Is this not a bit... y'know https://t.co/TMrHtefy4X pic.twitter.com/UxHVVj0Y3G— Laura Snapes (@laurasnapes) October 11, 2019
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 October 2019 11:04 (four years ago) link
also how about seeing women as, idk, people, instead of a "lesson in empathy and love" pic.twitter.com/6Bg6GYQpkL— Laura Snapes (@laurasnapes) October 11, 2019
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 October 2019 11:05 (four years ago) link
that's not how i read it at all.
to me, it was pretty obvious that he is saying that in order to find external human connection, you need to have empathy and love for yourself first. and that is increasingly hard to do in a modern world that (he feels) emphasizes being "made to feel we can do anything and be anything" and pushes "understanding women as a resource rather than a lesson in empathy and love" before understanding those concepts as applied to oneself. he (presumably) applies this to women because that is his preference for a partnership.
too bad that someone can be genuinely vulnerable and express their innermost ideas and best intentions and still face shit for it.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 11 October 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
I'm all for expressing vulnerability and talking about your mental health problems. However, as someone who has had these problems myself I would hate for anyone to treat this as an excuse for me if I was behaving in a shitty way. His attitude towards women really needs work - and his constant self-flagellation just makes it even more about him and even less about them.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 October 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
His attitude towards women really needs work
i think he's always been the first person to say as much.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 11 October 2019 17:33 (four years ago) link
He sort of says this, yes, but it's obvious he doesn't get why they are wrong, he keeps making everything about himself and keeps using dehumanising language about women. How about their mental health? Can we have an article from his girlfriend instead?
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 October 2019 17:44 (four years ago) link
keeps using dehumanising language about women
this is across the board for him, not just women.
not saying i agree 100% with him in this regard, but he is trying to relate his own experiences to an altogether more universal sentiment. it's been a pretty constant theme through all of his music. he almost always finishes things with a "we / "our" / "us" stance. and the times he doesn't, well, he's only human.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 11 October 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
we got from "I'm all for expressing vulnerability and talking about your mental health problems" to "Can we have an article from his girlfriend instead?" pretty quickly!
― ogmor, Friday, 11 October 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
Surehttps://twitter.com/jameelajamil
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 11 October 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
i recommend crooks and lovers, the 2010 album by mount kimbie
― treeship., Saturday, 27 June 2020 03:38 (three years ago) link
i recommend every release by mount kimbie.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 27 June 2020 05:08 (three years ago) link
It's their clear peak imo
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 27 June 2020 15:17 (three years ago) link
And it holds up too.
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 27 June 2020 15:18 (three years ago) link
This is surely his best song-based album (although of course I liked him best before he learned to write a proper song)?
A friend of mine has a duet on this album which is truly mind blowing to the me of 2010 - 2012. Or 2021. I think it's a highlight for sure.
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 9 October 2021 15:03 (two years ago) link
i've been kind of lost on him since the dust settled on assume form (which i still think is great). i was feeling impatient a couple weeks ago and decided to skim the scattershot of singles and eps he's done in the meantime and it all just felt kind of stopgap. i should give it more of a chance.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Saturday, 9 October 2021 15:24 (two years ago) link
gave it a front to back listen on our walk just now and i really like the music, but his vocals are so unenthusiastic. thematically, he's repeating himself more than ever and he just sounds so stagnant, like he's bored of everything he's singing about. it's decent overall, but i can't imagine going back to it with any frequency.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Saturday, 9 October 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
"he sounds bored" is kinda where i've landed with Blake for the past five years or so
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 October 2021 21:12 (two years ago) link
Idk I think he just sounds like James Blake
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 11 October 2021 21:14 (two years ago) link
Except his influences are pop music and being in L.A. instead of dubstep and being in London
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 11 October 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
we may be saying the same thing
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 October 2021 23:00 (two years ago) link
How about their mental health? Can we have an article from his girlfriend instead?― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 October 2019 18:44 (two years ago)
What a bizarre position to advocate, that people should be compelled to confess because someone they are involved with is objectionable to satisfy ones pseudo-political hang ups. Not that I cared for Blake's article but the responses to it have been peak pop idol fandom, and of course the inverse of the popstar is the fascist statesman-like orator. Very brexit-like this whole controversy was. Bowie did arrive at a key realisation coked out of his gord, (dance der mussolini) he just didn't then read Amadeo Bordiga's critique of democracy and abandon his liberal career to make unlistenable scronk for communist nerds. So in essence he only ever committed to his bovine fetish. A pity, it really is. Destroy the rockist vs poptimist binary now! pure hooligan plunderphonics!
There's a limit to your love James Blake, stop making tweepop and it will be unlimited.
― RobbiePires, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 09:18 (two years ago) link
JB backing up Monica Martin <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G4T6L7tm4I
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 24 February 2022 19:02 (two years ago) link
Enjoyed this podcast with JB, at least the bits where he gets very specific about his process. How the remixes where he would reharmonize acapella tracks led to doing the same with his own music (ie making a whole track, then scrapping it and using it as sample/source material for the 'real' track), and producing for other artists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Mz7d6vjX4
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 8 April 2022 21:08 (one year ago) link
Mount Kimbie released a Speakerboxxx/Love Below style EP, with the L.A. guy doing collabs with Danny Brown and Liv.e, and the UK guy doing hard UK bass tracks on the flip
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 2 September 2022 19:42 (one year ago) link
Both good but living in London makes for more interesting music :)
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 2 September 2022 19:45 (one year ago) link
special guest last night at a deep medi night :
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FcZePaBWAAAsQVy?format=jpg&name=large
my lad went for goth trad, but said that james was 'quite something'.
― mark e, Sunday, 11 September 2022 19:36 (one year ago) link
Kai's half of the Mount Kimbie record is probably more to my tastes, but Dom has become a pretty great rap producer. Feels very lived-in, which makes sense he's been playing the L.A. game for awhile now. Both sides sorta feel like mixtapes to get other gigs but also lots of nice stuff, and I'll probably listen to it more than any of their last few albums.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 7 November 2022 22:41 (one year ago) link
Haven't listened to the new record yet but I'm into his Mixmag mix, lots of unreleased bits and edits, takes me back to 2010 - 2012 (except with a lot more house vibes for 2023). https://mixmag.net/feature/james-blake-cover-dj-mix
Overall I'm glad he's back around to DJing and thinking about the dancefloor, can only be good for his music.
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Friday, 8 September 2023 14:58 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=615pYYcd2AE
said i just want youto know that you are really specialoh i oh i oh i oh i
― ivy., Friday, 8 September 2023 17:19 (six months ago) link
was not expecting to completely fall for the new james blake lp today
― ivy., Friday, 8 September 2023 20:52 (six months ago) link
I need some more listens, it kind of floated by on headphones and I actually think that this is a non-headphones JB record, but I love to hear that.
On a nerd level I listened to his RA interview and he was saying that he built most of the tracks around snippets from modular synth jams (and that looking at a DAW on a laptop ruins his day now) and you can totally hear that. But the keyboard playing & singing (which still must be manipulated on a computer I assume) keeps it Blakean.
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Friday, 8 September 2023 20:59 (six months ago) link
loved that mix.
james blake is probably the most insane 180 degree turn i have ever done on an artist.used to pop into Fopp during my lunchhour and his debut was always on.hated it.fast forward to a couple of years ago when one of my lads bought me 'assume form' for xmas.and yeah, that penny dropped hard.his recent mad video re 'big hammer' = massive WTF.loved it.
― mark e, Friday, 8 September 2023 21:02 (six months ago) link
Haha wow, I'm the exact opposite. Obsessed with the first three EPs and the debut album, and while I've liked a track here and there since, I've been mostly wanting him to release something that gives me the same feeling. And I think Big Hammer is the worst track on the new one, lol (it is a cool video though).
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Friday, 8 September 2023 21:18 (six months ago) link
i love Big Hammer.such a mad mad track for a supposed major artist ..
― mark e, Friday, 8 September 2023 21:34 (six months ago) link
I'll give it another shot. I want him to make even madder tracks like he used to!
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Friday, 8 September 2023 21:35 (six months ago) link
also .. album release today.yet his website/amazon etc says sept 22 !?
― mark e, Friday, 8 September 2023 21:37 (six months ago) link
i think i love Big Hammer cos it's clearly james just having fun and trying to break out of the sadcore groove that he is predominantly known for.
― mark e, Friday, 8 September 2023 21:39 (six months ago) link
latest jb has won me back. "i want you to know" is maybe my favorite thing he's yet done and the rest of the album is crazy diverse in the best ways. chaotic and experimental one moment, pretty and beat-heavy the next. really feels like he's pushing himself again. he's definitely not on autopilot for this one.
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Sunday, 7 January 2024 01:50 (two months ago) link
gearing up for the new mount kimbie, i found this live recording of 'maybes' off the crooks+lovers sampler-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKkFGYgzF1omount kimbie - 'maybes (live in berghain)' (2010)
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Monday, 25 March 2024 17:58 (three days ago) link
New album is amazing. Strong Motorik vibes
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 25 March 2024 20:48 (three days ago) link