Lawrence Arabia is the musical guise of New Zealand artist and composer James Milne.

[2] In 2009 he released his sophomore solo album Chant Darling, recorded between London and Sweden,[3] which resulted in an APRA Silver Scroll Award for the song "Apple Pie Bed" (with co-writer, The Phoenix Foundation's Lukasz Buda).

[5] In August 2009, Lawrence performed with a new band called BARB on a New Zealand tour, with a band consisting of Connan Mockasin, Liam Finn, Eliza Jane Barnes, Seamus Ebbs, Jol Mulholland and Wild Bill Rickets.

[7] In October 2011 he released another collaborative album with Mike Fabulous (The Black Seeds, Lord Echo), Unlimited Buffet, with Fabulous composing the instrumentals and Milne the vocal melodies and lyrics.

[15] Milne has been a member of the pop group The Brunettes and has toured as bass player for American band Okkervil River.