Left Orbit Temple began as a place to explore musical ideas that didn't fit into James' professional recording work. Prolusion (2000), was conceived as a digital arts magazine. It featured a dozen guest musicians, plus a CD-ROM section featuring choreography, video art, painting, drawing, sculpture, and more by guest visual artists. 

Newer material is increasingly texture oriented and non-musical, using heavily processed found audio to create evocative concrete soundscapes often paired with video, still photography, and prose.

Collaborations with artists in other mediums continues to expand the scope of the project, taking it further from its music roots.  The L.O.T. name is often used for collaborations so as to create an inclusive umbrella that doesn't emphasize one creator's name.

Sub-site featuring sound and art from recent years is coming soon.  In the mean time, please enjoy the 21-year-old music on this page!