Jakwob

Jakwob
Jakwob
Background information
Birth name	James Edward Jacob
Born	28 March 1989 (age 35)
Origin	Hereford, England
Genres	Electronic; trip hop; house; dubstep; UK garage;
Years active	2009-present

James Edward Jacob (born 28 March 1989), better known by his stage name Jakwob, is a British music producer, songwriter, DJ and composer.

Early life[edit]

Jacob was born in Hereford and grew up in Lincoln. His parents are Anglo Indian and Scottish. As a multi-instrumentalist, in his early teenage years, he was involved in many local bands – starting out in jazz but soon moving on to death metal and folk.^[2]

2009–present: Mainstream success as Jakwob[edit]

In 2009, Jacob won acclaim in the blog world for his bootleg of Ellie Goulding's "Starry Eyed".^[3] In November 2009, he was given his first airplay on national radio when his remix of Ellie Goulding's "Under the Sheets" was played on BBC Radio 1 as Zane Lowe's 'Hottest Record in the World'. (A title which was also given to "Electrify" and "Please Ft. Kano".)^[4] He released his debut single "Here with Me" on his own label, Boom Ting Recordings on 13 September 2010.^[5]

Film scores[edit]

Jacob has scored a number of independent short films, documentaries and adverts. His first feature film score was for Molly Manning Walker's 2023 How to Have Sex. The film premiered at the 2023 Cannes film festival and won the Un Certain Regard prize. In 2024 it was nominated for 3 BAFTA Film Awards.

Production and songwriting[edit]


Year	Artist	Song Title	Label	Credit
2012	Charli XCX	Forgiveness	Charli XCX	Producer/Co-writer
2013	Laura Welsh	Betrayal	Polydor	Producer/Co-writer
2014	Kyla La Grange	Cut Your Teeth	Epic	Producer
		Maia
		Cannibals
		I Don't Hate You
		White Doves
		The Knife
		Fly
		Never That Young
		Get It
	George the Poet	Its Yours	Which?	Producer/Co-writer
	Sakima	Energy	Boom Ting Recordings
2015	Little Simz	Time Capsule
2015	Little Simz	Devour
2016	Meridian Dan	Don't Feed The Animals	Universal Music Group
	Tender Central	Wake Me Up	Boom Ting Recordings
	Tender Central	Burn Bright	Communion Records
	Riz MC	Englistan	Riz Mc
2017	Celeste	Chocolate	Bank Holiday Records
2018	Aurora	Queendom Gentle Earthquakes Soft Universe	Decca Records
	Jaykae	Honey Dew	Ministry of Sound
	Ryan Ashley	Shame	Ryan Ashley
	Joseph J Jones	Mercy	Communion Records
2019	Barney Fletcher	Christ Flow	TaP Records
	Barney Fletcher	Better Than You	TaP Records
	T.Williams & James Jacob	The Remedy	Strictly Rhythm
2020	Tender Central	Body	Hello Friendly
		Prelude
		Of The Sea
		Ashes
		Human
		I'm Here
		Morning
		Interlude
		Tender Central
		Hands And Limbs
		Lion
		The Garden
	Louis Dunford	London's Requiem	Sony RCA	Producer
		When We Were Hooligans
		Ballad of Benjamin
		Regretamine
		Hello Depression
2021	Deyah	Jericho	High Mileage, Low Life	Producer/Mixer
		Room 21
		Hush
	Little Simz	Rollin Stone	AWAL	Producer/Co-writer
	Emma Bradley	Over And Out	Twrk
	Lucy Tun	Monarchy	Hello Friendly
	Shygirl	Cleo	Because Music
2022	Nia Archives	Ode 2 Maya	Island Records
		Forbidden Feelings
		18 & Over
		Luv Like
		Part of Me
		Gud Gubyez
	Louis Dunford	Summer in the Manor	Sony RCA	Producer
		Henry The Brave
		Bossman
	Erin Lecount	Killing Time	Good As Gold
	Meyy	Blush	Unity Records	Producer/Co-writer
	Kam-BU	Eton Mess	Off Grid
	Nia Archives	Baiana	Island Records
		So Tell Me...
2023		That's Tha Way Life Goes
		No Need 2 Be Sorry, Call Me?
		Conveniency
		Sunrise Bang Your Head Against Tha Wall		Producer
	Yunè Pinku	Sports	Yunè Pinku	Producer/Co-writer
	Nia Archives	Off Wiv Ya Headz	Island Records	Producer
	Erin Lecount	Heartbreak Hotel	Good As Gold	Co-Producer
	Erin Lecount	Bday Blues	Good As Gold
	p-rallel	I Know	Black Butter
	CLIP	Can U Feel Meh	CLIP	Producer/Co-writer
	Truman	Charley Boy	Rank Records
	Betty	Mum Says	EYC Records
	P-rallel	It's A Lundun Thing	Black Butter	Producer/Co-producer
		I Know
		Superstylin
		Destination Unknown
		Go
		Walk Away
		By My Side
	Charlotte Plank	Redline		Mixer
	Charlotte Plank	Let You Down		Mixer
2024	Jakwob	Best Holiday Ever	How To Have Sex (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Composer/Producer/Mixer
		Are chips vegetables?
		I thought you were the fun one?
		Are you on your ones?
		TARA TARA TARA
		Two coats any bags? Yeah that's 4 pounds
		I'm asleep
		Fuck the beach
		He lives on my street
		Oh ah malia
		We got this
	Little Simz	Mood Swings	Forever Living Originals	Producer
		Fever
		Torch
		SOS
		I Aint Feeling It
		Power
		Far Away
	Lapsley	4AM Ascension Day	Believe UK	Producer/Co Writer
	Shygirl	Making The Beast	Fabric Records	Producer/Co Writer

Artist discography[edit]

As Jakwob
Year	Single/EP	Peak chart positions				Label
Year	Single/EP	UK ^[6]	UK Dance ^[7]	UK Indie ^[8]	BEL ^[9]	Label
2010	"Here With Me"	—	—	—	—	Boom Ting Recordings
2011	"Right Beside You" (featuring Smiler)	—	—	—	18
2012	"Electrify" (featuring Jetta)	130	27	—	—
2012	"Blinding" (featuring Rocky Nti)	—	—	26	—
	The Prize (Mixtape) Turn To Stone Slaves Ft 14th Sailing Ft Roses Gabor Stay Islands Ft Ghostpoet Please Ft Kano Erupt Ft Youngman Feeling The Desire Let It Fall Ft Rocky Nti The Prize Ft Mr Hudson	—
2013	"Fade" (featuring Maiday)	35	6	5	66
2014	"Somebody New" (featuring Tiffani Juno)	47	16	2	—	Digital Sound Boy
2014	"No Place Like Home" (featuring Rational)	—				Digital Sound Boy
2015	"Spaced"	—				Boom Ting Recordings
	"Footwork"
	"Deeper"
2016	"Work It Out EP"
	"Feel So Good EP"					Turbo Recordings
	"Bring The Heat EP"					Boom Ting Recordings
	"Inside" (featuring Hife)					Do Not Sleep
	"Balance"					This Ain't Bristol
2017	"Lifted"					Boom Ting Recordings

As Get Hot
Year	Single/EP	Label
2014	Drugs	Lucky Number Music
2014	Party
2015	Fight
2018	TBA	Last Gang Records

As Kindred
Year	Single/EP	Label
2015	Killa	MTA
2016	Kill With Kindness	Clans
2017	Jungle Sound	Clans

As James Jacob
Year	Single/EP	Label
2016	The Point	Strictly Rhythm
2017	Together	Madhouse
2017	Flow	Food Music
2018	The Learning Process	Strictly Rhythm
2019	Cargo	TTR White
2019	The Remedy	Strictly Rhythm

Remix discography[edit]

As Jakwob
Artist Name	Track Title
Ellie Goulding	Starry Eyed
Ellie Goulding	Under the Sheets
Killa Kela	Everyday
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip	Get Better
The Temper Trap	Fader
Mr Fogg	Moving Parts
Audio Bullys	Only Man
Matisyahu (feat Akon)	One Day
Penguin Prison	Animal
Alan Pownall	A Life Worth Living
Lily Allen	The Fear
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Heads Will Roll
I Blame Coco	Self Machine
Robyn	Dancing on My Own
Katie Melua	The Flood
Kid Sister	Day Dreaming
M.I.A	Pull Up The People
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly	Collapsing Cities
Tiesto vs Diplo (feat Busta Rhymes)	Catch 'Em By Surprise
Frankmusik	Confusion Girl
Escape The Fate	Issues
William Orbit	Nimrod
Jessie J	Do It like a Dude
Lana Del Rey	Video Games
Chiddy Bang	Ray Charles
Smiler (feat. Professor Green & Tawiah)	Top of the World
Usher	Numb
Wilkinson	Take You Higher
Sigma	Nobody To Love
Hybrid Minds	Mountains
Etherwood	Light My Way Home
Bring Me the Horizon	Can You Feel My Heart
Culture Shock	City Lights
Breakage	Treading Water
Sinead Harnett	Paradise
Icona Pop (feat Charli XCX)	I Love It
Kimberly Anne	Lair
Melissa Steel	You Love Me
Keys N Krates	U Already Know
Linden Jay (feat Shola Ama)	Lose Again
Xavier Eleven (feat Laura Elle Rose)	New Day
Klangkarussell	Sun Don't Shine
The Two Bears	Angel
Banfi	June

References[edit]

^ Patterson, Joseph (24 August 2010). "Jakwob: The Interview!". MTV. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
^ "Who is Jakwob???". 122live.com. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
^ "Underage Festivals – Lineup – Jakwob". 10 May 2010. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ [1] ^{[dead link]}
^ "UNLIMITED | CMU | Approved: Jakwob". Wayback.vefsafn.is. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^
Peak positions in the UK:
- For "Electrify": "New Chart Entries > 17 March 2012". Zobbel.de. 17 March 2012.
^
Peak positions for Dance singles in the UK:
- For "Electrify": "Chart Archive > 17th March 2012 >". Official Charts Company. 17 March 2012.
^
Peak positions for Indie singles in the UK:
- For "Blinding": "Chart Archive > 1st December 2012 >". Official Charts Company. 1 December 2012.
- For "Fade": "Chart Archive > 30th March 2013 >". Official Charts Company. 30 March 2013.
^ "Discografie Jakwob". Hung Medien. ultratop.be/nl/.

[1] Patterson, Joseph (24 August 2010). "Jakwob: The Interview!". MTV. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

[2] "Who is Jakwob???". 122live.com. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2012.

[3] "Underage Festivals – Lineup – Jakwob". 10 May 2010. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[4] [1] ^{[dead link]}

[5] "UNLIMITED | CMU | Approved: Jakwob". Wayback.vefsafn.is. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[UK-6] Peak positions in the UK:
For "Electrify": "New Chart Entries > 17 March 2012". Zobbel.de. 17 March 2012.

[7] For "Electrify": "New Chart Entries > 17 March 2012". Zobbel.de. 17 March 2012.

[UKDance-7] Peak positions for Dance singles in the UK:
For "Electrify": "Chart Archive > 17th March 2012 >". Official Charts Company. 17 March 2012.

[9] For "Electrify": "Chart Archive > 17th March 2012 >". Official Charts Company. 17 March 2012.

[UKIndie-8] Peak positions for Indie singles in the UK:
For "Blinding": "Chart Archive > 1st December 2012 >". Official Charts Company. 1 December 2012.

For "Fade": "Chart Archive > 30th March 2013 >". Official Charts Company. 30 March 2013.

[11] For "Blinding": "Chart Archive > 1st December 2012 >". Official Charts Company. 1 December 2012.

[12] For "Fade": "Chart Archive > 30th March 2013 >". Official Charts Company. 30 March 2013.

[BEL-9] "Discografie Jakwob". Hung Medien. ultratop.be/nl/.

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