'm with Him"

|Empress Of

|Us

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Esta Noche"

| rowspan="2" |Dillon Francis

| rowspan="2" |WUT WUT

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"No Pare"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"New Shapes"
(featuring Octavian)

| rowspan="4" |2019

|Diplo

|Europa

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Galapagos"

|Lower Dens

|The Competition

|

| {{yes|Additional}}

|

|

scope="row"|"I Give Up"

| rowspan="2" |Caroline Polachek

| rowspan="2" |Pang

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Door"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"U Give It Up"

| rowspan="21" |2020

|Empress Of

|I'm Your Empress Of

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"PDLIF"

|Bon Iver

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Drum programming}}

|

scope="row"|"enemy"

|Charli XCX

|how i'm feeling now

|

|

| {{yes|Keyboards}}

|

scope="row"|"FUBT"

|HAIM

|Women in Music Pt. III

|

|

| {{yes|Drum programming}}

|

scope="row"|"To Someone Else"

| rowspan="7" |Kacy Hill

| rowspan="7" |Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Much Higher"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Just to Say"

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Porsche"

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Unkind"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Six"

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Dinner"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Friend"

| rowspan="2" |Gracie Abrams

| rowspan="2" |minor

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Drum programming}}

|

scope="row"|"tehe"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Drum programming, bass programming}}

|

scope="row"|"Chapter 1"

| rowspan="2" |Octavian

| rowspan="2" |ALPHA

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Rari"
(featuring Future)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Double Negative (Skeleton Milkshake)"

|Dominic Fike

|What Could Possibly Go Wrong

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"AUATC"

|Bon Iver

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Drums, percussion}}

|

scope="row"|"Your Man"

|Joji

|Nectar

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Lazy"

|Lupin

|Lupin

|

|

| {{yes|Drum programming}}

|

scope="row"|"Bored Again!"
(featuring Gabriel Delicious)

|Buddy Ross

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

scope="row"|"Starface*"

|Jean Dawson

|Pixel Bath

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Roots"

| rowspan="14" |2021

|Cautious Clay

|Deadpan Love

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Escalator"

|Ritt Momney

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Bass, keyboards, programming}}

|

scope="row"|"Sweet & Spice"

|Deb Never & Jim-E Stack

|Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Programming}}

|

scope="row"|"I Couldn't Wait"

| rowspan="11" |Kacy Hill

| rowspan="11" |Simple, Sweet, and Smiling

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Seasons Bloom"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"The Right Time"

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Simple, Sweet, and Smiling"

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Walking at Midnight"

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"So Loud"

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Caterpillars"

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Mochi's Interlude"

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Easy Going"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"The Stars"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Another You"

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Milk Me"

|2022

|Sudan Archives

|Natural Brown Prom Queen

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Welcome To My Island"

| rowspan="16" |2023

|Caroline Polachek

|Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row"|"Chalk 1.3.3 [2017 Export Wav]"

| Flume

| Arrived Anxious, Left Bored

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Revolve Around You"

|Lola Young

|My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Drum programming, synthesizer}}

|

scope="row" |"How Much Is Weed?"

| rowspan="11" |Dominic Fike

| rowspan="11" |Sunburn

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Drums, keyboards}}

| {{yes}}

scope="row"|"Ant Pile"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Drums, keyboards}}

|

scope="row"|"Sick"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Keyboards, bass guitar}}

|

scope="row"|"7 Hours"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Drums}}

|

scope="row"|"Bodies"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Drums}}

| {{yes}}

scope="row"|"Sunburn"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Drums, keyboards, guitar}}

| {{yes}}

scope="row"|"Pasture Child"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Drums}}

|

scope="row"|"4x4"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Keyboards}}

| {{yes}}

scope="row"|"Frisky"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Keyboards}}

|

scope="row"|"Mama's Boy"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Keyboards}}

|

scope="row"|"Dark"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Programming}}

|

scope="row" |"Someday"

|Elmiene

|Marking My Time

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Drums, keyboards, programming}}

|

scope="row" |"You"

|The Kid LAROI

|The First Time

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Save Your Tears"

| rowspan="8" |2024

|Jess Glynne

|Jess

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Dance Alone"

|Sia & Kylie Minogue

|Reasonable Woman

|

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Bass, drum programming, keyboards, percussion, synthesizer}}

|

scope="row" |"My Day Off"
(featuring Nourished by Time)

|Kacy Hill

|BUG

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Take Me to the River"

|Lorde

|Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense

|

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Programming}}

|

scope="row" |"Girl, So Confusing featuring Lorde"

|Charli XCX

|Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

scope="row" |"Things Behind Things Behind Things"

| rowspan="12" |Bon Iver

| rowspan="3" |Sable (EP)

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Speyside"

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Awards Season"

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Short Story"

| rowspan="16" |2025

| rowspan="9" |Sable, Fable

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Everything Is Peaceful Love"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Walk Home"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Day One"

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"From"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"I'll Be There"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"If Only I Could Wait"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"There's A Rhythmn"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Au Revoir"

|

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"What Was That"

|Lorde

|Virgin

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

| {{yes|Keyboards}}

|

scope="row" |"I Think It's You"

| rowspan="6" |Aminé

| rowspan="6" |13 Months of Sunshine

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Cool About It"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Familiar"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Doing the Best I Can"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Temptations"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

|

scope="row" |"Changer"

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Co}}

|

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Discogs artist|Jim-E Stack|Jim-E Stack}}
  • https://genius.com/artists/Jim-e-stack

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