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| Pitchfork |
 When asked to give his definition of dubstep in an interview last month, James Blake said, "There's a very broad template, but it largely focuses on a bassline and the intricacies of drum patterns and it has an intense focus on a feeling-- and I think that's a separation from some other dance music." Ostensibly, the feeling Blake is talking about is that of heady isolation-- the shadowy sensation that Burial perfected with 2007's Untrue and Blake successfully brought into the singer-songwriter realm with this year's self-titled LP. As for the many dubstep artists who rely heavily on computers during gigs, Blake hates them: "To me, laptops have got no place on a stage," he told Pitchfork in March. And when he covers quintessential songwriters like Feist (on his album) or Joni Mitchell (on this EP), he's not trying to render them obsolete as much as join them within the canon of authentic artistes. For all of the futurist conversation surrounding him, James Blake is a bit old-fashioned.When he took on Feist's "Limit to Your Love", he infused it with water-rippling sub-bass and epic pauses while retaining its original emotionality. In that way, it was the perfect cover-- he made the track his own while keeping all the key elements of the original. Enough Thunder's remake of Mitchell's 1971 ode "A Case of You", recorded live at the BBC, is different. Blake switches Mitchell's guitar for piano, and leaves it at that. There's no bass. No additional production. Unlike his "Limit to Your Love", which expanded and beautifully distorted the notion of a "singer-songwriter," the "A Case of You" cover contracts the term, revealing Blake's limitations as an artist. Without any of his signature, modern embellishments, Blake's take has the feel of a stiff recital, his vocal undulations ironically sounding less natural without those well-situated sonic accoutrements. The same can be said of the title track, an original piano-and-voice composition. Even though Blake has been slowly unveiling his singing voice over the last two years, these plain and flat tracks sound surprising. Perhaps they shouldn't. In an interview from April of last year, he said, "Although I'm making this heavy dance music, I sometimes just sit down at the piano and just sing. It's like that's my ultimate calling."...full text |
| Prettymuchamazing |
| On October 10, James Blake tie his banner year together with a new six-track EP called Enough Thunder. We’ve heard several sneak peaks including the piano-laden title track, the sprawling “Not Long Now” and the song everyone’s talking about, Blake’s collaboration with Bon Iver, “Fall Creek Boys Choir”,...full text |
| Nme |
| ames Blake has confirmed he will release a brand new EP 'Enough Thunder' on October 10. The six-track release will feature 'Fall Creek Boys Choir', his recent collaboration with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, as well as a cover of the Joni Mitchell track 'A Case Of You', which she recorded for her classic 1971 album 'Blue'. The rest of the tracks on 'Enough Thunder' will all be original compositions recorded solely by the singer. Blake had hinted at the release of the EP earlier this month when he posted the video of 'Fall Creek Boys Choir' on his official YouTube account and included the teaser 'Enough Thunder – Oct 2011' underneath the track....full text |
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