For Sound Unwrapped, we are excited to announce a rare, intimate live set from Loraine James, who presents her Whatever the Weather project performing in-the-round, utilising d&b audiotechnik’s 360° Soundscape system.

Following her critically-acclaimed 2021 LP, Reflection, Loraine James announced the eponymous debut album under her ambient-minded alias, Whatever The Weather. A fascinating change of pace for the North London producer, the material finds her using keyboard improvisations, stuttering production, and vocal experimentation to shape atmosphere, mood, and tone.

The music moves with an intrinsic fluidity, akin to sudden weather events passing over a single environment. Airy, transportive, and unpredictable, tracks freeze, thaw, and bloom in varying degrees, as reflected in the temperatures of their titles. The collection, released in spring 2022 on Ghostly International, was one of Resident Advisor’s albums of the year, and got the top album spot on Bleep’s end of year list in 2022.

Loraine will be performing in-the-round, utilising d&b audiotechnik’s 360° Soundscape system.

The performance will last approximately 70 minutes.