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James Blake Born 26 September 1988 Is A Grammy-Winning Electronic Musician And Singer-Songwriter From London England United Kingdom. Blake Is Primarily Considered A Dubstep Producer And Is Frequently Heralded As A Leading Figure In The "post-Dubstep" Community But He Is Also Noted For His Prominent Soul Influences. Blake Was Nominated The Critic's Choice Award By The 2011 BRIT Awards And The Sound Of 2011 Award By The BBC And Won Second Place In The Latter. In Addition His Self-Titled Debut LP James Blake Was Nominated For The 2011 Mercury Prize. Blake Has Also Released Material Under The Alias Harmonimix. James Blake Began His Final Year At Goldsmiths In September 2009 Studying Popular Music While Recording Songs In His Bedroom. In July 2009 He Attended The Latymer School And Released His Debut Single "Air And Lack Thereof" On Hemlock Audio. It Was A Firm Favorite With Gilles Peterson From BBC Radio 1 And Blake Was Invited To Do A Special Mix On Peterson's Worldwide Show Which Included An Exclusive Mount Kimbie Track. Blake Released His Debut EP The Bells Sketch On 8 March 2010 On Hessle Audio Followed Soon After By CMYK On 31 May 2010 And Klavierwerke On 10 October 2010 Both On R&S Records. All Three EPs Were Met With Significant Critical Acclaim BBC's Nick Grimshaw Chose CMYK As His Record Of The Week The Title Track Of CMYK Was Ranked 24th On Frontier Psychiatrist's Top 40 Songs Of The Year And All Three Of Blake's 2010 EPs Were Collectively Ranked 8th On Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums Of 2010. On 4 February 2011 Blake Released His Self-Titled Debut LP James Blake Via ATLAS And A&M. Three Singles Were Released For The Album "Limit To Your Love " "The Wilhelm Scream " And "Lindisfarne"/"Unluck". The Album Was Very Well-Received By Critics On 29 September 2010 BBC's Zane Lowe Made "Limit To Your Love" His "Hottest Record In The World " Pitchfork Awarded The Album Best New Music And Ranked It The 12th Best Album Of 2011 On Their Year-End List And It Was Nominated For The 2011 Mercury Prize. On 7 October 2011 Blake Released His Fourth EP Enough Thunder Via ATLAS And A&M. Two Singles Were Released For The EP "Fall Creek Boys Choir " A Collaboration Between Blake And Bon Iver And "A Case Of You " A Cover Of Joni Mitchell. On 12 December 2011 Blake Released Another EP Through R&S Love What Happened Here.
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James Blake Born 26 September 1988 Is A Grammy-Winning Electronic Musician And Singer-Songwriter From London England United Kingdom. Blake Is Primarily Considered A Dubstep Producer And Is Frequently Heralded As A Leading Figure In The "post-Dubstep" Community But He Is Also Noted For His Prominent Soul Influences. Blake Was Nominated The Critic's Choice Award By The 2011 BRIT Awards And The Sound Of 2011 Award By The BBC And Won Second Place In The Latter. In Addition His Self-Titled Debut LP James Blake Was Nominated For The 2011 Mercury Prize. Blake Has Also Released Material Under The Alias Harmonimix. James Blake Began His Final Year At Goldsmiths In September 2009 Studying Popular Music While Recording Songs In His Bedroom. In July 2009 He Attended The Latymer School And Released His Debut Single "Air And Lack Thereof" On Hemlock Audio. It Was A Firm Favorite With Gilles Peterson From BBC Radio 1 And Blake Was Invited To Do A Special Mix On Peterson's Worldwide Show Which Included An Exclusive Mount Kimbie Track. Blake Released His Debut EP The Bells Sketch On 8 March 2010 On Hessle Audio Followed Soon After By CMYK On 31 May 2010 And Klavierwerke On 10 October 2010 Both On R&S Records. All Three EPs Were Met With Significant Critical Acclaim BBC's Nick Grimshaw Chose CMYK As His Record Of The Week The Title Track Of CMYK Was Ranked 24th On Frontier Psychiatrist's Top 40 Songs Of The Year And All Three Of Blake's 2010 EPs Were Collectively Ranked 8th On Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums Of 2010. On 4 February 2011 Blake Released His Self-Titled Debut LP James Blake Via ATLAS And A&M. Three Singles Were Released For The Album "Limit To Your Love " "The Wilhelm Scream " And "Lindisfarne"/"Unluck". The Album Was Very Well-Received By Critics On 29 September 2010 BBC's Zane Lowe Made "Limit To Your Love" His "Hottest Record In The World " Pitchfork Awarded The Album Best New Music And Ranked It The 12th Best Album Of 2011 On Their Year-End List And It Was Nominated For The 2011 Mercury Prize. On 7 October 2011 Blake Released His Fourth EP Enough Thunder Via ATLAS And A&M. Two Singles Were Released For The EP "Fall Creek Boys Choir " A Collaboration Between Blake And Bon Iver And "A Case Of You " A Cover Of Joni Mitchell. On 12 December 2011 Blake Released Another EP Through R&S Love What Happened Here.
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Overgrown Is The Second Studio Album By English Electronic Musician James Blake. It Was Released On 5 April 2013 By Blake's Atlas Records Along With A&M Records And Polydor Records. The Album Features Guest Appearances From Electronic Music Producer Brian Eno And Wu-Tang Clan Member RZA. Overgrown Debuted At Number Eight On The UK Albums Chart And At Number One On The US Dance/Electronic Chart. It Was Supported By The Lead Single "Retrograde". The Album Was Awarded The 2013 Mercury Prize Beating Favourites Laura Mvula Disclosure And David Bowie To Win. It Also Earned Blake A Nomination For The Grammy Award For Best New Artist At The 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Following Both The Critical And Commercial Success Of Blake's Self-Titled Debut Album Blake Released Both The Enough Thunder And Love What Happened Here EPs. These EPs Noticeably More Structured Than His Previous Releases Featured More R&B-Tinged Work As Opposed To The Dubstep-Influenced Electronic Sound Of CMYK. Many Reviewers Speculated In The Year Between Releases That Blake Was Headed In The Wrong Direction With Pitchfork's Larry Fitzmaurice Saying That "James Blake's Reliance On Piano-Based Singer/songwriter Electro-Soul Perhaps Played It A Bit Too Safe Prompting Comparisons To The Once-Outré Now-Gear Spinning Career Of Fellow Avant-Crooner Jamie Lidell". Blake Admitted To Hot Press In An Interview About Overgrown That His Relationship Affected The Album. He Said "I Can't Deny It. There's No Point In Trying To Come Up With Some Other Explanation For What I've Been Writing About....When It Happened I Was Really Struck. Y'know—suddenly I'm Hit!". Earlier In 2012 Blake Spent Time With American Rapper Kanye West And Singer Justin Vernon. In 2012 After Months Of Speculation Blake Announced A New Collaborative Non-Single Release Under The Moniker Harmonimix. This Release Featured British Rapper Trim And The Single "Confidence Boost/Saying" Was Released On 24 September 2012. It Was A Return To Form For Blake And Featured The Distinct Characteristics Present In His Previous Efforts Though "Confidence Boost" Had Been Floating Around On The Internet For Three Or Four Years . During The Final Weeks Of 2012 Blake Performed Three Intimate Shows Where He Debuted Five New Tracks The Five Being "Our Love Comes Back" "Overgrown" "Retrograde" "To The Last" And "Every Day I Ran." Blake Announced Via Facebook On 7 February 2013 That His Second Album Overgrown Would Be Released On 8 April. The First Single From The Album "Retrograde" Was Debuted The Same Day On BBC Radio 1 And Was Released On 11 February. On 7 March Blake And His Labelmates At 1-800 Dinosaur Shared Both The Dub Version Of "Voyeur" And The Album Cut Of "Digital Lion" Featuring Brian Eno. The Title Track Was Released As A Single On 10 April Alongside A Music Video Directed By Nabil Elderkin. A Remix Of The Track "Life Round Here" Featuring Chance The Rapper Was Released On 11 October Alongside A Music Video Directed By Nabil Elderkin.