Studio Electrophonique - Studio Electrophonique

Studio Electrophonique, the solo project of singer-songwriter, James Leesley, is one of the most original musical outfits to emerge from Sheffield's current independent scene. 

The classic songs, slap back echo and house organ sounds of the social club scene are in Leesley’s blood. His work draws inspiration from the heartfelt melodies of songsmiths like Carole King and Burt Bacharach with the smokey tenderness of vocalists such as Dusty Springfield and Elvis. Add to that his enthusiasm for American literature and the surrealism of 60s French cinema.  

The result is an 11-track album that finds big feelings in small details. Loneliness, beauty, longing and loss all linger in the everyday occurrences: the moments of miscommunication over tea and eggs, the neatly folded pyjamas left by a long-gone lover, the raindrops on the top deck window of a No. 52 bus, the rain-sodden faded glamour of a cheap seaside getaway. Captured on a Tascam reel to reel,  Leesley’s mesmerising debut promises to whisk any listener away to a warm, intimate and day-dreamy place

"If you’ve yet to hear Studio Electrophonique, may I suggest you set aside an opportunity to do so. Right now, no-one does sparse lovelorn intimacy quite as well as James Leesley. Everyone I play his songs seems to fall a little bit in love 
with him." - Pete Paphides