James Plotkin

James Plotkin
Origin	New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Drone metal, grindcore, industrial metal, experimental
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer
Instruments	Guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, personal computer, programming
Associated acts	Khanate, OLD, Phantomsmasher, Scorn
Website	plotkinworks.com

James Plotkin is an American guitarist and producer, famous for his role in bands such as Khanate and OLD but with an extensive catalogue outside these bands. He has performed guitar duties for bands Phantomsmasher and Scorn and continues to remix tracks for bands such as KK Null, Nadja, Sunn O))), ISIS, Pelican and Earth. He tends to work with grindcore, industrial metal, noise music, drone metal, dark ambient, digital hardcore and post-metal.

Discography

Solo work

• James Plotkin - A Strange, Perplexing - 1996
• James Plotkin - The Joy Of Disease - 1996
• James Plotkin / Pole - Split Series #8 (withdrawn version) - 2000
• James Plotkin / Pimmon - Split Series #8 - 2000
• James Plotkin - Kurtlanmak/Damascus - 2006
• James Plotkin - Indirmek - 2007

Collaborative releases

• James Plotkin & Kazuyuki K Null - Aurora - 1994
• Jimmy Plotkin & Alan Dubin (2X self-titled 7"'s) - 1995
• James Plotkin & K.K. Null - Aurora Remixes - 1996
• James Plotkin & Mick Harris - Collapse - 1996
• James Plotkin & Mark Spybey - A Peripheral Blur - 1999
• James Plotkin & Brent Gutzeit - Mosquito Dream - 1999
• James Plotkin & David Fenech - Strings and Stings compilation - 1999
• James Plotkin & Tim Wyskida - 8 Improvisations - 2006
• James Plotkin & Paal Nilssen-Love - Death Rattle - 2013

With OLD

• Old Lady Drivers - 1988
• Assück / O.L.D. - Split - 1990
• Lo Flux Tube - 1991
• The Musical Dimensions Of Sleastak - 1991
• Hold On To Your Face - 1993
• Formula - 1995

With Scorn

• Evanescence - 1994
• Anamnesis - Rarities 1994 - 1997

With Namanax

• Audiotronic - 1997
• Monstrous - 1998
• Gummo - o/s/t 199?

With Flux

• Protoplasmic - 1997

With Khanate

• Khanate- 2001
• Live WFMU 91.1 - 2002
• No Joy (Remix) - 2003
• Things Viral - 2003
• KHNTvsSTOCKHOLM - 2004
• Live Aktion Sampler - 2004
• Capture & Release - 2005
• It's Cold When Birds Fall From The Sky - 2005
• Clean Hands Go Foul - 2009

With Phantomsmasher

• Phantomsmasher - Atomsmasher - 2001
• Phantomsmasher s/t - 2002
• Phantomsmasher - Podsjfkj Pojid Poa w/ Venetian Snares remix (7" EP) - 2002

With Khlyst

• Chaos Is My Name cd - 2006
• Chaos Live DVD - 2008

With Jodis

• Secret House cd/2xlp - 2009
• Black Curtain cd/lp - 2012

External links

• James Plotkin's homepage