James Blake by James Blake (CD, 2011)

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Product Identifiers

ProducerJames Blake

Record LabelUniversal / Universal Republic

UPC0602527554709

eBay Product ID (ePID)3050136089

Product Key Features

Era2010s

Run Time2280 Sec

Release Year2011

FormatCD

FeaturesStudio Recording

GenreAlternative, Electronic

TypeAlbum

StyleRelaxation, Indie Electronic, Dubstep, Club/Dance

ArtistJames Blake

Release TitleJames Blake

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

DistributionUniversal Distribution

Number of Tracks11

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States, England

Additional InformationProducer/vocalist Blake largely abandons the abstract dubstep of his singles in favor of tracks that are closer to exercises in sound manipulation and reduction.

EngineerJames Blake

Reviews3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Blake uses neosoul keyboards, blip beats and layered snips of his heart-starved warbling to create eerie, softly roiling slow-jams.", Ranked #20 in Magnet's '20 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "His itchy productions were born with an innate sense of agitated drama, the tension that lies the shadows of a pregnant pause or fermata rest.", "His are fragile, beautiful songs floating over warmly alien, sometimes seemingly formless musical structures yet it's an effort borne through unconventional levels of space and patience.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Blake takes from dubstep an awareness of space and silence; he appreciates the power of a perfectly weighted pause.", 4 stars out of 5 -- ""Blake has an uncanny ear for what to leave out, and how absence can play on the imagination.", "Blake reaches unplumbed emotional depths using the mostly untapped potential of electronics to reach the soul.", "Using lo-fi digital techniques to play up rough edges and raw emotion, Blake's rare talent is to make music so naked seem unshakable.", "With a stripped-down, uncluttered sound, Blake's creations are hauntingly beautiful. His voice echoes soulfully throughout...", "Blake is an instrumentalist, digital synthesist, producer and engineer too, and -- most crucially of all -- blurs the boundaries between these roles.", Ranked #21 in Uncut's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "Blake's debut album revealed him to be an innovative singer-songwriter....Spare, beat-strewn and strikingly plaintive."

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo