Listen to James Blake’s BBC Essential Mix

After Jamie xx’s superb mix last week and the 900-strong mix archive on Soundcloud, James Blake steps up to the plate with his two hour excursion into his influences from piano solo music to R&B to electronica to rap, folk and a plethora of James Blake originals .

Listen below or download: Link #1 | Link #2 | Link #3

Blake also performed another new song ‘Once We All Agree’ in Hollywood last night:

James Blake’s BBC Essential Mix Tracklisting

Erik Satie — ‘Gnossienne No.5’
James Blake — ‘Olivia Kept’
James Blake Versus Drake — ‘Half Heat Full Versus Up All Night’
James Blake — ‘Pan’
SALEM — ‘Trapdoor’
Snoop Dogg — ‘Drop it like it’s Not (Harmonimix)’
[unknown] — Unknown
Klaus — ‘Tarry’
D’Angelo — ‘One mo’ Gin’
[unknown] — Sicko Cell
Blawan — ‘What You Do With What You Have’
R&S Records
James Blake — ‘No More Than A Road (Dub)’
James Blake — ‘At Birth (Dub)’
The Chain — ‘Suffer For Your Art’
R&S Records
Peverelist — ‘Roll With The Punches (Harmonimix)’
[unknown] — ‘Navigator’
OutKast — ‘Return of the G’
Africa Hitech — ‘Out In The Street’
DJ Nate — ‘3 Peat’
James Blake — ‘Deeds’
Gavin Bryars — ‘Three Elegies for Nine Clarine’
ts II
Johann Johannsson – ‘Odi et Amo’
Gavin Bryars — ‘Three Elegies for Nine Clarinets III’
Grouper — ‘Vessel’
James Blake — Untitled
James Blake — Untitled
[unknown] — ‘What Was It’
The Tallest Man on Earth — ‘Love Is All’
SALEM — ‘Redlights’
Rev. James Cleveland — ‘Jesus Saves’
Trim — ‘Confidence Boost (Harmonimix)’
James Blake — ‘Evening Fell Hard For Us’
James Blake — ‘Placing Us’
James Blake — ‘Words We Both Know’
Arthur Russell — ‘Love Comes Back’
Stevie Wonder — ‘You and I’

Niall Byrne

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.

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