| Blake, James / 200 Press Ep |
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| Album: | 200 Press Ep | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Blake, James | Added: | Dec 2014 | |
| Label: | 1-800 Dinosaur | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-01-04 | Pull Date: | 2015-03-08 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica |
| Week Ending: | Mar 8 | Mar 1 | Feb 22 | Feb 15 | Feb 8 | Feb 1 | Jan 25 | Jan 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 15, 2016: | subwoofer etc 200 Press | 4. | Apr 23, 2015: | channel 0+i 200 Press | |
| 2. | Sep 03, 2015: | subwoofer etc 200 Press | 5. | Mar 13, 2015: | A Visit From Drum Machine 200 Press | |
| 3. | Jun 11, 2015: | channel 0+i (sunset substitution jeuves gigante edition) Building It Still | 6. | Mar 09, 2015: | DSD 200 Press |
| Album Review |
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| lionel hutz Reviewed 2014-12-17 | ||
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To me very reminiscent of his “Love What Happened Here” EP from 2011 (hip-hop samples, R&B textures, slightly dubby construction, mellow and spacey but propulsive, released just in time for the holidays). Great stuff, firmly in weird electronic mode (as opposed to weird electronic singer/songwriter mode). RIYL: james blake, mount kimbie, pariah, airhead, hip-hop and R&B inflected electronic music in general 1. watery 80s/90s R&B keys, beat kicks in around :30, a steady 4/4 pulse, but it frequently gets breaky or drops out for a bit. more dramatic synth accents enter around the middle and give it a bit more drive. some great looped southern hip-hop vocal samples (andre3000’s guest spot on devin’s “what a job”, gangsta boo on “late nite tip”). kind of feels like the entirety of the “love what happened here” EP rolled into one song. also, i think this is the most fun/playful thing he’s ever written (maybe by a wide margin). 6:13 2. opens with glitchy found sound loop, then tense beat kicks in at :45, kind of 4/4, but kind of jumpy. steam hiss and echoed vocal snippets just after 1:00. dramatic video game sounds and bass enter around 1:45 and the whole thing takes on more of a slow rolling swagger. gets its push back at points throughout the rest. shades of CMYK EP. 4:51 3. mellow low-fi keys and pitched up vocals. pulsing skipping beat with occasional tasteful bass blurts. ticking breakdown with bass sweeps starts around 1:15. nice chopped and looped keys w/ 90s east coast hip-hop feel in second half. subdued, but purposeful. 4:25 4. gentle treated piano and spoken word vocals. 1:03 recommended: 1, any | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | 200 Press | 3. | Building It Still | |||
| 2. | 200 Pressure | 4. | Words That We Both Know |