Jimmy Edgar
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| Birth name | James M. Edgar |
| Born | 1983 (age 33–34) |
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Genres | R&B, hiphop |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, photographer, DJ, artist, record label owner |
| Instruments | Drums, keyboard/piano, bass, turntables, vocals, |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Ultramajic, Warp Records, K7 Records, Hotflush Recordings |
| Associated acts | Theophilus London, SOPHIE, Guilty Simpson. Rochelle Jordan |
| Website | Jimmyedgar.com |
 Emika - 'Hit Me' feat. Jimmy Edgar (Official Video) - Jan 2012 - Edgar handled the production of both audio and video |
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Jimmy Edgar - Hot Inside' (Ultramajic Official Video) - Jun 2013
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Jimmy Edgar - 'Who's Watching' (Ultramajic Official Video) - Oct 2014
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Jimmy Edgar is an American electronic musician, graphic designer, photographer, fashion designer, and filmmaker from Detroit, Michigan. Influenced by funk, street beat, Detroit techno, and R&B, early in his career he released two experimental glitch albums under the names Michaux and Kristuit Salu and Morris Nightingale. His first solo album Color Strip (2006) came out on Warp Records after he signed to the label at age 18. This release was followed by XXX (2010) on !K7 Records in 2010. After his last solo LP Majenta (2012), he has released several EPS on his own Ultramajic Records, often designing the album covers himself.
He is known as a member of the music duo Black Affair along with vocalist Steve Mason, and has also been a part of the side-projects X District with Laura Clarke, Her Bad Habit, the duo Plus Device, the group Creepy Autograph, and the duo JETS with Machinedrum. Currently based in Los Angeles, he tours frequently as a collaborator and solo artist, and has performed at venues such as Bang Face, I Love Techno, and the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Edgar has also showcased his painting and fashion photography at a number of international exhibitions, and is known for making short films and directing music videos, often of an abstract nature.
James "Jimmy" Edgar was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1983. Raised in Detroit, Edgar developed an early interest in music and learned multiple instruments at a young age, including string instruments, saxophone, and percussion/drum set. He learned songwriting and piano from several musicians he met at Baptist churches in Detroit. Experimenting with electronic music by age ten, around age fifteen he started performing at Detroit raves. As a teenager he also began playing the drums in experimental bands and making tape recordings. Most of these recordings, consisting mainly of pitch bent tape loops, tape splicing, field recordings, and noise tracks, were the beginning of his experimentation with the technical aspects of production.
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