Since his major-label debut in 2011, James Blake's haunting vocals and brilliantly edited, collage-style tracks have helped usher in a new sound in popular music. James has both produced and contributed vocals to a ton of artists including Travis Scott, Jay-Z, and Spanish megastar, Rosalia. He even earned a Grammy for best rap performance alongside Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and Future on the song āKingās Deadā from theĀ Black PantherĀ soundtrack.
This month James is releasing his sixth solo album, which is a nod to his electronic music roots. Itās calledĀ Playing Robots Into Heavenāa title inspired by the modular synth James built for the album that creates sounds meant to evoke a spiritual experience conjured by machines. Itās a heady concept that translates into some of the most heartfelt and energized tracks James has made to date.
On todayās episode, Leah Rose talks to James Blake about how he and his longtime collaborator Dom Maker constructed key tracks on the new album. James also recalls how a conversation with Rick Rubin changed his life. And he reveals how he spent months making new music with Andre 3000 only to learn on this podcast that it may never be released.
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For generations of music lovers, the liner notes on albums were a central part of the way music was heard. You bought an album and it came with an accompanying narrative: a digression, an aside, a backstoryāmaybe even an invented history. We intuitively understood that great music required not just listening but conversation between the artist and the audience and the audience and the rest of the world.
Broken Record is a podcast that restarts those conversationsāin a world without liner notesāfor a new audience of music lovers.
Broken Record is hosted by Justin Richmond with interviews by producer Rick Rubin, writer Malcolm Gladwell, and former New York Times editor Bruce Headlam.
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@itswazowski
8 months ago
Great interview, the questions were FIRE!!! Love James Blake, hope he releases a piano driven album one day
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