James Hype
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Birth name | James E. Marsland |
Born | Wirral, England | 28 November 1989
Genres | Tech house |
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Years active | 2016–present |
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Website | www |
James Hype (born 28 November 1989) is an English DJ, producer and remix artist from The Wirral. He attended Calday Grange Grammar School and lived in Greasby whilst growing up.[1]
He is best known for his single "More than Friends", released by Warner Music on 7 July 2017. The single reached number 8 on the UK Singles Chart[2] and number 1 on the UK dance singles chart.[3] Since then, he has produced other chart singles, including "Afraid" featuring Harlee.
James presented a late night radio show on Thursday nights on KISS FM, from July 2017 to November 2019.[4] James is an ambassador for DJ equipment manufacturer Pioneer DJ and features in their online videos.[5]
Stereohype[]
Alongside Gucci Daniels, James Hype is the founder of the Stereohype label, which was first active in 2020. Releases include those of producers R3WIRE, Tita Lau, Zurra, Dots Per Inch and More Than Friends.
Streaming career[]
Although James had uploaded content regularly to his YouTube channel, he started live-streaming DJ sets bi-weekly at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequent lockdown.
In late 2020, James released a DJ course via digitaldjtips.com.
In early 2021, he started weekly music production streams on Twitch.
Discography[]
Singles[]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
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UK [6] |
AUT [7] |
BEL [8] |
FRA [9] |
GER [10] |
IRE [11] |
SWI [12] | ||||
"More than Friends" (featuring Kelli-Leigh) |
2017 | 8 | 26 | 12 | 140 | 23 | 20 | 29 | ||
"No Drama" (featuring Craig David) |
2018 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"I Was Lovin' You" (featuring Dots Per Inch and Ayak) |
2019 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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"Afraid" (featuring Harlee) |
2020 | 79 | — | — | — | — | 79 [15] |
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"Good Luck" (featuring Pia Mia) |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Remixes[]
- 2021 : Felix Jaehn and Robin Schulz featuring Georgia Ku - "I Got A Feeling" (James Hype Remix)
References[]
- ^ "James Hype - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "JAMES HYPE (@jameshype) • Instagram photos and videos". Retrieved 17 December 2019 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Pioneer DJ".
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "Afraid": "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "James Hype feat. Kelli-Leigh - More Than Friends". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "James Hype feat. Kelli-Leigh - More Than Friends". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". 6 July 2018. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "James Hype feat. Kelli-Leigh - More Than Friends". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "BPI - Awards".
- ^ "BPI - Awards".
- ^ "IRMA – Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
External links[]
- James Hype discography at Discogs
- James Hype at AllMusic
- James Hype on Beatport
- James Hype on Twitch
- James Hype on YouTube
- James Hype on Instagram
- English electronic musicians
- English DJs
- English record producers
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Liverpool
- Electronic dance music DJs