James Richard Prudhomme (born 15 February 1995), better known as Suicideyear, is an American electronic music composer, DJ and songwriter from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Prudhomme rose to popularity at the age of 17 with several unofficial remixes of hip-hop artists such as The Pack, Danny Brown & Main Attrakionz.
The track “CCCXXV” was used by Swedish artist Yung Lean for “Hurt”, the lead single from his debut mixtape Unknown Death 2002.
The project was written and produced between Florida and Louisiana, reflecting on themes of love and loss against the backdrop of the deep American south.
The release displays emotions of melancholy and ends with a cover of My Bloody Valentine’s “When You Sleep.” Pitchfork stated, “Suicideyear combines the clean melodic lines of late-1990s IDM with the slow-burn anxiety of Zaytoven.”[3] Software Label re-issued Japan on vinyl and as a dual CD alongside Remembrance titled DREAM 727 in March 2015.