Guest Coalbucket PI Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 cold, clickety stuff with lots of space Can't get enough of it. Basically this. it's when he forgoes the clickety stuff and replaces it with even more space that it becomes just a lot of empty space with a goldmsmiths kid floating in it helplessly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 just a lot of empty space with a goldmsmiths kid floating in it helplessly you get that a lot if you take ketamine in New Cross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 just a lot of empty space with a goldmsmiths kid floating in it helplessly you get that a lot if you take ketamine in New Cross Lol! this virtually happened to me last weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremymacgregor87 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LDTsoNiT2Y oh man, just gorgeous ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 5 out of 5 in the Daily Mail lol. Now if there's one thing to kill any street credibility it's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Enter a new display name Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 At this rate, even average people I know IRL will hear of James Blake, which would be a bad sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakapo Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 You do all realise he has an account on watmm. Not a prolific poster (<500 posts) but he is active... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 damn, i was expecting more bile when i saw kakapo posted anyway if it's the case, hello mr. blake, please keep making music that is lovely and defies genres. fuck the haters etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
encey Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 You do all realise he has an account on watmm. Not a prolific poster (<500 posts) but he is active... That's awesome :) I've only heard 'Wilhelms Scream' off the new album but thought it had a very simple and catchy melody and that the effects were used in a tastefully moderate way. And I think the Phil Collins comparison is apt -- it's got that 'white guy in a dark room' mood I love so much. Plus, he's a total hottie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 You do all realise he has an account on watmm. Not a prolific poster (<500 posts) but he is active... So? All power to him, Im just saying that his album disappointed me next to his great EPs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 anyway if it's the case, hello mr. blake, please keep making music that is lovely and defies genres. fuck the haters etc. indeed. the man is a great musician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reyde_espana Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Calling twat james blake the next phil collins is a horrible comparison... but hey... who cares anyways... its good for a laugh i guess... and just to be clear... those eps where anything to get too exited about... some good moments... but ive heard better stuff on soundcloud... and the album of course didnt deliver.. since how could it?!?!?! the guys just a regular talent... nothing to write home about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hanratty Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 i've read about this guy more than actually listened to. People seem to like writing about how they don't like his music. Is he a quick fad that people are now trying to tear apart? why the negativity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 He is a very talented producer, but I'm not convinced by his songwriting skills. The album is allright, but some of the melodies are completely forgettable. I probably wouldn't care so much if he wasn't singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 You do all realise he has an account on watmm. Not a prolific poster (<500 posts) but he is active... what's his username? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Pritchard D Jamsblake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascdi Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I thought I hated the album and nearly deleted it but now I'm coming round to it, or some of it, I think Wilhelm Scream is amazing now after being sickened by it initially I more or less had the same experience, but instead of downloading the LP I was just listening to it on YouTube. Friend of mine whose opinion I greatly respect is all about it and Wilhelm Scream did finally click for me last week. Psyched to pick this one up with it is released in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravedamage Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Calling twat james blake the next phil collins is a horrible comparison... but hey... who cares anyways... its good for a laugh i guess... and just to be clear... those eps where anything to get too exited about... some good moments... but ive heard better stuff on soundcloud... and the album of course didnt deliver.. since how could it?!?!?! the guys just a regular talent... nothing to write home about. He is a very talented producer, but I'm not convinced by his songwriting skills. The album is allright, but some of the melodies are completely forgettable. I probably wouldn't care so much if he wasn't singing. You'd think it was the Second Coming or somesuch, with all the platitudes heaped upon him. Christ, it's just some auto-tuned (veeeery basic) melodies and not much else. Fir fuck's sake, Burial did it better 4 years ago, with no vox, and some decent fuckiin breaks. Dubstep, reaaaally? To step would surely mean some beats be involved. Jings, it's jist not right...he really loves his voice though, don't he? Pfft. Seriously, dubstep...amazing...new...auto-zzzzz? There is one track on the JB LP where you can 'hear' that R n B sound they are so oft to quote in the press, by which I mean he has basically ripped off an R n' B tune. Wow. Such advances in sound. GTFO. I'm not a hater, byraway, I like at least 4 tracks on it...the EPs he did were a bit bland too...some exciting bits, just tempered with extremely boring shit an all...it's just, umm, are we really that desperate for a new player in 2011? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravedamage Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I think that the "Burial rip-off" line is unfounded. On a skeletal basis, both use 2-step/garage frameworks with manipulated R&B vocals but that's like saying 1 techno artist is ripping off another by using a TR-909 (Awepittance may agree ) Burial is about implied atmospheres. He has recognizable hooks and melodies but they are sublimated into broad, reverbed "suggestions" and ambience. Blake and Mount Kimbie use quite frank and crisp melodies straight out of Gospel and R&B in a very recognizable manner. So does Skweee, which is a better framework to understand Blake/Mount Kimbie and they even say so by mentioning "Dutch pop" in their "interests" section of MySpace. All dubstep/Burial/etc. comparisons are rather weak and tangential. If you wanted to get into Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass or even Rick Astley ( ) , that's a more solid line of argument. Time to RickRoll "The Wilhelm Scream" Yeah, sorry, the Burial line was very lazy of me, I had been at the Land of Pub. Was just bored of the hype and confounded by how amazing this was meant to be, when it's really got just one or two great bits on it, but not much else. Tis his first album though, and I'm sure he didn't ask for all this erse-licking that's going on. One thing though...the vinyl is £24.99 in Rough Trade. For a 2xLP. Fucking major labels, they do take the pish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reyde_espana Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 shit.. people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU DO KNOW THAT BIBIO IS ABOUT TO DROP HIS NEW ALBUM ON US?!!?!??!?!?! who cares about JB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
encey Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Burial is about implied atmospheres. He has recognizable hooks and melodies but they are sublimated into broad, reverbed "suggestions" and ambience. Blake and Mount Kimbie use quite frank and crisp melodies straight out of Gospel and R&B in a very recognizable manner. So does Skweee, which is a better framework to understand Blake/Mount Kimbie and they even say so by mentioning "Dutch pop" in their "interests" section of MySpace. Well-put. I've never heard of Skweee -- is that Squee? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
encey Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Oh, cool. Skweeee makes me want to pee! It's better than "Glee"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I tried listening to the new album and I got about 2 minutes into the first track before I couldn't take anymore autotune. just awful. I don't know if I'm missing out but if they are all autotuned vocals like that... also, pitchfork gave his new record a 9.0 so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remy marathe Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 ...you can't like or dislike something until pitchfork weighs in on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 ...you can't like or dislike something until pitchfork weighs in on it? oh yea man, that's what i base all of my music tastes on. i don't like anything unless pitchfork says its ok too, otherwise, how will i know what bands to advertise on my t-shirts? get with the times buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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