james K is releasing a remix album for her 2025 LP Friend.
Taking in 12 tracks, the release features reworks of songs from last year’s record by the likes of Objekt, Drew McDowall, JASSS, Priori, Loidis and Roza Terenzi.
In a statement, james K said: “Friends remix Friend. It is such a sweet honour to have my friends and collaborators, whose work has inspired mine, interpret and translate this work into new narratives.”
To mark the announcement, two tracks have been shared from the release: Objekt’s remix of ‘Play’ and JASSS’ take on ‘N’Balmed’. You can listen to both below.
Commenting on his contribution to the release, Objekt said: “I haven’t done a remix since 2015, but when Jamie asked last year if I would remix a track from her LP, it felt like the time was right: I adore the album, had a clear idea in my head of what I wanted to do (with just enough time to try it out), and it was for a friend.
“I was drawn to ‘Play’ in particular because of a nagging sense that the melody had another, darker side to it that the original arrangement belied – I couldn’t stop thinking about how it would sound reharmonised, with the vocal recontextualised over a moody, slinky pop-dancehall version. So I started by rewriting the chord progression, and the rest pretty much wrote itself (quite naturally for once). I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of producing pop music and really loved working on this; I hope I can explore this world further.”
AD 93 will release Friend Remixes on 24 April 2026.
