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So, James Blake's...

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 7:56 pm
by legend4ry
Limit To Your Love's cover comes out on Monday - This is a good day for music and most importantly dubstep in my eyes.


This has inspired me to start looking at my background in writing acoustic guitar songs and maybe get on the mic and make some proper vocal -songs- instead of drawing for the beats and bass - at 140bpm! Who else is going in this direction or at least feeling it?


For those who haven't heard this master piece yet..


Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:02 pm
by qwaycee_
i played wind instruments for over 10 years...i definitely been considering getting back into it. took a lot of time off tbh.

i guess i need to just do it!


minus the vocals....the closest thing to vocals i'd be able to pull off is spaceape :lol:

used to write rhymes, but i don't think i could listen to a recording of myself rapping these days and take myself seriously.

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:21 pm
by steeze
Went to see Denis Jones on saturday, felt pretty inspired to do something similar. Check him out if you haven't heard of him.



That video in the OP is really slick as well :)

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:25 pm
by arisemprex
I've been using a real guitar in most of my music. I love writing riffs on my guitar...check out this track I'm working on
Soundcloud

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:28 pm
by rubiconguava
Yeh that limit to your love tune is a genre crossing hit, whatever your into i dont see how you can fail to like that tune on some level or other. Heard it on radio a bit but ive never head them discuss his dubstep background.

Also his Klavierwerke EP is somethin else, first thing i heard in a while that actually stopped me in my tracks. majorly burial inspired but as far as i understand it most of the stuff is him playin piano/singin and then all chopped up edited weirded out. sounds beautiful tho.


Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:33 pm
by sixth sense
Been thinking about this for awhile and have decided that I'm going to teach myself how to play acoustic guitar and get my sister to start recording some vocals because her voice is just excellent. I just want my music to sound natural.

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:35 pm
by arisemprex



This right here is fucken awesome

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:51 pm
by mta7388
dubstep and electronica music that incorporates vocals in a unique way always stands out to me,[james blake and mt. kimbie].

not dubstep, but bibio is one of my favorites because he combines lofi electronica production style with traditional guitar and vocals


Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:53 pm
by qwaycee_
^^^bibio is definitely sick.

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:01 pm
by mta7388
Also, a lot of times I will write progressions on my guitar first before opening all my synths etc. Its a fresh way of songwriting tha can give you results you wouldn't get from doing all your songwriting "in the box"

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:17 pm
by AJGR
i'm not sure about James Blake really. he's clearly very talented, uses awesome sounds but i just don't feel it.

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 3:56 am
by legend4ry
AJGR wrote:i'm not sure about James Blake really. he's clearly very talented, uses awesome sounds but i just don't feel it.
I reallllllllllllllllllllly didn't get james blake at first, nor mount kimbie but hearing kimbie's set at boiler room and hearing that one by james blake "yeah I found her, red coat.. " out live made me see it in a different light!


qwaycee_ wrote:i played wind instruments for over 10 years...i definitely been considering getting back into it. took a lot of time off tbh.

i guess i need to just do it!


minus the vocals....the closest thing to vocals i'd be able to pull off is spaceape :lol:

used to write rhymes, but i don't think i could listen to a recording of myself rapping these days and take myself seriously.
Spoken word shit is epic with dubstep...



Something on that mellow/deep tip, with a really well constructed words, drums as well as some flutes in there would be out of this world! Go for it! The only thing stopping us is ourself, after all!


Speaking of spaceape - this is still my favourite dubstep track to just sick and mellow out to.




Deffo moving into to this kind of direction for the future <3

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 4:19 am
by sixth sense

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 4:40 am
by qwaycee_
legend4ry wrote:
AJGR wrote:i'm not sure about James Blake really. he's clearly very talented, uses awesome sounds but i just don't feel it.
I reallllllllllllllllllllly didn't get james blake at first, nor mount kimbie but hearing kimbie's set at boiler room and hearing that one by james blake "yeah I found her, red coat.. " out live made me see it in a different light!


qwaycee_ wrote:i played wind instruments for over 10 years...i definitely been considering getting back into it. took a lot of time off tbh.

i guess i need to just do it!


minus the vocals....the closest thing to vocals i'd be able to pull off is spaceape :lol:

used to write rhymes, but i don't think i could listen to a recording of myself rapping these days and take myself seriously.
Spoken word shit is epic with dubstep...



Something on that mellow/deep tip, with a really well constructed words, drums as well as some flutes in there would be out of this world! Go for it! The only thing stopping us is ourself, after all!


Speaking of spaceape - this is still my favourite dubstep track to just sick and mellow out to.




Deffo moving into to this kind of direction for the future <3
'limit to your love' took some time to grow on me....took me a few weeks to get into it properly. but i realized there are so few elements that each one is pretty serious individually.


but as for the spoken word business....all i need's a mic and i think i'ma gonna start penning shit down again.

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:08 am
by cloak and dagger
I have a 70% done track using my vocals in a very slightly similar vibe, but man am I a fucking terrible singer, even with a vocoder :u:

needless to say, the track is on hold at the moment -w-

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:14 am
by Ldizzy
james blake has been the most inspiring descovery for me this year.

tons of great music on this thread...

id love to hear some truthful, creative, eclectic, sometimes-acoustic music from yall...

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:27 am
by qwaycee_
Ldizzy wrote:james blake has been the most inspiring descovery for me this year.

tons of great music on this thread...

id love to hear some truthful, creative, eclectic, sometimes-acoustic music from yall...
the thing is, while ppl have been talking the most shit about 'where is dubstep going? what is the future for dub bass ( :D: )? and so on...2010 has been a great year, a lot of addressing certain issues like "where is the bass music going? a lot of good shit happened this year.

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:28 am
by Ldizzy
^ totally agree!!!

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:29 am
by legend4ry
3rd'd - Dubstep and music in general has been absolutely amazing this year! I think everyone whos making music should be proud cause theres been some really great vibes this year.

Re: So, James Blake's...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:43 am
by qwaycee_
the juke business was a massive ting imo. the whole old school original us bass music resurgence was quite serious....its like rediscovering of generes. i know people that were into shit like miami bass...they find the juke thing pretty serious.