Browse by Artist: BLAKE, JAMES

Artist:	BLAKE, JAMES
Title:	Limit To Your Love
Label:	ATLAS (UK)
Format:	10"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	ATLAS 001EP

"So far 2010 was a stellar year for James Blake; first with his critically acclaimed The Bells Sketch EP then the huge underground smash 'CMYK' on R&S, he's gone from a left field beat-maker operating on the fringes of dubstep to one of the brightest new names to watch in British music today. A second R&S release -- the brilliant Klavierwerke EP - was released in September 2010, and immediately set about defining the sound of James' future as he cut and spliced his own voice to create an EP of emotive, insular genius, knowingly paving the way for his full vocal debut with Limit To Your Love. Off the back of this EP, some bloggers claimed to have been reduced to tears by the simplicity and beauty of the sounds the 21-year-old teases from his home studio. James now rounds off an unparalleled year of discovery by unveiling one of the most stunning male vocals to emerge this millennium. This version of Feist & Chilly Gonzales's 'Limit To Your Love' will be the first taste of his debut album due in early 2011. Re-worked, recorded and produced entirely alone in his bedroom, this single is also the first time listener will have had the chance to hear James' incredibly soulful voice. Matching a heart-stoppingly emotional delivery to a speaker-busting, foundation-crumbling bassline, this is a simply exceptional piece of music, the natural successor to Massive Attack's 'Unfinished Sympathy' as the ultimate expression of UK urban emotion."

Artist:	BLAKE, JAMES
Title:	Air & Lack Thereof/Sparing The Horses
Label:	HEMLOCK (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	HEK 004EP

"Hemlock proudly introduce the debut release for James Blake; South London producer, keyboardist and live vocalist for Mount Kimbie (Hot Flush). Having grown up 'Playing along to Stevie Wonder 'til the early hours and falling asleep to Art Tatum and Erroll Garner' James's music comes saturated with fresh ideas. He comes correct for Hemlock 004 with two brilliantly off-kilter, blues and funk inflected bombs. The perfect introduction to his distinct sound. All at once fast, slow, melodic and heavy, and with its feet rooted firmly in the dance. Thereof is a beautifully wrong and virulently catchy concoction of razor-sharp beats, bluesy vocal snippets, screaming p-funk synths and distortion-a-plenty that all adds up to so much more than the sum of it's parts. 'Sparing the Horses' goes for a darker, more twisted sonic palette. Layers of reversed horns, deep morphing subs and those distinct vocals again, playing over galloping polyrythmic beats for another unique interpretation of the dubstep sound. Worldwide support coming from Joe Nice & Dave Q Instra:mental, Distance, Pangaea, TRG, Ramadanman, Ben UFO, Rob da Bank.

Artist:	BLAKE, JAMES
Title:	The Bells Sketch
Label:	HESSLE AUDIO (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	HES 011EP

"Hessle Audio's eleventh release comes from James Blake, a 21-year-old from London, who has previously released for Hemlock Recordings, as well as having an EP in the pipeline for R&S. This three track EP exclusively features his own warped and manipulated vocals. James also joins Mount Kimbie for their live shows, singing as well as playing keyboard. " "James Blake's mongrelised, pitch-bent production style finds kinship with dubstep's Joker and Untold, but his secret weapon is his voice: Blake sings with a sweet, honey-soaked coo that betrays his traditional background in music: one that knew the Family Stone long before it'd heard of FWD>>." - Fact Magazine .

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