# Culprit 1

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**Culprit 1** a.k.a. **Culprit One** (born **James Hannam**) is a British DJ, remixer and [electronica](/source/Electronica) producer.

## Early life and education

Hannam holds a degree in music from the [Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama](/source/Royal_Welsh_College_of_Music_and_Drama) and attended [Crosskeys College](/source/Crosskeys_College) in the Welsh valleys, where the [Manic Street Preachers](/source/Manic_Street_Preachers) also studied.

## Career

Hannam's music has been broadcast on [BBC Radio 1](/source/BBC_Radio_1) by [Steve Lamacq](/source/Steve_Lamacq), [Zane Lowe](/source/Zane_Lowe), [Bethan Elfyn](/source/Bethan_Elfyn), [Annie Mac](/source/Annie_Mac), [Annie Nightingale](/source/Annie_Nightingale), [Colin Murray](/source/Colin_Murray) and [Huw Stephens](/source/Huw_Stephens) (who contributed sleeve notes to first album 'Running in Order'). [Eddy Temple-Morris](/source/Eddy_Temple-Morris), [Adam Walton](/source/Adam_Walton_(DJ)) and [Radio 101 (Croatia)](/source/Radio_101_(Croatia)) have also supported Culprit 1 releases.

"What I Use", the first recording made under the Culprit 1 moniker, was released in July 2003 on [Boobytrap](/source/Boobytrap). Hannam went on to perform at the American [South by Southwest](/source/South_by_Southwest) event and subsequently signed to Exceptional Records.

Following popular events with a [string quartet](/source/String_quartet) early in 2007 (two members of which also performed with [Kanye West](/source/Kanye_West) on his 2006 UK tour), he found favour in the classical music world, earning the support of influential UK radio station [Classic FM](/source/Classic_FM_(UK)).

In November 2010, Exceptional released Hannam's second album *Theme 2*, featuring vocal contributions from Smiler, Polarbear and Iko.

## Discography

Title Format Label Year "What I Use" CD single Boobytrap Records 2003 Aqoon Guud CD EP My Kung Fu 2004 "Jarred" / "What I Use" 12 “ vinyl single My Kung Fu 2004 "No Need to Ask" CD single My Kung Fu 2005 "Sway" 12” vinyl single Exceptional Records 2006 "Hollow" Download single Exceptional Records 2006 "Tricks" 12” vinyl single Exceptional Records 2007 Running in Order CD album Exceptional Records 2007 "No Need To Ask" (reissue & remixes) 12" vinyl single Exceptional Records 2007 "Screamer" Download single Exceptional Records 2010 "Distraction" (feat. Smiler) Download single Exceptional Records 2010 Theme 2 Download album Exceptional Records 2010

## Remix discography

Artist Release Label Year The Messiah Complex Fever We Are Your Friends 2004 The Martini Henry Rifles Slash the Seats My Kung Fu 2005 Melanie C Next Best Superstar Red Girl Records 2005 Jo and Danny Dying Kiss Double Snazzy 2006 The Automatic Monster B-Unique / Polydor 2006 The Automatic Recover B-Unique / Polydor 2006 The Automatic Raoul B-Unique / Polydor 2007 Paul Hartnoll feat. Robert Smith Please Kids 2007 Kaiser Chiefs The Angry Mob B-Unique / Polydor (promo only) 2007 John Hardy & BBC National Orchestra of Wales Letters Ffin Records 2010

## Other information

- Unusually for a producer in a traditionally serious and publicity-shy genre, Hannam maintains an amusing, tongue-in-cheek journal and [Facebook](/source/Facebook) group, in which he regularly describes his studio experiments, [vegetarian](/source/Vegetarian) recipes and journeys back to Wales.
- A couple that met at the debut Culprit 1 performance in October 2003, married in 2008.
- The name Culprit 1 was influenced by a graffiti scrawling at Newport bus station.
- At Bettws High School in [Newport](/source/Newport,_Wales), Hannam won the 1992 Eisteddfod keyboard solo competition with a rendition of [2 Unlimited](/source/2_Unlimited)'s European hit "No Limits".
- Hannam's first job after graduating from university was a club reviewer for the UK dance magazine *[Muzik](/source/Muzik)*. The editor at the time was [Conor McNicholas](/source/Conor_McNicholas), who later became editor of the music magazine *[NME](/source/NME)*.

## External links

- [Culprit 1 Official website](http://www.culprit1.com)
- [Culprit 1 Official MySpace page](http://www.myspace.com/culpritonemusic)
- [Culprit 1 biography from BBC Wales](https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/culprit-one/)
- [Beatportal interview, May 2007](http://www.beatportal.com/news/item/culprit-1-interview/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071216035007/http://www.beatportal.com/news/item/culprit-1-interview/) 2007-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
- [Western Mail interview, June 2007](http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2007/06/04/culprit-1-releases-debut-album-91466-19241260/)

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