Kanye,Beyoncé, Drake and Frank Ocean have all been inspired by the unassuming Londoner’s sound. Now he’s coming of age with his modern album, and The Colour in AnythingA few months ago,James Blake was working on the biggest album of 2016 and he couldn’t tell anyone. Beyonc had asked him to arrive to the studio and work on the secrecy-shrouded Lemonade. After he’d been improvising for a while around her melodies and lyrical ideas, Beyoncé arrived with her four-year-outmoded daughter Blue Ivy to hear what he had arrive up with. Every time he sang the hook on the song Forward, or Blue Ivy sang: “Forward!”“That’s how you know it’s catchy,” Beyoncé told him. Related: James Blake: The Colour in Anything review – toweringly accomplished, heart-wrenchingly frail ‘The dance music community is where the most embittered critics hang out’'I felt like I was banging my head against the wall. It’s a miracle that my girlfriend walked in at that point.'Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com