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James Blake
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
James Blake
Plays on LTZ: 13 across 13 shows (2023-01-05, 2023-07-06, 2023-07-13, 2023-08-03, 2023-10-19, 2024-02-15, 2024-05-30, 2024-06-06, 2024-11-21, 2025-07-02, 2026-01-29, 2026-03-12…)
Tracks played
Through the High Wire — researched 2026-09-11
Death of Love — played 2026-01-29
I Had a Dream She Took My Hand — played 2026-03-12
Research
14. James Blake — Through the High Wire
Release date: March 2026 Track: 11 of album Key / BPM: G / 134
Trying Times is James Blake's 2026 album on his own Good Boy Records label. Through the H
James Blake
Origin: Enfield, London, England · born 26 September 1988 · active
James Blake (2011) — A&M Records — self-titled debut
Overgrown (2013) — Republic Records — Mercury Prize winner
The Colour in Anything (2016) — Republic Records
Assume Form (2019) — Republic Records
Friends That Break Your Heart (2021) — Polydor Records
Playing Robots Into Heaven (2023) — Polydor Records
Trying Times (2026) — Good Boy Records (his own label)
Facts:
Blake turned down having a beat sampled on a Drake track early in his career, reportedly reacting with shock once he later learned how much money the deal would have been worth.
His sound has evolved dramatically across his catalogue — critic Mark Fisher described listening to his albums in order as "like hearing a ghost gradually assume material form," moving from skeletal electronic production toward more traditional songwriting.
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blake_(musician)igh Wire is track eleven.
Blake has built his career at the intersection of post-dubstep electronic music, soul, and art pop. Widely influential across a generation of producers and singers.
Sits here as the fourth and most textured piece in the synth bloc — a natural closer for that run.
James Blake — Death of Love
Played: 2026-01-29
The host describes this artist as writing music for a particular late-night, comedown mood - 3am, no money, no future, but everything feels just about bearable. This is James Blake, with Death of Love.
James Blake — I Had a Dream She Took My Hand
Played: 2026-03-12
Track 3 from Blake's debut release on his own independent label Good Boy Records, out 13 March 2026 (album: Trying Times). Described as a romantic waltz, built around piano and voice, building to a reverb-drenched choir. Samples 'It Was Only A Dream' by LA R&B group Thee Sinseers (2019). Blake returned to the UK after a decade in LA; the album reflects that transition. Announced alongside a North American tour.