Get all 9 James Phillips releases available on Bandcamp and save 15%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Otherwhite Album, Concert For James Phillips (1995), Soul Ou (1997), Made In South Africa (1995), Sunny Skies (1994), The Voice of Nooit (1986), Wie Is Bernoldus Niemand? (1985), Live at Jamesons (1984), and 1 more.
James Phillips Johannesburg, South Africa
James Phillips, who died aged 36 in July 1995, was a composer, musician, bandleader and the voice and conscience of a
generation of white South Africans.
His music was born at the same time as the Soweto Riots and then fused in a strangely comfortable way with the punk musical explosion. His songwriting bloomed through apartheid’s darkest years and into the dawning of the new era.
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Voice of Nooit
by Illegal Gathering
Combines the wit and wisdom of a great songwriter with the talent and skill of a pro dune buggy attack battalion
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Live At Jamesons
by Cherry Faced Lurchers
The legendary gigs that started it all
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Jet Plane and Oxbow (Sub Pop, 2016)
by Shearwater
Shearwater team up with film composer and percussionist Brian Reitzell (Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, etc).
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Boston post-punk outfit Junk Ranchers broke up in 1986 before this, their debut album, was released; darkly melodic, it's a long-lost gem.
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Femme Fatale
by Iguana Death Cult
If the Grateful Dead were punks in prog band, they might have sounded a bit like this.
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Stay Inside – Songs from The Great Indoors
by Stay Inside
featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 21, 2020
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