James Blake is a 22-year-old producer who has been studying contemporary music at Blur's alma mater Goldsmiths College, and in a way it sounds as though he's regurgitating a lot of what he's learned, in the best possible way.
He makes dubstep music, but not the typical dank, dark dubstep dude. His songs creep forward and there's lots of heavy bass, but at the same time there's also a playful soulfulness to his tracks, which often feature his own singing voice slowed down by digital effects. The result is a bit like Moby's Play.
He recently followed up his Klavierwerke EP by covering Feist’s Limit to Your Love.
James Blake @ MySpace, Facebook
Source: Guardian, Pitchfork
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