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April 20, 2015
Toshio Matsuura | From TOKYO MOON, February 6th ON AIR: James Blake, a new star emerges from the UK music scene
Toshio Matsuura | from TOKYO MOON February 6 ON AIR
James Blake, a New Star Emerges in the UK Music Scene
Sunday nights, a personal time that flows leisurely with sophisticated music, is a moment of bliss for adults. Delivering such rich moments is DJToshio Matsuura's radio program "TOKYO MOON"──. Every Sunday, he broadcasts carefully selected wonderful music from around the world and intellectually stimulating topics for adults on Inter FM 76.1MHz from 7 PM. Here, we present the program as it was just broadcast each week. This week, we featured a fresh selection of new releases, including tracks from James Blake, the most noteworthy new star in the UK music scene right now.
Text by MATSUURA Toshio
A Noteworthy New Artist Emerges from the Dubstep Scene
James Blake
James Blake's first album was released just yesterday, February 7th (Monday). Although only 21 years old, since his debut two years ago, he has released hits like "CMYK" and "Klavierwerke." Last autumn, his cover of Feist's "Limit To Your Love," on which he sings the vocals himself, became a major hit. He has emerged from the dubstep scene, captivating techno, electronica, soul, rock, and even jazz circles, and his popularity is rapidly rising. We focused on him, introducing the aforementioned hit song from his album, as well as "The Wilhelms Scream," which was broadcast on Inter FM for the first time. His introspective and delicate sound, reminiscent of trip-hop and the Bristol sound of the mid-to-late 1990s, pioneered by artists like Massive Attack and Portishead, is already being hailed as one of the best albums of 2011. While he is still known only to a select few here in Japan, we would be delighted if this introduction leads more people to discover and enjoy his music.
James Blake / Limit to your love
James Blake
REVIEW | TRACK LIST
01. James Blake / Limit To Your Love (A&M)
02. James Blake / Klavierwerke (R&S)
03. James Blake / The Wilhelms Scream (A&M)
04. Om'Mas Keith / Uh Oh It's Love (Wonderful Noise)
05. Rolando / Junie (Ostgut Ton)
06. Ghostpoet / Longing For The Night (Brownswood)
07. Blundetto / Mustang - J Rocc version (Hevenly Sweetness)
08. Four Tet / Angel Echoes - Jon Hopkins Remix (Domino)
This week's selection also included a single from Om'Mas Keith of the production collective Sa-Ra Creative Partners, released only on vinyl by the Osaka-based label Wonderful Noise; a new release from DJ Rolando, a former member of the seminal Detroit techno group Underground Resistance; and Ghostpoet, a poet and beatmaker whose album "Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam" was released on Gilles Peterson's label Brownswood Recordings. All of this week's tracks offered fresh sounds.
Blundetto
Toshio Matsuura "TOKYO MOON"
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