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Jimmy Edgar (born August 10, 1983) is an American electronic music producer, and from Detroit, Michigan. He initially released music under the names Michaux and Kristuit Salu and Morris Nightingale, before formally releasing his first solo album Color Strip (2006) on Warp Records after he signed to the label at age 18. This release was followed by XXX (2010) on !K7 Records in 2010, and after his last solo LP Majenta (2012), Edgar has since released several EPs on the imprint New Reality Now, often designing the album covers with his partner Pilar Zeta.
XXX was released in June 2010 on K7 Records. Andy Kellman of Allmusic wrote that Edgar's increased use of analog equipment in the recording process resembled "smutty neo-electro." Around this time, Edgar continued to tour internationally, notably in cities such as Tokyo, Zagreb, Istanbul, Athens, Tallinn, Moscow, Turin, London, and Berlin. In 2012, Edgar released the solo album Majenta, on Hotflush Recordings. In a positive review of Majenta for the BBC, Rich Handscomb focused on the erotic element of the sounds.
Edgar and Machinedrum released an eponymous EP in 2012 as the group J-E-T-S, and they also toured in support of the material, playing a number of major festivals. As a solo artist, as of 2014 Edgar has performed at festivals such as Bang Face, I Love Techno, and two appearances at the Movement Festival (DEMF). In late 2013 he continued to be based in Berlin, though he soon began working out of Los Angeles as well.
Edgar founded the record label Ultramajic with artist Pilar Zeta in 2013. His first EP on Ultramajic was Hot Inside, and the lead single's music video was featured on Vice Media in late 2013. In May 2014, he were brought in by the BBC to create an Essential Mix, focusing on the theme of "Ultramajic doing Detroit radio circa 1993." As of early 2014 Ultramajic had released over a dozen albums in the electronic genre, with both Zeta and Edgar designing most album covers.
In 2014, Resident Advisor released RA Podcast: RA.401 which was produced by Edgar. The mix spanned 90 minutes and went through a meticulous recording process including mastering, cut onto 6 dubplate vinyl discs, digitally pasted together and remastered.
In 2016, Edgar released "Dreamz Come True" featuring Toronto R&B artist Rochelle Jordan. In 2017, after a chance meeting with longtime friend SOPHIE, they began production on Vince Staples' album Big Fish Theory and produced the single "745". In 2018, Edgar released a single, "Burn So Deep", featuring Dawn Richard.
Edgar's first NFT artwork, "DROOL OF VENUS", was sold on March 17, 2021 on Foundation. His work in the format spans conceptual ideas, generative digital works and 3D animations. His artwork "UNREAL", which sold for 2.441 Ethereum, was a single magenta pixel. Works that followed included "OBSOLETE", an arrangement of three black anodized Dyson vacuum cleaners. In 2022, he released "OBJECTZ", a collection of 3396 images. Each artwork is a "unique digital construction", generated in a web browser.
| + EPs by Jimmy Edgar ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:2.5em;" | Year ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Label/date/notes |
| 2004 !scope="row" | Access Rhythm | Warp Records (Jan 12, 2004) | |
| 2006 !scope="row" | Rhythmic Denial (1 track) | Warp Records (Feb 20, 2006) | |
| 2012
!scope="row" | This One's For The Children | Hotflush | |
| 2013 !scope="row" | Hot Inside | Ultramajic (Jun 10, 2013) | |
| 2015 !scope="row" | SHINE | Ultramajic | |
| 2016 !scope="row" | Dreamz Come True | Ultramajic | |
| + Selected songs by Jimmy Edgar ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:2.5em;" | Year ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Album ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Release details |
| 2017 !scope="row" | "WOW" | ULTRAMAJIC (2017) | ||
| 2018 !scope="row" | "BURN SO DEEP (FT. DAWN)" | ULTRAMAJIC (2018) | ||
| 2019 !scope="row" | "LOOK OUT (ft. KINGJET)" | Innovative Leisure (May 2019) | ||
| 2020 !scope="row" | "BENT" (FT. HUDSON MOHAWKE) | Innovative Leisure (May 2020) | ||
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