James White is/was James Chance of the James Chance & The Contortions in a more jazzy disco version of the Contortions. The Contortions were a New York based band in the late 1970's that first appeared on a compilation produced by Brian Eno entitled No New York. The No Wave movement was a raw, minimalistic rejection of the New Wave scene that took the DIY ethos of punk and polished it into dance pop music pushed by marketing execs as the "New Wave". The No Wave scene instead embraced raw noisy improvisations and helped set some of the foundation for the New York Downtown Improv scene.

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