james hurr is a mix engineer and producer first and a front-facing artist second. his own site bills him as an artist, producer, dj and sound engineer, in that order, and the engineering is where the bulk of the work sits.

The number one aid for mixing and production is having reference tracks in the environment. Without these you're mixing blind.

james hurr to musictech, 11 february 2020

he opened aux studios in shoreditch in 2017 and 9m studios in elephant & castle in 2021. musictech reported in 2020 that his mixing clients ran to toolroom, defected, universal, ministry of sound, warner music and spinnin records. that is the shape of the career, and it explains why his name turns up spread across other people's credits rather than stacked on his own releases.

under his own name the catalogue leans hard on toolroom. You Get Down, a solo tech house cut, came out on 12 december 2025 and sits near the top of beatport's own popularity ranking for him. Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!), made with ESSEL for 3beat in february 2023, is the one that reached furthest outside the clubs. he also works as hvrr and hrrtz, both listed as aliases on his RA profile.

2026 has been a steady run of collaborations. Bad Man with mark knight and cutty ranks arrived on toolroom on 15 may 2026, sweat with tita lau on 10 july 2026, and reload with xoro and ilikerico on armada on 24 july 2026. beatport lists got so high, made with milk & sugar, for 14 august 2026 on fool's paradise.

he does dj, and RA logs his first listed booking in 2024, with heaven in london the room he plays most and past dates across miami, los angeles, new york and thailand. no upcoming shows are published. dice and allevents both carry his page with an empty schedule as of 2 august 2026.