1. James Heather followed up with the album Reworks in December 2018.
16 Facts About James Heather
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James Heather released his second studio album, Invisible Forces, in 2022.
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In 2008, James Heather nearly died after he was involved in a road traffic accident with a cement mixer while cycling, leaving him in a coma and in intensive care.
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James Heather's finger was skewed in the crash, and he wondered whether he would ever be able to play piano as well again.
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In 2023, James Heather worked with the T S Eliot Prize winning poet Roger Robinson, alongside Penelope Trappes and Specimens to write Hidden Angel on the 15th anniversary of the accident, it was a rework of his own solo piano composition Hidden Angel, which was a letter of forgiveness in musical form to the Cement Mixer driver.
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James Heather has collaborated with Dawn Richard, Mumdance and Roger Robinson, played piano on Coldcut's Autumn Leaves track from 2021, did an official rework of Ninja Tune act The Cinematic Orchestra, and played on bills with Laura Marling, Johann Johannsson and Lubomyr Melnyk.
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James Heather followed up with the Reworks album in December 2018.
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In May 2019, James Heather performed at that year's Green Man in Crickhowell, Wales.
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James Heather released the EP Modulations: EP2 on 28 May 2021 on Ahead Of Our Time.
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In October 2021, James Heather curated a mix called Classical Focus for the BBC.
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In November 2021, James Heather released an EP with Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.
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In 2022, James Heather released his second album Invisible Forces on the Ahead Of Our Time label.
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On 26 October 2022 James Heather was asked to play the Steinway Series at London's Royal Albert Hall.
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On 29 March 2023, James Heather was invited to contribute to the official Piano Day Compilation Vol.
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James Heather contributed the track 'Borders' which featured the artist Sinemis.
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James Heather released a new collection of reworks on 3 November 2023, for the Reworks: Vol2 album where artists including Mogwai, Voces8, Coldcut, KMRU, Abul Mogard and Nailah Hunter reimagined his work.