{"id":8903,"date":"2021-04-06T19:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/10-years-ago-james-blakes-self-titled-debut-album-made-him-a-star\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T19:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:00:21","slug":"10-years-ago-james-blakes-self-titled-debut-album-made-him-a-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/entertainment\/10-years-ago-james-blakes-self-titled-debut-album-made-him-a-star\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Years Ago, James Blake\u2019s Self-Titled Debut Album Made Him A Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wendy Redfern\/Redferns By Grant Sharples No one knew James Blake could sing. Before his 2011 debut album, released 10 years ago today (February 4), the electronic songwriter-producer had primarily become known for his sample-driven, minimalist dubstep arrangements. Apart from a brief 20th-century spiritual singing clip, Blake\u2019s 2009 debut single \u201cAir &#038; Lack Thereof\u201d featured zero vocals, much like its counterpoint instrumental track, \u201cSparing the Horses.\u201d Following up this single with a string of three acclaimed EPs, 2010\u2019s The Bell Sketch, CMYK, and Klavierwerke, Blake further cemented himself in London\u2019s electronic music scene. But it wasn\u2019t until his self-titled, full-length debut that he became James Blake, the songwriter-vocalist, in addition to James Blake, the producer. Its contemporary Pitchfork review\u00a0forecasted that this collection of songs would \u201csoon make Blake a star.\u201d This state&#8230; Click below to read the full story from MTV News<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/3173871\/james-blake-self-titled-10-year-anniversary\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendy Redfern\/Redferns By Grant Sharples No one knew James Blake could sing. Before his 2011 debut album, released 10 years ago today (February 4), the electronic songwriter-producer had primarily become known for his sample-driven, minimalist dubstep arrangements. Apart from a brief 20th-century spiritual singing clip, Blake\u2019s 2009 debut single \u201cAir &amp; Lack Thereof\u201d featured zero&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":8904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>10 Years Ago, James Blake\u2019s Self-Titled Debut Album Made Him A Star - The Daily Herald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/10-years-ago-james-blakes-self-titled-debut-album-made-him-a-star\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"10 Years Ago, James Blake\u2019s Self-Titled Debut Album Made Him A Star - The Daily Herald\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wendy Redfern\/Redferns By Grant Sharples No one knew James Blake could sing. 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