Pulled back to creation, the experimental artist is reconnecting and looking to new possibilities

Vcam has been away for production for so long that he could be mistaken for a new arrival to the community, recently signed up to the Californian label n5MD. This assumption would land you far from the truth, though with after an extended hiatus of roughly twenty years it’s a mistake you could certainly be forgiven for making. In reality, James Long was developing his experimental electronica project vcam when n5MD was first starting, becoming the first artist to sign to the label and help push it towards its continued success today.

A change in scenery and the priority shifting effects of 2020 brought Long back into the headspace to return to music, and to the platform of minimal melodies he built up for himself. Vcam returned to the scene with a demonstration of the tracks he’d been tinkering together during his absence from the scene.

The first step back is set to be followed by new energy and the products of vcam’s rebuilt studio, in the form of upcoming album Arconide. The collection is expected to drop on December 4th, carrying textured melodies stirred up by manipulated alien beats. Vcam delivers a taster with lead track ‘77’, visceral sound accompanied by flowing overtones.

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