Jim Coleman (musician)

James F. Coleman is a keyboards and sampler player.
He was a member of Cop Shoot Cop, and performed under a variety of stage names: Cripple Jim (he toured on crutches due to a broken leg), and usually as Filer.
He has recorded solo albums as Phylr and the closely related project Here and collaborates with J. G. Thirlwell as Baby Zizanie.
Most recently, Coleman has released the ambient album TREES under his own name. He has been doing sporadic live shows of this material in Europe and the US.
Additionally, Coleman has scored a good number of indie films and TV series. Indie features emerging in 2014 are "EXPOSED" by Beth B and "Stay Then Go" by Shelli Ainsworth. He has worked with directors such as Todd Phillips, Hal Hartley, Richard Kern and Danny Leitner.
Coleman is currently working on a number of music tracks that are based on recordings of people's near death experiences.