Being nominated for an Ivor Novello award placed James Atkin amongst the highest echelon of his songwriting peers. He is also a member of a far more exclusive club, along with only 20 or so other world famous international artists. These are the select few who reached the number one spot in the US singles chart with their first ever release, as James did with his band EMF and their classic single 'Unbelievable'.

Signed by EMI/Parlophone after just four gigs without even making a demo tape, becoming at home as a teen idol on the cover of Smash Hits and an indie icon on the front of the NME, getting sued by Yoko Ono, experiencing UFO encounters in the desert - all of these things happened to James when he was barely out of his teens.

Chart topping releases and world tours with EMF were followed in later years with massive 21st century international successes under various dance music guises.

All of this led up to the point right now where we find James releasing his first ever solo album 'A Country Mile'.