James Hinton (born September 12, 1988),
known professionally as The Range, is an American
disc jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music f ...
, electronic musician and
record producer
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.
Biography
Hinton was raised by his mother, a music teacher, on a farm in Pennsylvania.
He began playing drums at about seven years old, eventually developing interests in
electronic dance music and
Baltimore club
Baltimore club, also called Bmore club, Bmore house or simply Bmore, is a fusion of breakbeat and house genres. It is often referred to as a blend of hip hop and chopped, staccato house music. It was created in Baltimore, Maryland, United States ...
music as he entered his college years at
Brown University
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
. His studies at Brown included electronic music but focused most heavily on math and physics, elements of which Hinton has since incorporated into his music.
Upon graduating with a degree in physics, Hinton briefly worked in a lab and as a music teacher at Brown before turning his attention full-time to his music career with the release of his 2013 album ''Nonfiction''.
After spending much of his post-graduate music career in
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...
, Hinton now lives in
New York City
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.
To create his album ''Potential'' (released March 25, 2016), he spent over 200 hours scanning obscure
YouTube
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clips for audio samples. The diversity and character of the yet unknown vocalists involved combined with the necessity in reaching out to them for permission to use their work further compelled Hinton to their stories. This led to a collaboration with director Daniel Kaufman on the documentary film ''Superimpose'', which chronicles these stories and the aspiring artists' connection to Hinton and his music.
Discography
Albums
* ''The Big Dip'' (2011)
* ''Nonfiction'' (2013)
* ''Potential'' (2016)
* ''Mercury'' (2022)
EPs
* ''disk'' (2012)
* ''Seneca'' (2013)
* ''Panasonic'' (2014)
* ''Breaking'' (2015) (with Niia)
* ''Strings EP'' (2016) (bonus 4 track vinyl included with the ''Potential'' Deluxe LP)
* ''Superimpose (Music From the Documentary) EP'' (2016)
* ''Providence'' (2019)
References
External links
*
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1988 births
Living people
American electronic musicians
Domino Recording Company artists