The tale of Jim Kroft is an old fashioned adventure story through the crumbling music industry. Inspired by William S. Burroughs, in his late teens he travelled from Mexico City to La Paz, studying ancient civilizations, writing freeform poetry and experimenting in the way a young man does. Getting a call from home that his mother was dying from cancer he returned to his native Scotland to nurse her. After relocating to Berlin, Jim realized that it was time to go solo in 2010. Beneath the radar of the industry in a foreign land, he quickly cut two independent records with no industry backing. The second one of these picked up heavy radio play and Jim became the first artist to break into the German national charts as a purely independent artist. Jim signed a deal with EMI Records, but little did he realize he would be the last artist to ever release a record on EMI. With Universal swallowing the label, Jim was discarded along with most other newcomers. In 2014 Jim has begun cutting a new album with Kaiser Chiefs and Lianne La Havas producer Richard Wilkinson. He is currently self-funding his new album through his work as a freelance filmmaker. Also Jim has being playing his first shows in the US and Russia this spring and comes back to Russia and Asia this summer.
“Jim Kroft is a magnificent composer who showcases his songs beautifully. Parallels can be drawn from Scottish pop-romantics to David Bowie and Nick Kershaw” Rolling Stone
“A bit Bowie-esque in places, which is probably the highest compliment I could pay anything” Music Week
