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James Blake Born 26 September 1988 Is A Grammy-Winning Electronic Musician And Singer-Songwriter From London England United Kingdom. Blake Is Primarily Considered A Dubstep Producer And Is Frequently Heralded As A Leading Figure In The "post-Dubstep" Community But He Is Also Noted For His Prominent Soul Influences. Blake Was Nominated The Critic's Choice Award By The 2011 BRIT Awards And The Sound Of 2011 Award By The BBC And Won Second Place In The Latter. In Addition His Self-Titled Debut LP James Blake Was Nominated For The 2011 Mercury Prize. Blake Has Also Released Material Under The Alias Harmonimix. James Blake Began His Final Year At Goldsmiths In September 2009 Studying Popular Music While Recording Songs In His Bedroom. In July 2009 He Attended The Latymer School And Released His Debut Single "Air And Lack Thereof" On Hemlock Audio. It Was A Firm Favorite With Gilles Peterson From BBC Radio 1 And Blake Was Invited To Do A Special Mix On Peterson's Worldwide Show Which Included An Exclusive Mount Kimbie Track. Blake Released His Debut EP The Bells Sketch On 8 March 2010 On Hessle Audio Followed Soon After By CMYK On 31 May 2010 And Klavierwerke On 10 October 2010 Both On R&S Records. All Three EPs Were Met With Significant Critical Acclaim BBC's Nick Grimshaw Chose CMYK As His Record Of The Week The Title Track Of CMYK Was Ranked 24th On Frontier Psychiatrist's Top 40 Songs Of The Year And All Three Of Blake's 2010 EPs Were Collectively Ranked 8th On Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums Of 2010. On 4 February 2011 Blake Released His Self-Titled Debut LP James Blake Via ATLAS And A&M. Three Singles Were Released For The Album "Limit To Your Love " "The Wilhelm Scream " And "Lindisfarne"/"Unluck". The Album Was Very Well-Received By Critics On 29 September 2010 BBC's Zane Lowe Made "Limit To Your Love" His "Hottest Record In The World " Pitchfork Awarded The Album Best New Music And Ranked It The 12th Best Album Of 2011 On Their Year-End List And It Was Nominated For The 2011 Mercury Prize. On 7 October 2011 Blake Released His Fourth EP Enough Thunder Via ATLAS And A&M. Two Singles Were Released For The EP "Fall Creek Boys Choir " A Collaboration Between Blake And Bon Iver And "A Case Of You " A Cover Of Joni Mitchell. On 12 December 2011 Blake Released Another EP Through R&S Love What Happened Here.
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“Retrograde” Was The First Single From James Blake’s 2013 Album Overgrown. Blake Has Explained In Interviews That “Retrograde” Was Inspired By His Then Girlfriend Warpaint Guitarist Theresa Wayman. He Gushed About His Relationship With Theresa In An Interview With Pigeons And Planes "I Had A Muse This Record — A Beautiful Person To Write About To Be Excited About And To Be Sad To Be Missing… When I Write ‘We Are Alone Now ’ It’s About Exactly That So For That Reason People Are Relating To It." In Pop Culture
The Song Is Featured In Several Episodes Of Television Shows Including The Extended Trailer For Season One Of The Leftovers As Well As In The Pilot Episode The 5th Season Of The Blacklist Season 1 Episode 2 Of The Italian Netflix Series Baby Season 3 Episode 6 Of The Series Suits And The Episode "Falling Angels – Part 1" Of The BBC Series Silent Witness. The Song Also Appears In The Fifth Episode Of The Video Game Tales From The Borderlands.
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Biography - James Blake
James Blake Born 26 September 1988 Is A Grammy-Winning Electronic Musician And Singer-Songwriter From London England United Kingdom. Blake Is Primarily Considered A Dubstep Producer And Is Frequently Heralded As A Leading Figure In The "post-Dubstep" Community But He Is Also Noted For His Prominent Soul Influences. Blake Was Nominated The Critic's Choice Award By The 2011 BRIT Awards And The Sound Of 2011 Award By The BBC And Won Second Place In The Latter. In Addition His Self-Titled Debut LP James Blake Was Nominated For The 2011 Mercury Prize. Blake Has Also Released Material Under The Alias Harmonimix. James Blake Began His Final Year At Goldsmiths In September 2009 Studying Popular Music While Recording Songs In His Bedroom. In July 2009 He Attended The Latymer School And Released His Debut Single "Air And Lack Thereof" On Hemlock Audio. It Was A Firm Favorite With Gilles Peterson From BBC Radio 1 And Blake Was Invited To Do A Special Mix On Peterson's Worldwide Show Which Included An Exclusive Mount Kimbie Track. Blake Released His Debut EP The Bells Sketch On 8 March 2010 On Hessle Audio Followed Soon After By CMYK On 31 May 2010 And Klavierwerke On 10 October 2010 Both On R&S Records. All Three EPs Were Met With Significant Critical Acclaim BBC's Nick Grimshaw Chose CMYK As His Record Of The Week The Title Track Of CMYK Was Ranked 24th On Frontier Psychiatrist's Top 40 Songs Of The Year And All Three Of Blake's 2010 EPs Were Collectively Ranked 8th On Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums Of 2010. On 4 February 2011 Blake Released His Self-Titled Debut LP James Blake Via ATLAS And A&M. Three Singles Were Released For The Album "Limit To Your Love " "The Wilhelm Scream " And "Lindisfarne"/"Unluck". The Album Was Very Well-Received By Critics On 29 September 2010 BBC's Zane Lowe Made "Limit To Your Love" His "Hottest Record In The World " Pitchfork Awarded The Album Best New Music And Ranked It The 12th Best Album Of 2011 On Their Year-End List And It Was Nominated For The 2011 Mercury Prize. On 7 October 2011 Blake Released His Fourth EP Enough Thunder Via ATLAS And A&M. Two Singles Were Released For The EP "Fall Creek Boys Choir " A Collaboration Between Blake And Bon Iver And "A Case Of You " A Cover Of Joni Mitchell. On 12 December 2011 Blake Released Another EP Through R&S Love What Happened Here.
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“Retrograde” was the first single from James Blake’s 2013 album Overgrown.
Blake has explained in interviews that “Retrograde” was inspired by his then girlfriend, Warpaint guitarist Theresa Wayman.
He gushed about his relationship with Theresa in an interview with Pigeons and Planes: "I had a muse this record — a beautiful person to write about, to be excited about, and to be sad to be missing… When I write, ‘We are alone now,’ it’s about exactly that, so for that reason people are relating to it."
In pop culture
The song is featured in several episodes of television shows, including: the extended trailer for season one of The Leftovers, as well as in the pilot episode; the 5th season of The Blacklist; season 1, episode 2 of the Italian Netflix series Baby; season 3, episode 6 of the series Suits; and the episode "Falling Angels – Part 1" of the BBC series Silent Witness.
The song also appears in the fifth episode of the video game Tales from the Borderlands. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.