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London, England, United Kingdom (2009 – present)

James Blake (born October 1988) is an electronic musician and from London, England, United Kingdom. Blake is primarily considered a producer and is frequently heralded as a leading figure in the “” community, but he is also noted for his prominent 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.
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  • dany_f87

    He's got an awesome taste in music.

    yesterday evening
  • Fabiiha

    i love you [2]

    Saturday morning
  • GlacierOcean

    This really can't drop this soon enough. After being spoilt with new EPs every few months the wait for new LP is rather killing me.

    Tuesday evening
  • freakymore

    He blew my mind, amazing gig

    Monday evening
  • criss90

    Amazing concert :')

    last week
  • BionicToxic

    My man.

    7 days ago
  • p-each

    i love you....

    7 days ago
  • Giygaszor

    Returning back to the CMYK-esque sounds? Hell, I'm all for that!

    8 days ago
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7 Mar 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/jamesblakeproduction

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=281193http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11811-the-bells-sketch/Thanks to everyone who bought or downloaded the release. Thanks as …

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