Loraine James is known for twisting various forms of club music, R&B, and hip-hop under her own name, but her work as Whatever the Weather occupies a different sonic space, mainly focusing on ambient and IDM. The project's self-titled debut appeared in 2022, blending subtle glitches with weightless vocals, and punctuated by the occasional flurry of frantic breakbeats. Whatever the Weather II followed in 2025, incorporating field recordings and analog synths.
The London native released her first album, Detail, in 2017, but received far more exposure when For You and I, a deepl...