Since graduating at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1996, James Wilkinson has been actively involved in the experimental music scene. James can regularly be found around town performing with a varied group of improvisers that reflect his broad depth of experience and his interest in exploring different musical traditions. Not only is he to be found in local pubs but he has also toured extensively, under different guises, performing at various festivals and musical events in almost all Australian capital cities.

More recently James has been part of the Big Day Out in both Melbourne and Sydney and has been a regular performer in the What is Music? Festival since 1997. His current projects include Bucketrider, (improvisational/new music), High Pass Filter (a dub-improvisational-electronica punk band), The Snuff Puppet (an idiosyncratic performance group), Archeopytrex (an improvisational/faux soundtrack quartet) and the Greg Kingston Big Band and New Music Lighthouse Ensemble.