James Hyman

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Name = James Hyman


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Genre = Dance music
Bastard pop
Occupation = DJ, music supervisor, video director, radio and TV presenter
Years_active = 1988–present
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URL = [http://www.jameshyman.com/ Official site]

James Hyman (born April 18, 1970) is a DJ, radio and TV presenter & MD of Green Bandana & JLH Music, media/marketing companies with popular culture their key ingredients.

Hyman put aside his place at the University of Manchester (where he was going to study Latin) in order to work in the press office of the, then new, company MTV, despite his parents' misgivings (partly down to his father's glimpse of the music industry through his cousin Brian Epstein). [ [http://www.jameshyman.com/press/articles/profile/james_hyman_profile_new.jpgUPfront profile] , 1996]

TV work

He worked at MTV from 1988 to 2000, with an MTV focus on Acid House and the subsequent Dance/Club/Rave Culture. His MTV shows featured over 500 interviews with the likes of The Prodigy, Goldie, Moby, David Holmes, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Paul Oakenfold, Aphex Twin, many unknown at time of interview.

Also at MTV he co-presented "Up For It" with Eddy Temple-Morris and also fronted a spin-off of "Bytesize" called "The Net Minute" which provided daily reports on relevant Internet news and web sites. [ [http://www.notbored.org/mtv-europe.html James Hyman's Net Minute 23rd August-29th August 1999] ]

In 1992 James Hyman and Coldcut produced a 20 minute TV Megamix [ [http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/coldcut%2Btechno/video/x1224_coldcutpartyzone-massivetechno Coldcut Megamix video] ] for "L'Oeil Du Cyclone", a weekly pop-culture show on "Canal+". This opened the way for the Megamix format and shows that began transmission on MTV Europe in 1998. [ [http://www.jameshyman.com/press/articles/profile/james_hyman_profile_promo1.jpg"Promo" magazine 1999 page 1] and [http://www.jameshyman.com/press/articles/profile/james_hyman_profile_promo2.jpgpage 2] ] [ [http://www.jameshyman.com/press/articles/profile/james_hyman_profile_indublin.jpgInterview "In-Dublin" magazine #3 2003] ]

In the late 90s and first few years of the new century Hyman presented "Frontal" for Channel 4 and "www.personalservices" for Channel 5. He also produced two series for Play UK, "Hey DJ" and "Joy of Decks" as well as producing and presenting "Headf**k" for the Sci-Fi Channel.

As a commentator on pop culture (described as a "pop culturalist" by the BBC) he has appeared on BBC News 24's review of the day's newspapers [ [http://www.jameshyman.com/blog/archives/000656.html Video clip of BBC appearance] ] and, from late 2007 to April 2008, he was a music reviewer on Nuts TV. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDzS0lnjjYY Nuts.tv - Music Nuts] ]

DJing

Hyman used to present "The Rinse" a 4 hour slot on Saturday evening (changed from 2 hours twice a week), and co-presented/produced "The Remix" (with Eddy Temple-Morris), both for Xfm. Before Xfm he also presented shows for Atlantic 252 (with Eddy Temple-Morris) and continues to DJ at clubs, both nationally and internationally.

Like his MTV shows, The Rinse features in-depth interviews and music from key players at key moments in their careers, including Ice T, Mark Ronson, Kanye West, Mike Skinner, Dizzee Rascal, Russell Simmons and Nas. [ [http://www.jameshyman.com/blog/archives/000594.html The Rinse Interviews] ] The music played on The Rinse still largely focused on Dance music but Hyman monitors emerging music trends and most recently has been a proponent of Bastard pop.

This led to the release of a number of albums:

* "The Remix" and "The Remix 2" for Virgin/EMI
* "Covered" for Sony BMG
* 7 mix CDs. Some of them with themes like a recent release which reworked music from the films of Quentin Tarantino and a James Bond one, "Licensed to Thrill", that was in "The Daily Telegraph's" top 5 CDs of 2004 [ [http://www.jameshyman.com/blog/archives/000028.html 007 Mix - Best CD 0f 2004] ]

As of September 2007, Hyman [ [http://www.jameshyman.com/blog/archives/000706.html Hyman leaves Xfm] ] left Xfm to concentrate on his music supervision company JLH Music and other broadcast projects such as his weekly 'Music Expert' slot on Nuts TV.

He DJs for events including film premieres (like "The Royal Tenenbaums" [ [http://www.jameshyman.com/press/articles/dj/james_hyman_dj_royaltenenbaums_hello.jpgHello! magazine] ] and "Suzie Gold" [ [http://www.jameshyman.com/press/articles/dj/james_hyman_dj_suziegold_es.jpgThe Evening Standard magazine] ] ), festivals (including Glastonbury), corporate events (BMW and The Carphone Warehouse) and for celebrity parties (Will Smith, Madonna, Britney Spears and Eminem).

Voice-overs

He also provides voice-overs for adverts including hit40uk, Toyota, Q TV, BT, Daily Star, The British Army and McDonalds "Oriental Menu" [ [http://www.tellyads.com/show_movie.php?filename=TA7012&advertiser=McDonald McDonalds "Oriental Menu" ad] ] and PlayStation. [ [http://www.talkingheadsvoices.com/ Talking Heads - The Voice Agency ] ]

Music supervision

Under his company JLH Music, He has also done music supervision for a range of media.

Adverts include:
*Johnnie Walker ("Dogfight" campaign), with Fernando Alonso [ [http://tvspot.blogspot.com/2007/03/johnnie-walker-fernando-alonso-dogfight.html Johnnie Walker - Fernando Alonso - Dogfight] ]
*T-Mobile, using Röyksopp's "So Easy". [ [http://www.jameshyman.com/press/articles/musicsupervision/james_hyman_musicsupervision_adverts_dj.jpg"DJ Magazine" 12 December 2003] ]
*Levi's ("Twisted" campaign), using Pepe Deluxé's "Before You Leave". [ [http://www.jameshyman.com/press/articles/musicsupervision/james_hyman_musicsupervision_adverts_muzik.jpg'Muzik"] ]
*Morrisons, using "Shine", the first time Take That had allowed their music on an advert.
*Orange, using Born Ruffians "Hummingbird"

Computer games:
* "", using Queens Of The Stone Age "No One Knows (Unkle Mix)" and Leftfield "Phat Planet"

Most notably, he has worked on a number of feature films, including:

*"Mean Machine" (2001)
*"Suzie Gold" (2004) in which he also played Phillip, a TV presenter
*"Kidulthood" (2005)
*"Revolver" (2005)
*"Alpha Male" (2006)
*"The History Boys" (2006)
*"Living Neon Dreams" (2007)
*"Daylight Robbery" (2007) [imdb title|id=0893401|title=Daylight Robbery]
*"In The Hands Of The Gods" (2007) [imdb title|id=1051231|title=In The Hands Of The Gods]
*"RocknRolla" (2008) [imdb title|id=1032755|title=RocknRolla]

Music videos

He has also directed a number of music videos, including:

*"Pink Cashmere" by Prince (1993)
*"Blue Monday '95" by New Order (1995)
*"C'mon Baby" by Moby (1996)
*"Higher State Of Consciousness" by Josh Wink (1996)
*"Santa Cruz" by Fatboy Slim (1996)
*"Plastic Dreams" by Jaydee (1997)
*"It's A London Thing" by Scott Garcia (1997)
*"Starfighter Pilot" by Snow Patrol (1999)

Influence

He has been mentioned a number of times by figures in music industry.

*In 1999 he was voted #22 in Muzik's "50 Most Powerful People in Dance Music" poll.

*Lil Louis claims Hyman tempted him back into making music again: [ [http://www.jameshyman.com/press/articles/general/james_hyman_general_lillouis.jpg"Mixmag" Update #7 1997] ]

:

So what was it that enticed Louis back into the limelight? Was it money? Was it boredom?
"It was James Hyman at MTV, " says Louis, rather bizarrely. "He said to me, 'Louis, make some fucking music'"

*Mike Skinner, of The Streets, namechecks James Hyman on the song "Give me Back My Lighter" (the 'Non-Album Bonus Track' on the "Don't mug yourself" single, released in July 2003) where he says:

:

"James Hyman, thanks for the Xbox,
I've been fucking killing that Halo game"

* His work at MTV Europe is profiled in the book "All Crews", which looks at the drum and bass and jungle scenes. ["All Crews" (by Brian Belle-Fortune, Vision Publishing, 2005, ISBN 0-9548897-0-3), pages 165-166 [http://www.jameshyman.com/blog/archives/000074.html] ]

* Hyman's championing of The Prodigy, while producer of "Party Zone", is mentioned in Martin James' book "Prodigy" because, at the time (before the release of the "One Love" video), no one else was playing The Prodigy's videos on mainstream television. ["Prodigy" (by Martin James, ISBN 1-86074-356-0) page 99]

Notes

References

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* [http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Hyman&first=James Pop Videos - Produced/Directed]
* [http://www.myhitonline.com/interview.aspx?id=12 Interview with Music Supervisor James Hyman]

External links

*official|http://www.jameshyman.com
* [http://www.xfm.co.uk/rinse Xfm Rinse Radio Show]
*myspace|jameshymanmixes|James Hyman
* [http://www.jlhmusic.com Music supervision site]
* [http://mpce.com/hyman.shtml Biography at MPC Entertainment]