James Edward Jacob (born 28 March 1989), better known by his stage name Jakwob, is a British music producer, songwriter, DJ and composer.

As a multi-instrumentalist, in his early teenage years, he was involved in many local bands – starting out in jazz but soon moving on to death metal and folk.

[2] In 2009, Jacob won acclaim in the blog world for his bootleg of Ellie Goulding's "Starry Eyed".

)[4] He released his debut single "Here with Me" on his own label, Boom Ting Recordings on 13 September 2010.

[5] Jacob has composed the score for a number of independent short films, documentaries and adverts.