James Murphy is a multi-talented American musician, DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has made a significant impact in the music industry.
His most notable musical project is LCD Soundsystem, which gained widespread recognition with its single "Losing My Edge" in 2002 and released its self-titled debut album in February 2005, achieving top 20 success in the UK.
LCD Soundsystem's subsequent studio albums, Sound of Silver (2007) and This Is Happening (2010),received universal acclaim from music critics and reached the top 50 in the Billboard 200.
The band's influence in recent music was recognized by Rolling Stone, which named LCD Soundsystem one of its New Immortals on March 5, 2013, a title given to active artists who are expected to stand the test of time.
However, in 2011, it was announced that LCD Soundsystem would disband with a final show on April 11, 2011, at Madison Square Garden.
After the disbandment, Murphy pursued other artistic projects, including recording a song with Gorillaz and Outkast's André 3000, called "DoYaThing", for their Converse collection, which was released on February 23, 2012.
He also produced a song with Pulp called "After You", which was released as a present on Christmas Day 2012 to fans.
Additionally, Murphy appeared in the 2012 film The Comedy, alongside Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim.
Furthermore, Murphy was listed as a producer for Yeah Yeah Yeahs' 2013 album, Mosquito, and wrote the musical scores for the Noah Baumbach films Greenberg (2010) and While We're Young (2014).
