James Blake

James Blake

Artist

James Blake Litherland (born 26 September 1988), professionally known as James Blake, is an electronic singer-songwriter, musician and record producer from London.

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.

As of December 2020, Blake has released four studio albums and eight EPs.

After receiving recognition for a string of EP’s in 2010 (The Bells Sketch, CMYK, and Klavierwerke), Blake released his debut self-titled LP James Blake via his record label ATLAS on February 4, 2011, which was met with universal critical acclaim. On October 10, 2011 Blake released a deluxe edition of the album which contained his Enough Thunder EP, before releasing Love What Happened Here EP to round out a breakthrough year.

Blake received further critical acclaim when he dropped his second LP Overgrown on April 5, 2013. His sixth EP 200 Press was released in December 2014.

His third album The Colour in Anything saw release on May 6, 2016 with his fourth Assume Form following on January 18, 2019. The latter became Blake’s highest charting album to date, peaking at 21 on the US Billboard 200. Both albums were released by Polydor Records Ltd.

In 2020 Blake released the Before EP and a Covers EP.

He has been know to go by the moniker Harmonimix when producing and orchestrating remixes, such as this track with rapper Trim.

Blake is the son of singer/guitarist James Litherland, founding member of the prog-rock band Colosseum and solo artist in his own right.