Music

A man with glasses and dark hair, wearing a yellow jacket over a striped shirt, playing an electric bass guitar in a music studio surrounded by microphones, recording equipment, and studio lights.

Photo by Jim Dawson

In 2024, I released my debut album, Sun Dogs, a deeply personal project exploring themes of loss, love and renewal. The album was by critically acclaimed, featured on Bandcamp Weekly, and supported by DJs including Gilles Peterson, Huey Morgan, and Deb Grant on BBC Radio 6 Music, Ruf Dug and Ross Allen on NTS, and China Moses and Tony Minvielle at Jazz FM.

My music draws from genres like spiritual jazz, soul, broken beat, afrobeat, film and game scores. I incorporate songwriting with soundscapes, layered vocals, instrumentation, programming, percussion, field recordings and sampling.

I’ve worked across film, games, interactive experiences, installations and live performances as well as releasing original music on labels such as Wah Wah 45s, Brownswood, Still Music, and Development. Along the way I’ve garnered recognition and award nods from BFI London Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, ASCAP, FWA.

“Absolutely stellar and beautiful”

— Deb Grant (BBC 6 Music, UK)

Selected Discography

Album cover art featuring a radial pattern of lines emanating from the center on a dark red background, with text in the top left corner that reads 'Jamie Finlay Sun Dogs'.
Cover of Jamie Finlay's album "Daylight" featuring a light blue background with concentric red circles, with the artist's name and album title in the top left corner.
Close-up of a black vinyl record with a white label in the center.
Music album cover with a circular arrow graphic and text that reads 'Moodyman vs Jamie Finlay, People Circulate (inc. Mr Scruff Remix), development music' in light blue on a black background.
Diagram of three overlapping circles with concentric rings inside each, forming a Venn diagram on a yellow background.
Album cover for Jamie Finlay's "Give Back My Love" featuring a minimalist basketball court diagram with a circle and semi-arc on a dark background.
A colorful vinyl record with a label reading 'WAH WAH 45' featuring a logo, the title 'Little Trumpet,' and the artist Jamie Finlay. The label is predominantly red with yellow and white text and graphics, and there is a barcode at the bottom.
Black circular label featuring the name 'JAMIE FINLAY' in bold white and orange letters, with four illustrated boomboxes below the name, and the phrase 'DON'T SLEEP' in bold white and orange letters beneath the boomboxes. Small print at the bottom indicates it is published by Wah Wah 45s Publishing and includes catalog numbers.

Selected Scores

Map of a city with various neighborhoods and roads, dark background, with a central button labeled "Submit a Loss."
Silhouette of a large, fire-lit figure with a crown-like headpiece, behind a smaller figure, with the words 'Gods Will Fall' across the middle.

Movements

The Curled Clouds

To Miss the Ending

Gods Will Fall

By The Light of Our Losses

Indoor scene with a blue cloud-like ceiling and a sparking light effect, along with orange-lit arched windows and classical columns.
Two people shaking hands, close-up view
A young girl in a red jacket and striped pants walking through a foggy forest at night, with a firefly nearby.
Abstract digital art with colorful 3D cubes, layered and illuminated with the text overlay promoting BFI London Film Festival and Sundance selections.

The Lost Bear

“Amazing”

— Huey Morgan (BBC 6 Music, UK)

“Absolutely stellar and beautiful”

— Deb Grant (BBC 6 Music, UK)

“This is top drawer”

— Robbie Vincent (Jazz FM, UK)

“The album sounds great. Quality stuff”

— Ross Allen (NTS Radio, UK)