James Blake has established himself as one of the rising stars of the UK's leftfield dubstep scene with releases on Hemlock, Hessle Audio and R&S. A talented vocalist as well as as gifted producer, Blake's music occupies a unique niche between abstract hip-hop, dubstep and pop.
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This Track is featured in Podcast #025:
The on-going permutations of the dubstep genre seem to have been the predominant trend this year however, with our 2010 Crew Picks featuring music by James Blake, Mount Kimbie, dBridge remixing Synkro, and even Leipzig's Kassem Mosse delivering an amazing more...
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This Track is featured in Feature #094:
Disco-infused house music stands a good chance of becoming the predominant sound on dance-floors this summer. Of Irish origin and now living in Berlin, Mano Le Tough belongs to a new generation of young artists who fuse sugar-sweet synth lines and contemporary more...
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Mano Le Tough: "Love this one! The vocal sample is amazing for singing to your friends when you're drunk... Perhaps destined to be this years 'Hyph Mngo'... Awesome!"
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The EP CMYK EP
was top 8 in Download Charts of Week #24
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The EP CMYK EP
is featured in Update #020:
James Blake, Aphex Twin, Model 500
With a history going back to the early 1980s, R&S has been one of the defining labels of the electronic music era. From new beat to techno, electronica, and drum 'n bass, the Belgian imprint has been on the forefront of every innovative new music style until more...
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The EP CMYK EP
was picked!
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The EP CMYK EP
is featured in Update #019:
Redshape, Actress, Trentemøller
One of the most significant months in many labels' release schedule, the month of May has blessed us with a vast amount of excellent releases.
Flying Lotus' 'Cosmogramma' and Actress' 'Splazsh' weigh in as strong contenders for an Album Of The Year title, more...
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The EP CMYK EP
was reviewed:
Far from resting on its laurels, R&S is once again looking towards the future these days. Given the label's well-documented history of drum 'n bass innovation, it does not entirely come as a surprise that cutting-edge dubstep styles have recently become R&S Records' focus of attention.The imprint's latest signing is London based shooting star James Blake, whose productions of abstract, indie-pop and electronica-influenced dubstep has been receiving a large amount of praise lately and have appeared via labels as Hemlock, Hessle Audio, Brainmath, and Scuba's Hotflush Recordings.
Blake's 'CMYK EP' is comprised of four pop songs - of sorts. Vocals are present on each track, but are never simply recorded and added to the mix. Instead they are assembled from diverse sources, pitched to unnatural ranges, vocoded, and processed with effects.
The result is abstract and eerily beautiful vocal hooks, which Blake blends with lush, melancholy synth pads. His beats are sparse or washed out dubstep rhythms, but never take the foreground, leaving plenty of room for the four track's sci-fi soul. Stunning EP.
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