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Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:48 pm
by Soraya
Article on James Blake by Alex Needham here, some bits about his musical background, the commercialisation of dubstep and the like.
LOL at all the haterade in the comments, just saw
Also he did a Digital Mystikz cover??
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/ja ... step-scene
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:49 pm
by Sageon
"Sitting diffidently at his keyboard but singing like a fallen angel, Blake plays a six-song set culminating in a non-album tune called Anti-War Dub."
I don't know how to interpret this statement. Did he just play AWD or perform it live? If he performed it then
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:52 pm
by xdeletiax
dont like this interview.
and the writer mispelled hessle (hessel).
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:54 pm
by Soraya
Love me some Hassle.
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:17 pm
by xdeletiax
i cant find the words to express why this article irritates me. the writer seems to be trying too hard to do too many things and he ends up overshadowing his subject.
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:46 pm
by benw
played anti war dub live im told. lol @ the interviewer thinking its one of james' tunes... do your research mate.
also R&S = dubstep label??? dont think their current releases can really be called dubstep by and large, and i cant even start to explain how far their original releases are from dubstep.
to be honest, not a bad article in general, but really lacking in research.
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:07 pm
by ashley
Who said a label had to stick to a specific genre? R&S is massive, legendary label - even though I hear it's not owned by the same people anymore?
Pariah Detroit Falls EP is phat.
I'd like to know James Blakes views on 'mid range cack' though...
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:26 pm
by pikeymobile
ashley wrote:Who said a label had to stick to a specific genre? R&S is massive, legendary label - even though I hear it's not owned by the same people anymore?
Pariah Detroit Falls EP is phat.
I'd like to know James Blakes views on 'mid range cack' though...
I remember him saying he likes going on after midrange DJs because it makes his set look better
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:14 pm
by benw
ashley wrote:Who said a label had to stick to a specific genre? R&S is massive, legendary label - even though I hear it's not owned by the same people anymore?
Pariah Detroit Falls EP is phat.
I'd like to know James Blakes views on 'mid range cack' though...
sorry but where did i say they did?? im 100% behind R&S' move from classic techno / house to whatever you call their last few releases, i would just dispute calling them a dubstep label... definitely not in their first incarnation and i dont think pariah / space dimension controller would call themselves dubstep.
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:23 pm
by fractal
Love ya James.
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:42 pm
by 64hz
lol at seeing 'haters gon' hate' in a guardian article.
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:08 pm
by ashley
benw wrote:ashley wrote:Who said a label had to stick to a specific genre? R&S is massive, legendary label - even though I hear it's not owned by the same people anymore?
Pariah Detroit Falls EP is phat.
I'd like to know James Blakes views on 'mid range cack' though...
sorry but where did i say they did?? im 100% behind R&S' move from classic techno / house to whatever you call their last few releases, i would just dispute calling them a dubstep label... definitely not in their first incarnation and i dont think pariah / space dimension controller would call themselves dubstep.
Quote me where I said Pariah was Dubstep lolz.
P.S. Misinterpreted what you said about R&S = Dubstep.
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:21 pm
by antipode
64hz wrote:lol at seeing 'haters gon' hate' in a guardian article.
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:58 pm
by jyro
Yea he played anti-war dub at the 1st live show in Brixton (Plan B).
It seemed as if only a handful of people in the room actually knew the tune as, while it sounded great, went down like a bit of a lead baloon. I guess the repetitiveness of that tune didnt suit the show. That said, I fucking loved it!
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:09 am
by jyro
Quite petty of Feist... and Geoff barrows too!
"The day we meet, Geoff Barrow of Portishead somewhat snidely tweets: "Will this decade be remembered as the dubstep meets pub singer years?" Blake, upset and somewhat taken aback, greets these words with a "Pfft … no comment". Feist and Chilly Gonzales, the composers of Limit To Your Love, meanwhile seem to be, at best, ambivalent about Blake's version. Feist responded to an email from Blake's management by saying that she never listened to covers of her work, then Gonzales – put out that Blake wouldn't remix one of his tracks – complained about the cover onstage at one of his gigs, asking, "What do I get?" (Someone in the audience shouted the obvious answer – "Royalties!")"
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:30 am
by AbandonSilence
ashley wrote:
I'd like to know James Blakes views on 'mid range cack' though...
When interviewing him in September I asked him about it...
http://abandonsilence.blogspot.com/2010 ... rview.html
AS: You appear to have been placed into the 'dubstep' genre. With such a difference between your music and the productions of other 'dubstep' artists such as, say, Borgore, how does it feel to be categorised side by side with such opposing sounds?
JB: I like to think I placed myself in the dubstep genre. When I started doing it I was listening to Mala, Coki and later Mount Kimbie, none of which are really categorised side by side with people like Borgore. I'm happy to play nights alongside people like Borgore because for me, opposing sounds make interesting nights, and make it easier for my music to have a clear shot at the runway.
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:18 am
by trapeez
Fair play to James for not being scared to associate himself with the word dubstep.
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:31 am
by slanguage
trapeez wrote:Fair play to James for not being scared to associate himself with the word dubstep.
this
alot of
from feist too...
i did feel to
when they didn't acknowledge anti-war dub was a mala tune...school boy errors like that just annoy me
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:37 pm
by pete_bubonic
Good read, glad to see other people openly taking dubstep other places instead of the chainsaw.
Re: Guardian article on James Blake
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:23 pm
by fractal
I love that cokis "haunted" played a major role in his inspiration