CMYK sees Blake play with samples – sometimes chopping them to a point where they’re no longer recognisable, sometimes leaving them barely touched – and combine them with his own harmonious arrangements, somewhere between the dancefloor and hotel corridors, on a super sleek EP. I’m sold.
This young producer has seemingly taken more from Timbaland than just musical inspiration: He clearly also knows that a little bit of subtlety can go a long way.
CMYK is a short ep that shows some elements of James Blake's future garage style that would be explored on his bigger projects.
It's mostly a peaceful project with all songs being extremely cold with minimalistic synths. I hope he could manipulate vocals in better ways but the experience is enough hypnotic to ignore that.
CMYK is a short ep that shows some elements of James Blake's future garage style that would be explored on his bigger projects.
It's mostly a peaceful project with all songs being extremely cold with minimalistic synths. I hope he could manipulate vocals in better ways but the experience is enough hypnotic to ignore that.
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