Daydream, by Boardgame James

Daydream

by Boardgame James

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The third release this year on his own new label, 1000Doors, Boardgame James drops his debut, a four track EP of string-led instrumental Grime straight out the golden era of Limewire exchanged mp3s.

Part of Grime’s great radio resurgence in 2015 as one half of Handsome Boys with Moleskin, and following their own debut release ‘And The Award Goes To’ on Valentines just gone, Boardgame James, a longtime secretive solo producer, offers up four tracks from the vault, developed and reworked into a vivid concept EP.

Leaning on the RPG influences of middle 2000s Grime, and sampling the original Final Fantasy VII soundtrack of 1997 on lead track ‘Chosen One’, Boardgame explores a sound somewhere between the early productions of IMP Batch and Danny Weed, and the scoring of Indiana Jones by John Williams.

Soundtracking a daydream in the life of a burnt-out salesman on the brink of self-destruction, the highs and lows of the daily grind, and eventual blissful respite, Boardgame creates a strange alternative London for himself, embellished by his own imagination. ‘Daydream’ is music to point, click, and choose your own adventure to – just don’t forget to save.

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released May 1, 2020

All tracks written and produced by Boardgame James for 1000Doors Ltd.
Artwork by Max Eru
Mixed by Bok Bok
Mastered by Sam John at Precise Mastering

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