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Jim Kirkwood

Jim Kirkwood

Jim Kirkwood has been played on NTS shows including Dimension Door, with Epitaph For A Dying City Pt.1 first played on 8 June 2021.

Jim has been writing Electronic Music since the late 1980's when he stepped back from fronting a black metal band to explore a solo career in instrumental music. He has his own unique style of Gothic EM which moves easily between huge symphonic slabs of music, dark ambience and sequencer driven soundscapes. The music itself, inspired by Gothic and Symphonic Rock and Berlin School Electronica, is quite often a CD in length, moves and shifts in tempo and mood, sometimes dark and sombre, sometimes ethereal and melodic, yet the whole gels perfectly into a single experience that grips the imagination and brings you into a world of dark and exciting beauty.

In 2012 after completing the 4 hour album A Day in the Garden of Unearthly Delights, [no conspiracies involved] Jim took a break from the music industry to concentrate on his art and to reassess his spiritual direction, to look again at the influence of the Christian faith on his early life. Jim had until recently, embraced a heathen/gnostic philosophy and had been openly hostile toward religious organisations and in particular the Christian faith, a stance which is reflected in many of the titles of his music and comments. However, certain events in his life forced him to rethink his position and conclude and regret his former position. Jim openly confesses that he believes in the person of Jesus Christ, both historically and spiritually and this will no doubt be reflected in the content of his art and music.

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Jim Kirkwood

Jim Kirkwood has been played on NTS shows including Dimension Door, with Epitaph For A Dying City Pt.1 first played on 8 June 2021.

Jim has been writing Electronic Music since the late 1980's when he stepped back from fronting a black metal band to explore a solo career in instrumental music. He has his own unique style of Gothic EM which moves easily between huge symphonic slabs of music, dark ambience and sequencer driven soundscapes. The music itself, inspired by Gothic and Symphonic Rock and Berlin School Electronica, is quite often a CD in length, moves and shifts in tempo and mood, sometimes dark and sombre, sometimes ethereal and melodic, yet the whole gels perfectly into a single experience that grips the imagination and brings you into a world of dark and exciting beauty.

In 2012 after completing the 4 hour album A Day in the Garden of Unearthly Delights, [no conspiracies involved] Jim took a break from the music industry to concentrate on his art and to reassess his spiritual direction, to look again at the influence of the Christian faith on his early life. Jim had until recently, embraced a heathen/gnostic philosophy and had been openly hostile toward religious organisations and in particular the Christian faith, a stance which is reflected in many of the titles of his music and comments. However, certain events in his life forced him to rethink his position and conclude and regret his former position. Jim openly confesses that he believes in the person of Jesus Christ, both historically and spiritually and this will no doubt be reflected in the content of his art and music.

Original source: Last.fm

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Epitaph For A Dying City Pt.1
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Not On Label (Jim Kirkwood Self-released)1991
Tol Erassëa
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Not On Label (Jim Kirkwood Self-released)1991
Longships
Jim Kirkwood
Aphelion Productions1996
In Fields Of Barley
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Temple Of Freya1995