James Harmon Stack (born January 21, 1992), known professionally as Jim-E Stack, is an American songwriter, record producer, and DJ born in San Francisco, CA, and based in Los Angeles, CA. His solo releases have featured Bon Iver, Empress Of, Charli XCX, Lucky Daye, Ant Clemons, Jana Hunter of Lower Dens, and the Range. As a songwriter and record producer, Stack has collaborated with Dominic Fike, Kacy Hill, Octavian, Bon Iver, Joji, Caroline Polachek, Haim, Diplo, Empress Of, Lorde, and more. He has remixed Wet, Anna of the North, Rostam, Active Child, and Lower Dens, as well as other artists.
Career
2011-2016: Early years, Tell Me I Belong Born James Harmon Stack, Jim-E Stack grew up in San Francisco's Inner Richmond, where his passion for music evolved from playing in garage rock bands and jazz bands to making beats inspired by Daft Punk, Burial, J Dilla, Timbaland, and The Neptunes. While Stack lived in New Orleans and Brooklyn, his original releases and EPs, in addition to remixes for Sky Ferreira and ASAP Rocky, garnered critical acclaim and interest. It would lead to his debut 2014 album, Tell Me I Belong, accompanied by touring with Shlohmo and Bonobo.
2016–present: Collaborations, Ephemera Returning to California in 2016, Stack continued to release new solo material, including collaborations with fellow electronic artist The Range, as well as solo releases featuring Noonie Bao, Rostam, Charli XCX, and more. Between then and early 2019, he collaborated with Empress Of, Diplo, and Caroline Polachek for their own music, in addition to contributing on songs for Haim.
Stack contributed heavily to his then-partner Kacy Hill's second studio album Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again, released July 2020. Hill states Stack acted as inspiration for much of the album's lyrical content in the liner notes of the record.
From late 2019 through 2020, Stack released new singles featuring Ant Clemons, Empress Of, Dijon Duenas and Bon Iver, along with an announcement for a new album titled Ephemera. It features the aforementioned singles, with other collaborations with Octavian, Bearface of Brockhampton and Kacy Hill. Stack also released a CD exclusive EP in October 2021, which was available for free only at one store in New York and London.
Stack was again a primary collaborator in the creation of Kacy Hill's Simple, Sweet, and Smiling album, which released in October 2021. In 2023, Stack served as a principal producer, songwriter, and instrumentalist with Dominic Fike, collaborating on his album Sunburn.
Stack worked again with Bon Iver as a primary collaborator on their SABLE EP, which was released in October 2024, and the subsequent album SABLE, fABLE, which was released in April 2025. Stack was a principal collaborator, producer, and composer on Lorde's fourth studio album, Virgin, released June 2025, with Stack being credited on the album's entire track list.
Discography
Studio albums TitleDetailsTell Me I Belong Released: July 29, 2014 Label: Innovative Leisure Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streamingEphemera Released: October 30, 2020 Label: Self-released Formats: LP, digital download, streaming
EPs TitleDetailsCome Between Released: January 16, 2012 Label: Good Years Recordings Formats: Digital download, streamingIt's Jim-ee Released: August 4, 2017 Label: Self-released Formats: LP, digital download, streamingPromotional Only Released: October 12, 2021 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Singles Title Year Label Album"Bubble Boy"2012Body High "Deadstream"2016Self-releasedIt's Jim-ee"Hyperballad"(featuring Jana Hunter) rowspan="3" "You are Not Alone""Forgotten""Dreamt"It's Jim-ee"Deadstream"(Rostam Version featuring Charli XCX)"Forgiven"2017"Moments Noticed""With You"(with The Range)Domino rowspan="3" ''Somebody"(featuring Noonie Bao)2018Self-released"A Man Can't Know What It's Like To Be A Mother"2019"Good Enough"(featuring Ant Clemons)Ephemera"Note To Self"(featuring Empress Of)2020"Sweet Summer Sweat"(featuring Dijon)"Jeanie"(featuring Bon Iver)"Can We"(featuring Kacy Hill)"Sweet & Spice"(Deb Never & Jim-E Stack)2021Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"2nd Round"Promotional Only"FFBH""Next to Me"(featuring Lucky Daye)2022
Remixes TitleYearArtist(s)"Lovers" (Jim-E Stack Remix)2017Anna of the North"Real Thing" (Jim-E Stack Remix)Lower Dens"Warning Intruders" (Jim-E Stack Remix)2018Rostam"When I'm With Him" (Perfume Genius Cover) 2019Empress Of"Old Bone" (Jim-E Stack Remix)Wet"Cruel World" (Jim-E Stack Remix)2020Active Child"Without You" (Jim-E Stack Remix)Perfume Genius
Songwriting and production discography +List of songs co-written, featuring production involvement, instrumentation and/or engineering for other artists, showing year released and album nameTitleYearLead artistAlbumCredit(s)WritingProductionInstrumentationEngineering"Want You Back"2017HAIMSomething to Tell You "New Moon"Cold SpecksFool's Paradise "What the Hell"BridgeWreck "Be A Man (Get In the Cold Shower)"2018Kidepo "Flacko"CoshaR.I.P Bonzai "Shoulda"RL GrimeNOVA "When I'm with Him"Empress OfUs "Esta Noche"Dillon FrancisWUT WUT "No Pare" "New Shapes"(featuring Octavian)2019DiploEuropa "Galapagos"Lower DensThe Competition "I Give Up"Caroline PolachekPang "Door" "U Give It Up"2020Empress OfI'm Your Empress Of "PDLIF"Bon Iver "enemy"Charli XCXhow i'm feeling now "FUBT"HAIMWomen in Music Pt. III "To Someone Else"Kacy HillIs It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again "Much Higher" "Just to Say" "Porsche" "Unkind" "Six" "Dinner" "Friend"Gracie Abramsminor "tehe" "Chapter 1"OctavianALPHA "Rari"(featuring Future) "Double Negative (Skeleton Milkshake)"Dominic FikeWhat Could Possibly Go Wrong "AUATC"Bon Iver "Your Man"JojiNectar "Lazy"LupinLupin "Bored Again!"(featuring Gabriel Delicious)Buddy Ross "Starface*"Jean DawsonPixel Bath "Roots"2021Cautious ClayDeadpan Love "Escalator"Ritt Momney "Sweet & Spice"Deb Never & Jim-E StackWhere Have All the Flowers Gone? "I Couldn't Wait"Kacy HillSimple, Sweet, and Smiling "Seasons Bloom" "The Right Time" "Simple, Sweet, and Smiling" "Walking at Midnight" "So Loud" "Caterpillars" "Mochi's Interlude" "Easy Going" "The Stars" "Another You" "Milk Me"2022Sudan ArchivesNatural Brown Prom Queen "Welcome To My Island"2023Caroline PolachekDesire, I Want to Turn Into You "Chalk 1.3.3 [2017 Export Wav]" Flume Arrived Anxious, Left Bored "Revolve Around You"Lola YoungMy Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely "How Much Is Weed?"Dominic FikeSunburn "Ant Pile" "Sick" "7 Hours" "Bodies" "Sunburn" "Pasture Child" "4x4" "Frisky" "Mama's Boy" "Dark" "Someday"ElmieneMarking My Time "You"The Kid LAROIThe First Time "Save Your Tears"2024Jess GlynneJess "Dance Alone"Sia & Kylie MinogueReasonable Woman "My Day Off"(featuring Nourished by Time)Kacy HillBUG "Take Me to the River"LordeEveryone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense "Girl, So Confusing featuring Lorde"Charli XCXBrat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat "Things Behind Things Behind Things"Bon IverSable (EP) "Speyside" "Awards Season" "Short Story"2025Sable, Fable "Everything Is Peaceful Love" "Walk Home" "Day One" "From" "I'll Be There" "If Only I Could Wait" "There's A Rhythmn" "Au Revoir" "I Think It's You"Aminé13 Months of Sunshine "Cool About It" "Familiar" "Doing the Best I Can" "Temptations" "Changer" "Hammer"LordeVirgin "What Was That" "Shapeshifter" "Man of the Year" "Favourite Daughter" "Current Affairs" "Clearblue" "GRWM" "Broken Glass" "If She Could See Me Now" "David" True BelieverHayley WilliamsEgo Death at a Bachelorette Party Purple2026Olivia RodrigoYou Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love
References
External links
https://genius.com/artists/Jim-e-stack