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James Blake has revealed that he’s now an independent artist, sharing the news on his Instagram account today (April 10).The artist shared a video alongside his post, which you can watch below. In the video, Blake said “it feels good to be independent because I’ve wanted to take things into my own hands for a long time” and said he was looking forward to working more “directly” with his fans.Blake signed with A&M Records to release his self-titled debut album in 2011 before departing to sign to Republic Records, releasing his second album, ‘Overgrown’ in 2013 followed by subsequent albumns, ‘The Colour In Anything’ (2016), ‘Assume Form’ (2019), ‘Friends That Break Your Heart’ (2021) and ‘Playing Robots Into Heaven’ (2023).Blake wrote in the caption to the video: “After over a decade on a label it feels scary to go independent but here we are.

James Blake has said major labels “should be required to provide a therapist to their artists”.In a new X/Twitter thread, the musician has called for labels to provide therapy for their artists. In response to a tweet posted by Butterz label head Elijah, Blake wrote: “Labels should be required to provide a therapist to their artists.

James Blake has reportedly found a “solution” to streaming, and has dropped previously unheard tracks on a new platform called Vault.The announcement from the musician comes after he went viral recently for a series of posts, criticising the lack of royalties artists can make by streaming their music or sharing it on TikTok. Following the posts online, Blake began teasing that he had found a “solution” to the issue.Now, he has revealed that this is through a newly launched platform called Vault, which allows fans to pay a monthly fee to receive unreleased music from an artist.

A.D. Amorosi After a handful of social media rants on the fairness of royalty payment structuring in the music industry, James Blake has announced his participation in the launch of Vault, a direct artist-to-fan streaming platform focused on unreleased music.“About a week ago I went viral with a post about the effects of streaming and TikTok on artists’ ability to support themselves,” said Blake in a post on X (formerly Twitter), announcing his new participation with Vault to provide artists with better streaming rates.

Dua Lipa and SZA, along with Coldplay, have been announced as the headliners for the iconic 2024 Glastonbury Music Festival.

Kanye West has delayed the release of his ‘Vultures 2’ album and has decided not to put his forthcoming releases on streaming.The rapper was slated to release the sequel to ‘Vultures 1‘, his collaborative project with Ty Dolla $ign, this past Friday (March 8). Now, fan accounts dedicated to the ‘Can’t Tell Me Nothing’ rapper have claimed that Ye has given them album updates and revealed that he will not be releasing the two remaining LPs from his ‘Vultures’ trilogy on streaming platforms.Fan account @yefanatics took to social media to share screenshots of their alleged conversation with Ye. The rapper compared streaming music to pirating and said that “It would be nice for our community to support the albums.”His message continued: “Was talking with the team about how to release the next album.

James Blake has spoken out about the challenges that musicians face in getting paid fairly for their work in the TikTok age. The electronic musician posted a string of comments on his X/Twitter account on Sunday morning (March 3), taking the time to express his thoughts on the current financial state of the music industry, and what he perceives as the unreasonable obstacles facing musicians. Blake first responded to a post quoting him speaking about not making “a cent” on a recent viral TikTok hit.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Jack Harlow has announced the lineup for his two-day Gazebo Festival, scheduled to take place on May 25-26 in his native Louisville, KY. Gazebo Festival is slated to touch down at Louisville’s Waterfront Park, featuring 26 acts across two stages.

A$AP Rocky is stepping out in style for Milan Fashion Week.

Lil Yachty has teased a collaborative album with James Blake called ‘Bad Cameo’.In a new Instagram post, Yachty revealed the surprise album in a video clip, saying: “I think James has worked with a quite substantial amount of hip hop artists, but this project is so left for both of us.“Then, aside from the one picture that James posted, which he doesn’t have many followers actually, I don’t think people know that we know each other exist.”Blake also played a track off the unreleased album at his recent CYMK show – watch the footage below.A post shared by CONCRETE BOY BOAT^ (@lilyachty)Unreleased one from James Blake and Lil Yachty, debuted at CMYK last night

Thania Garcia The beloved California festival Lightning in a Bottle will host Skrillex, Labrinth, James Blake, M.I.A., Floating Points, Honey Dijon and Bomba Estéreo, among others for its 21st iteration at Buena Vista Lake on Memorial Day Weekend (May 22-27). See the complete list of performing artists below.

Jameela Jamil and longtime love James Blake put their love on full display during a very rare outing on Saturday (January 20) in Paris, France.

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign‘s collaborative album ‘Vultures’ will land on January 12, their representatives have confirmed.The controversial record was originally slated for release on December 15 but never materialised. It has already been delayed twice, having originally been expected to drop on October 13 before it was pushed back to November 3, supposedly to coincide with a “multi-stadium listening event” that ended up being cancelled.Kanye and Ty’s collaborative album has been in the works for a while, with Ty telling an audience in November that they had just been recording together in Saudi Arabia.The album is expected to be released under the artist name ¥$, and is said to include features from Freddie Gibbs, Playboi Carti, Future, James Blake and several others.

Elton John has unveiled a list of his 15 favourite songs of 2023.The ‘Tiny Dancer’ singer has spent the year talking about music on his Apple Music show Rocket Hour, in which he shared his favourite tracks and provided insight into the up-and-coming artists he had been listening to recently.Taking to his official Instagram account, John shared his top 15 tracks of 2023. The caption of his post read: “2023 has been a fantastic year for new artists and great songs.

Kanye West has responded to Nicki Minaj not granting him permission to use her verse on his track ‘New Body’.The rapper was supposed to release his joint album ‘Vultures’ with Ty Dolla $ign today (December 15). The LP is set to include features from Freddie Gibbs, Playboi Carti, Future, James Blake, and others. It was also recently reported it would interpolate Backstreet Boys’ ‘Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)’ and feature his own daughter North.

Nicki Minaj has denied her verse to be used on unreleased song ‘New Body’ after collaborator Kanye West publicly pleaded with her to clear the track.The rapper announced he would release his joint album ‘Vultures’ with Ty Dolla $ign today (December 15), and is set to include features from Freddie Gibbs, Playboi Carti, Future, James Blake, and others. It was also recently reported it would interpolate Backstreet Boys’ ‘Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)’ and feature his own daughter North.

Kanye West appears to have announced that his new collaborative album with Ty Dolla $ign will be released on Friday (December 15).West, who legally changed his name to Ye last year, made an appearance in a club over the weekend, where, as reported by The Independent, he was overheard saying, “It’s called ‘Vultures’, and it’s coming out this Friday.”Last week, Ty confirmed the album’s tracklisting with a handwritten note posted on Instagram. The album is expected to be released under the artist name ¥$, and is said to include features from Freddie Gibbs, Playboi Carti, Future, James Blake, Nicki Minaj and several others.In November, the rapper returned with the record’s first single, ‘Vultures’.

The Libertines have shared a new single called ‘Night Of The Hunter’ – you can listen to it below.The song is the second preview of the band’s upcoming fourth album ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’, following on from ‘Run, Run, Run’. It is described as “a Shakespearean tale of blood and revenge”.“We got the title from Charles Laughton’s directorial debut Night Of The Hunter starring Robert Mitchum as a preacher with ‘LOVE’ and ‘HATE’ tattooed on his knuckles,” explained Pete Doherty in a statement.“The song’s about not staying ahead of the law.

SZA is vigorously scrolling. “I never have topics before I start a song,” she says about her creative process, late one August night, high in the hills of Malibu, while zipping through months of memos and voice notes on her phone. “I just let the beat tell me what to do, and then I start babbling and making words, and it starts to form itself.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic When a record comes with a warning label, believe it. That’s the case behind André 3000’s solo album debut, 17 years after the close of the recorded catalog of his Atlanta-based hip hop behemoth, Outkast.

The Libertines have shared the video for their new single ‘Run, Run, Run’.The clip, which you can view below, features “a life in a day of a seedy Flash Harry cab driver (played by His Dark Materials actor Geoff Bell), who drives his various customers round the fleshpots and watering holes of Margate in his retro Bentley Turbo motor, stopping off to pay off his gambling debts and neck a pigs ear or ten, before getting back on the job,” according to a press release.It was directed by Alex Brown who has previously worked with La Roux and James Blake and shot in Cliftonville, Margate and at the band’s nearby hotel The Albion Rooms.The clip is the first in a series of videos in the seaside town which will feature the characters from the songs (and the album cover artwork) from their new LP ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’, which is out on March 8, 2024. Fans can pre-order the album here.The single was first shared by the band last month.

Jameela Jamil and James Blake are enjoying a rare day out together.

Brian Eno has poked fun at James Blake for his use of a so-called “asshole chord” in one of his biggest hits.The moment took place during a new interview between the two, titled Talking Robots Into Heaven – A Conversation Between James Blake & Brian Eno.Uploaded yesterday (September 20), the conversation comes as part of a follow-up to Blake’s latest studio album, ‘Playing Robots Into Heaven’, which arrived earlier this month.A highlight of the discussion came when the two took a look back at one of the singer-songwriter’s previous hits in which he embedded a chord that Eno has a certain distaste for.“You once accused me of using the ‘asshole chord’,” Blake said to the English musician, composer, and record producer, leaving him to recall which is the chord in question.“There’s a way of resolving things in songs which always disappoints me,” Eno explained. “You have a sort of setup, and you think: ‘Don’t go to that one.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Newer fans may not be aware that in the early years of his career, James Blake’s music was really, really weird. The largely instrumental tracks featured lots of blipping, angular grooves and warped sounds and voices that were initially totally disorienting but would always coalesce into something melodic or rhythmic (if sometimes testing the boundaries of coherence).

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

James Blake is this week’s guest on The FADER Interview podcast. Blake spoke with The FADER’s Arielle Lana LeJarde in advance of the release of his new album, Playing Robots into Heaven, coming this Friday (September 8).

Travis Scott‘s new album ‘Utopia’ has become the second-most streamed album of 2023, less than two weeks after it was released.The rapper’s first album since 2018 has been streamed globally over 650million times, while Apple Music confirmed it had the biggest first day streams of an album in 2023, and Spotify named it the most streamed record in 2023 on its first day with 128 million streams.In terms of both sales and streams, ‘Utopia’ has had 2023’s third-biggest first week numbers, just behind behind Morgan Wallen and Taylor Swift.The album features an illustrious list of credited artists including Beyoncé, SZA, Kanye West and Daft Punk‘s Guy-Manuel. Bon Iver, The Weeknd, Sampha, Drake, James Blake, Young Thug also make appearances.To celebrate the album’s release, Scott played a special show and livestream at Italy’s Circus Maximus, an entertainment stadium and public park in Rome that used to host chariot races.He brought out Kanye West to perform ‘Praise God’ and ‘Can’t Tell Me Nothing’.

Travis Scott has received criticism for not crediting KayCyy as a featured artist on ‘Thank God’.The song is taken from the rapper’s newest album ‘Utopia‘, which boasts an illustrious list of credited artists including Beyoncé, SZA, Kanye West and Daft Punk‘s Guy-Manuel. Also making appearances are Bon Iver, The Weeknd, Sampha, Drake, James Blake, Young Thug and many more.However, KayCyy isn’t credited as a featured artist on ‘Thank God’ despite performing the song’s chorus, while it has also been reported that he wrote a sizeable amount of it.It seems apparent KayCyy agrees with the criticism.

Travis Scott enjoys a sunny day walking around New York City with his friends on Friday (July 28).

Thania Garcia Travis Scott’s long-awaited “Utopia” album has arrived, and out of all 19 songs on the set, only a small handful saw the Houston-born rapper flying solo. In total, “Utopia” features over 18 artists — and that’s not including the indomitable list of producers and songwriters that offered their hand on the album.