FULL VIDEO TRACKLIST below: 🚨🚨🚨 my boy Modelle just dropped all the dope JB bootlegs he made on bandcamp 🚨🚨🚨 modelle.bandcamp.com/album/james-blake-modelle-remixes-feat-parkinson-white 00:00 James Blake - Life Round Here (Modelle bootleg) 02:09 James Blake - Bells Sketch 02:34 Silkie - Beauty 03:15 L Drift & Low Ki - Fist Of Dubstep 03:31 Dub & Run - High Elephant 03:32 6blocc - Murderah 03:34 Sabbo - It is the time 03:35 Jahdan Blakkamore - The General 03:38 Dub Rucka - Born Ready 03:52 Rusko - Cockney Thug (Caspa remix) 04:43 Zomby - Godzilla 05:42 James Blake - Air & Lack Thereof 06:14 Kelly Pace - Holy Babe 06:25 James Blake - Air & Lack Thereof 08:02 James Blake - Air & Lack Thereof (Timbah bootleg) 08:19 James Blake - Sparing the Horses 09:30 Nosaj Thing - 1685/Bach 09:58 Flying Lotus - Breathe . Something/Stellar Star 10:18 James Blake - Air & Lack Thereof 10:42 James Blake - Optimism 13:42 James Blake - Air & Lack Thereof (Timbah bootleg) 14:41 P Jam - AA Untitled 14:49 Youngstar - Pulse X (Blackwax remix) 14:58 P Jam - AA Untitled 15:04 Boddika - Electron 15:07 Last Japan - Tactics 15:11 DBM (Deadboy & Murlo) - Squeeze 15:14 The Others - Funhouse 15:31 James Blake - Air & Lack Thereof 15:51 James Blake & Airhead - Pembroke 16:12 Skream - Colourful 16:17 Joker & Ginz - Stash 16:28 James Blake & Airhead - Pembroke 18:01 James Blake & Airhead - Lock in the lion 18:44 Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman 19:44 James Blake - Buzzard & Kestrel 20:33 James Blake - Give a Man a Rod 20:56 Rusko - Woo Boost 20:59 Mala - Stand Against War 21:08 Zomby - With Lazers 21:12 James Blake - Give a Man a Rod 21:27 James Blake - Love What Happened Here 23:37 James Blake - Don’t You Think I Do 24:16 Burial - Pirates 24:25 Oneohtrix Point Never - When I Get Back From New York 24:28 Nils Frahm - Less 24:35 James Blake - Don’t You Think I Do 25:01 James Blake - Sparing the Horses 26:00 Trimbal - Sayin (Harmonimix) 26:51 James Blake - I Only Know (What I Know Now) 26:55 Lord Quas - Broad Factor (Harmonimix) 27:02 James Blake - CMYK 27:08 James Blake - Postpone 27:58 Benga - Buzzin 28:21 Caspa - Marmite 28:22 Silkie - Planet X 28:24 Babylon System - Examination of Time 28:26 Skream - Exothermic Reaction 28:30 James Blake - Postpone 28:41 James Blake - Give a Man a Rod (2nd version) 29:02 James Blake - I’ll Stay 29:16 Mount Kimbie - Maybes (James Blake remix) 29:34 James Blake - Postpone 29:39 Snoop Dog - Drop It Like It’s Not (Harmonimix) 30:01 James Blake - Four Miles (dubplate) 30:26 Mike Gao - Spotted Cloud 30:55 bucket - sexy jutsu 31:08 Mike Gao - Spotted Cloud 31:16 JNTHN STEIN - FYAYWAS 31:19 Mike Gao - Spotted Cloud 31:32 DELAY. - Innocence 32:08 James Blake - The Bells Sketch 35:40 James Blake - Postpone 36:08 James Blake - Footnotes 37:45 James Blake - Bells Sketch 38:37 James Blake - Give a Man a Rod 38:51 James Blake - I’ll stay 39:04 James Blake - I Never Learned to Share 39:36 Mala - Stand Against War 40:15 Commodo - Surveillance 41:09 SP:MC & LX One - Judgement 42:40 James Blake - Buzzard & Kestrel 43:13 SP:MC & LX One - Judgement 43:34 Peverelist - Roll With the Punches (Modelle + Parkinson White bootleg) 45:48 Peverelist - Roll With the Punches 47:28 Peverelist - Roll With the Punches (Harmonimix) 50:42 Trimbal - Sayin (Harmonimix) 51:07 Mala - Changes 52:16 The Game - Holy Water 52:21 WAVY JONE$ - Ralph Lorn 52:27 XXXTENTACION - Look At Me 52:34 Young Roddy - Water 52:39 Kojot - Sve Ili Nista 52:47 Mala - Changes 53:23 Mala - Changes (Harmonimix) 55:57 Untold - Stop What You’re Doing 56:25 Youngstar - Pulse X 56:28 Big $hot - Stomp 57:10 Untold - Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake remix) 1:00:06 Peverelist - Roll With The Punches (ALXZNDR piano cover) 1:00:49 D'Angelo - Left & Right (Harmonimix) 1:02:22 Destiny’s Child - Bills Bill Bills (Harmonimix) 1:02:42 Mo Vibez - A Milli Flip 1:03:08 Lil Wayne - A Milli (Harmonimix) 1:04:16 Gucci Mane - My Chain (Jonwayne remix) 1:04:20 Y//2//K - There Are Some Things You Never Forget 1:04:22 Future - Honest (DJ Hoodboi & Arnold remix) 1:04:35 Snoop Dog - Drop It Like It’s Not (Harmonimix) 1:05:50 Big Boi - Back Up Plan (Harmonimix) 1:06:32 Dusk + Blackdown feat Trim - The Bits 1:07:31 Trimbal - Confidence Boost (Harmonimix) 1:08:49 James Blake - CMYK 1:09:28 Kelis - Caught Out There 1:09:30 James Blake - CMYK 1:12:48 James Blake & Joy Orbison - What Was It You Said About Luck (demo) 1:13:50 Addison Groove - Footcrab 1:13:54 Ikonika - Idiot 1:13:57 Dark Sky - Speeding Blue 1:13:59 Girl Unit - Wut 1:14:10 Blawan - Iddy 1:14:13 FaltyDL - Hip Love 1:14:52 Joe - Claptrap 1:15:49 Ricky Eat Acid - Only Girl 1:16:17 Drake - Fireworks (deadboy slo mo house edit) 1:17:37 Kryptic Minds - Badman 1:17:40 Joy Orbison - Sicko Cell 1:17:55 Amerie - One thing (French Fries remix) 1:18:12 Lil Silva - Seasons 1:18:33 Mala - Changes 1:18:39 Jam City - Magic Drops 1:19:02 Excision - Bass Canon 1:19:08 Deadboy - If U Want Me 1:19:12 Jacques Greene - Another Girl 1:19:14 Boddika & Joy Orbison - Swims 1:19:15 Mickey Pearce - Socks Off 1:19:22 Skrillex - First Of The Year (Equinox) 1:19:26 LV feat Okmalumkoolkat - Boomslang 1:19:28 Mosca - Bax 1:19:29 Joy Orbison - Ellipsis 1:19:30 Ramadanman (Pearson Sound) - Work Them 1:19:36 Mount Kimbie - Maybes (James Blake remix) 1:19:38 Girl Unit - Wut 1:19:40 Bok Bok - Silo Pass 1:19:44 Zomboy - Game Time 1:19:50 Visionist - Mr 67 1:19:55 FaltyDL - My Friends Will Always Say 1:20:14 Mount Kimbie - Maybes 1:21:07 James Blake - Give a Man a Rod (2nd version) 1:21:10 Mount Kimbie - Blind Night Errand 1:21:12 Mount Kimbie - Before I Move Off 1:21:14 James Blake & Airhead - Pembroke 1:21:16 Untold - Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake remix) 1:21:19 Mount Kimbie - Mayor 1:21:22 James Blake - Love What Happened Here 1:21:27 Mount Kimbie - Carbonated 1:22:02 The Bug feat Killa P & Flowdan - Skeng (Kode9 remix) 1:22:11 Mount Kimbie - Carbonated 1:22:24 Fantastic Mr Fox - Over 1:23:53 Fantastic Mr Fox - Evelyn 1:24:08 Kidnap Kid - Losing It 1:24:44 123MRK - Weird 1:25:14 Cashmere Cat - Mirror Maru 1:25:26 Dauwd - What’s There 1:26:06 Airhead - Paper Street 1:26:25 Airhead - Pyramid Lake 1:26:55 Klaus - Cypher 1:27:13 Bambooman - Frosted 1:27:28 Becoming Real - Closer 1:27:59 Kahn - Like We Used To 1:28:18 Koreless - MTI 1:28:43 Koreless & Sampha - On The Way 1:28:55 EVY JANE - Sayso 1:29:08 DZA - Average Fruit 1:29:14 XXYYXX - About You 1:29:20 Ifan Dafydd - No Good 1:29:29 Timbah - Can’t Love Without You 1:29:54 Timbah - Eski Hugz 1:30:01 Walter Ego feat Rawkid - Level I’m On (Timbah remix) 1:30:31 SBTRKT - Sanctuary 1:30:59 Jamie XX - Far Nearer 1:31:11 Jacques Greene - Another Girl 1:31:20 French Fries - Hugz 1:31:29 Lapalux - Time Spike Jamz 1:31:40 Jonwayne - Crumbled Luna 1:31:46 Mndsgn - Camel Blues 1:31:52 Mura Masa - Lotus Eater 1:31:58 Mura Masa - Suicide Blades 1:32:07 Mura Masa - Shibuya 1:33:38 ??? (live audio from a Ben UFO 2013 set) 1:34:44 James Blake - Measurements 1:36:17 James Blake - Measurements (Modelle bootleg) 1:38:32 James Blake - CMYK (Modelle bootleg) 1:40:38 James Blake - Air & Lack Thereof (Timbah bootleg) 1:43:50 James Blake - CMYK (Modelle bootleg) Will ask my mates to ID those last few I can't do. Safe x

@joskevermeulen5590

2 жыл бұрын

Based tracklist

@SuSR_

2 жыл бұрын

bleesed work sir

@choice2935

2 жыл бұрын

Dude you are godsent

@Cool_Calm_Cam

2 жыл бұрын

You madman. I cannot believe you managed to do this without "Limit To Your Love".

@elrey6818

2 жыл бұрын

What are each of the Holy Grail of Dubstep songs at 44:17 I’d love to check them out

I think Burial at his height is still the most emotionally resonant that dubstep ever got. But in terms of a lengthy and versatile career and pure talent, James Blake is really up there as a really talented artist.

@ANineOne

Жыл бұрын

The guy's garage man. Burial was never dubstep

@_Professor_Oak

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I don't think Burial was dubstep tbh, experimental garage is closer.

@lewishamel8788

Жыл бұрын

@@ANineOne I kinda agree with OP, if James Blake has made dubstep, then how hasn’t Burial? Fostercare is pretty dubby imo

@ANineOne

Жыл бұрын

@@lewishamel8788 maybe hints of it man, but he was mostly garage. He got lumped on dubstep cause of the timing. Calling him dubstep calm, but for barely anyone to not note garage is kinda mad cause he was 90% that

@sbastianbrilyanto4722

Жыл бұрын

I would argue that Burial's sound is more of a garage than dubstep, but yeah. Untrue was so good that it spawned a new genre (future garage)

I envy people who can describe what music feels like in such detail and beautiful words which is why I love your essays. To have such a deep insight into genres and their history like you gave us is truly magnificent, I doubt anyone who had not been there could trace back the reasons and emotions which led to specific developments that can be only be observed but not understood from the outside.

@hughmogus7137

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. I can enjoy music but I don't have the passion and affinity for music to really appreciate music like that. It really is interesting seeing the ways in which Timbah describes various tracks

@leanhngo2944

Жыл бұрын

His way of storytelling is just so visceral and immediate. You could actually feel his genuine love and passion for music flowing through every stage of this video essay. I aspire to write this good man, seriously remarkable talent for writing and admirable appreciation for music.

"Its like someone has banished Frank Ocean to the shadow realm and forced him to try to sing his way out of it." Is the most amazing line I've seen in a KZread doc. Great writing!

@ethancosta305

2 жыл бұрын

love this guy!

@acalmerkarma

2 жыл бұрын

I've always felt that James Blake and Frank Ocean are the precursors to modern pop and pop R&B. Their sound has a through line in there somewhere and their fingerprints are everywhere now

I know zero about dubstep, but I also enjoy these kinds of things because I just... very much enjoy listening to people talk about things they love. It makes me happy and fills me with a lot of joy.

@Punia-Sahaab

7 ай бұрын

Nobody knew or liked dubstep except UK until Skrillex happened.

@mcgritty8842

5 ай бұрын

@@Punia-Sahaabbullshit. Guys like Excision and his old buddy were the 2 two dubstep artists.

this is incredible timbah, edits are sick. need a 14 hour flylo timbah documentary next

@strangefru

2 жыл бұрын

hell yeahh!

@_zen.4034

11 ай бұрын

that'd be sick man

This guy is as good at making documentary's as James Blake is at making dub-step 🙌🎆

I'm so glad someone finally made a video about this. James Blake has long been my favorite dubstep producer, and I have always struggled to explain this to folks who don't know about UK dubstep, or folks who only know James Blake as a bleeding heart singer-songwriter. Flying Lotus is a very close second favorite of mine, and I'm so glad you called out the throughline between them!

@christiantaylor1495

2 жыл бұрын

Flying Lotus? There is a radio station in Grand Theft Auto online called "Fly Lo FM" that plays lots of dubstep. And it might be my memory distorting, but I think it even has some Flying Lotus on it. Edit: It does have Flying Lotus music on it.

@TheTacticalMess

2 жыл бұрын

FlyLo’s production is nuts (so is James Blake’s)

@Lora_Beolab

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/haN2o7OgnJPgktI.html some songs are a hair away from being normal future bass

@AudioPervert1

2 жыл бұрын

It's pop music and did u ever step beyond ... For example Burial or Benga speaking of dubstep that is

@TheTacticalMess

2 жыл бұрын

@@AudioPervert1 I know you’re not talking to me but Burial is next level when it comes to Dubstep. Unbelievable producer. Cool to see people with good music taste here

Awesome. I also saw him dj to 5 people in plastic people when his first records came out. Me Skilliam Alexander Nut and Fatima. I played a show with him at the start of 2010 and said to Skilliam this guy is gonnne we will prob never play on same line up as him again. And we never did. Big up James. Super ledge

@Eddsucks

2 жыл бұрын

@@vwnb must be, she’s an amazing singer

I saw him live recently, in Berlin. He played a lot of his older stuff and i couldn’t believe my luck. Best concert of my life by a country mile. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! I was introduced to him by my father who started to listen to him around 2010. In a weird way, James Blake belongs to the music of my childhood

Your last dubstep doco quite literally opened my eyes to a massive part of the UK scene I hadn't really known about, this one cemented my love for it all. Timbah, your channel is criminally underrated, and I hope you get the recognition you deserve soon. Thank you for sharing something you're so very passionate about ❤

10 min in: "is it just me or is timbah getting increasingly more british with every video?" love it tho, can't wait to see the rest

Mate, love hearing you fanboy and get excited over this. Many people don’t show their passion about their favs on their sleeve like this and it makes their stuff so boring. This is so refreshing and relatable.

I didn't know anything about dubstep or James Blake, but the music major in me appreciates Timbah's amazingly detailed, clear, passionate music analysis too much to skip watching this video. Very insightful and fascinating.

Man this is amazing, I literally cried from nostalgia a couple of times during the doc (and I'm from The Netherlands, where we played these tunes on wacky soundsystems in dark sheds when we were 16/17). So sick that you're able to do an extremely insightful deep dive in such a niche part of music, fucking amazing. I love it

@walterroux291

2 жыл бұрын

I'd watched All My Friends Hate Skrillex a couple of times, I kept coming back as you say, the way music connects moments in time is truly like no other force on earth. I see when I play songs from my parents past, their eyes light up as something triggers in their brain and all those memories come flooding back.

@hoidoei941

2 жыл бұрын

Ik weet nog de eerste keer dat ik dubstep hoorde op een illegaal feest ergens half 2000 waar we altijd naar tekno, psy of drum ‘n bass gingen.. Ik was meteen hooked en had meteen honderd vragen aan die gasten van het soundsystem.. Was verder wel bekend met breakbeat, maar deze hele half-time setting met sync changes in LFO in donkere soundscape was gewoon ronduit perfect.. Troep van nu kan ik niet eens meer aanhoren tenzij het iets van pure elementen bevat.. Voor de rest allemaal scenekids met midrange-bagger irritant synths etc. Je weet dat een genre verneukt is als je “REAL DUBSTEP” in moet tikken om de juiste muziek te vinden : P

Want to know something cool about James Blake tunes....when Low End Theory was getting started in L.A. Dj Nobody (resident) told me in the early days with Flying Lotus being huge, they would mostly play James Blake and Dabrye tunes.

The first time I heard a song of his was late at night, driving home from somewhere with my mom. Almost midnight, the radio was on in the car. It was a show about modern music with a charismatic moderator. Then a song of his was played. We literally pulled over to listen to it. My whole family is obsessed and whenever my dad plays him, the house trembles. As it should. I saw him live for the first time last year. It was the greatest thing that happened to me in 2022. Best concert of my life!

I remember being a 15yr old hearing his music and it’s mad how far he has come. This was a beautiful retrospective of Blake’s dub-work

I had no idea James Blake emerged from the dubstep scene. I have only known him as the singer/songwriter/producer who has a Similar name to a tennis player. But wow this video gives me a genuine appreciation for the level of musical talent that guy has. It’s off the charts and his success is well earned.

@SWatchik

2 жыл бұрын

I highly reccomend trying to catch him live. His latest album is a bit more ballad heavy but his EP 'Before' is very electronic heavy and he incorporates a lot of cool stuff into his gigs

@mxtt7476

2 жыл бұрын

First heard of James Blake when I watched him open for kendrick on his DAMN tour @ the O2, never heard anything like it. He’s incredible

@ChineseKiwi

Жыл бұрын

Many electronic music and hop producers have a classical background e.g. Alison Wonderland, who plays her cello live at shows. James Blake went from classical to electronic back to singer songwriter.

This video has taken me about 3 days to watch because I have to keep checking out all of the referenced music throughout, doing an Alice in Wonderland and getting lost down dubby rabbit holes. What a gem of a video and a trip down memory lane this is.

this is so beautiful, it's giving me nostalgia for something I was never part of, thanks for taking us on this journey ❤

My day job often involves demonstrating high-end speakers to the audiophile community. Limit to Your Love shows off the capabilities of a system like nothing else does! If you've nailed tuning a system, the subs on this tune joyfully resonate and lock to the room in a pressure cooker of subsonic bliss. James's songwriting and production finesse is so intricate and otherworldly and constantly inspires. Huge fan!

@subterra7291

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely insane track, first James Blake tune I ever heard and it blew my mind

@MonstrousChamp

2 жыл бұрын

Do you ever try The Wilhelm Scream? Also I was recently working on part of the Billie Eliesh tour and they tested the system with assume form! Literally not skipping a tune!

@LordConstrobuz

11 ай бұрын

i love james blake but i cant think of a worse song to use to test "high-end speakers", its literally piano, voice, sub bass (which sounds horrible regardless of how its being played, it doesnt fit the song at all) and some shitty drums.

Amazing that you name Nosaj Thing. Literally never met or seen someone else familiar with his stuff. Saw him live with tokimonsta and Daedalus, who were sublime, and the track that you played gets stuck in my head to this day. Your stuff on the genre is incredibly fascinating-I hope you keep it up and go further!

@Beast9894

2 жыл бұрын

Nosaj is getting some attention these days

@Anthropoid

2 жыл бұрын

@@Beast9894 That's awesome to hear, thanks for letting me know. If I remember correctly, he'd taken a bit of a break after putting out that first album-which was unfortunate because he already had a pretty unique sound. I'll be keeping an eye out!

@RobbyNeale

Жыл бұрын

First time I saw him was at a bar during sxsw. I swear

@fgaze72

Жыл бұрын

believe it or not, the first track I ever heard by Chance the Rapper is on a Nosaj beat (iirc it's called 'Paranoia', a hidden track on Acid Rap)

Thanks for this Timbah. It was a really nice musical trip down memory lane. Back in the mid to late 2000’s I ran a party called Hoya:Hoya up in Manchester and we were heavily involved in pushing a lot of the sounds you feature in the video. From doing shows with people like fly lo, GLK, Lorn, Daedelus, Nosaj Thing from the US, through to UK artists like Kode 9, Ikonika, Actress, Brackles, Hud Mo, Rustie and so so many others. It was such an exciting time for UK & underground music as well. Probably the best years of my life, where we got to DJ all over the world, from Low End Theory in LA to boat parties and stages at outlook and dimensions in Croatia. I really appreciate all the work you put into this video and it was a great watch.

I used to write for free indie papers, pre-extinction, & this is such a fantastic essay bc Timbah captures a bittersweet, intensely-felt universal experience I’ve always heard talked about among Heads of any Scene. It really is like falling in love & being heartbroken & making peace with the heartbreak; you have no idea how many different musicians from various super specific subgenres that mutate away from community-containable experiences talk about the joys + pains in these cultural carve-out spaces & the amount of personal growth people attribute to their time in those communities. This was a wonderful video, navigating communicating the extremely particular qualities of the dubstep/post scenes while delivering a rich chewy coming-of-age-via-art story. Oh & obv the editing & sonic mixing is AAA-aardvark superb. 🎤 skills, that Timbah.

The last couple of music-focused vids have gotten me to check out some of these tracks. Looking forward to some new tunes to add to the driving playlist from this one ✌️

Mate, when James Blake dropped the harmonimix refix of changes I cried in a full Paradiso, Amsterdam. Bless you for this doc, support this creator as you see fit lads.

Wow, that was very nostalgic for me. I got into Dubstep (the OG scene) in 2012 so James had already established himself as a singer by that point and I unfortunately missed most of his Dubstep productions and remixes but his influence on the sound at that moment is undeniable. Also, big ups for mentioning Swamp81, I use to listen to their Rinse show religiously back then. Much love to the UK (I'm Spanish) for producing such incredible and formative music for me and a whole generation of people.

Holy shit, you have no idea how long I've wanted someone to do a deep dive on this. This music completely shifted my views on electronic music years back. His approach was what got me into electronic music coming from a more traditional non-electronic musical background. I cannot thank you enough for the time and attention you put into this. An absolutely essential dissection of some of the most important contemporary electronic music of our lives. Much love!!

This video nearly made me cry it ignited a flood of memories as a teenager experiencing post dubstep between 2009 and 2011 in South Africa . I was a loner but found so much beauty and community by engaging and following this “”””genre””” ❤ thank you for this documentary

Excitement over the dubstep sound around 2011 is what inspired me to study music in general in the first place. Never ever made a dubstep track, but if hyped me enough to hop into music in general. Crazy how powerful an impact this all had

@christiantaylor1495

2 жыл бұрын

2011 got me into music in general. Lead to Adam Neely, Andrew Wang, Boyinaband, etc. Even into Jazz. God bless all dubstep

Another dubstep retrospective from Timbah On Toast? Oh hell yeah. I started listening to Hyperdub records in 2007 and I've been hooked ever since. It was NOT popular in the states at the time and I definitely did not get Aux privileges in my friends car very often hahaha

@K3dzz

2 жыл бұрын

I relate to this, I am British American, and was a teenager in the south of England when dubstep came on to the scene, it wasn't even big in other parts of the UK. I remember going to America that summer and introducing my cousins and friends in the US to it, they were encapsulated by it. I felt like I had spread the movement haha.

@UraharaNaoe21

2 жыл бұрын

How often could a friend’s car system reproduce the sub lows at that time? Haha

@AudioPervert1

2 жыл бұрын

James Blake is pop music ... The folks who find him PROLIFIC never stepped beyond what they were or are being spoonfed by the music industry ... As fore dubstep, Burial is the namee and always will be...

@K3dzz

2 жыл бұрын

@@AudioPervert1 James Blake was absolutely prolific and was enormously frowned upon when he released Klavierwerke lol, also listening to him when he first came into the scene was absolutely seen as going against what was commonplace in the industry at the time, as almost no one understood his music, because it was far ahead of his time, especially with his Vocal Cuts and Manipulation. His singles are a different take on pop music, but Limit To your Love and others from Overgrown are absolutely considered post dubstep, in fact he’s seen as the pioneer. Burial is not dubstep he is post garage. Skream actually invented dubstep, Benga pushed it forward and Magnetic Man was seen as the pinnacle of minimalist/avant garde dubstep.

@rickypicture9026

2 жыл бұрын

Same dude nobody would listen to me that James Blake and burial were dubstep LOL

i am rarely one to request anything from a content creator, but i would absolutely pay to see a video essay of this sort about kapsize and joker. absolutely love what you've done here for our boy james blake!

I could listen you for hours on end talkikg about dubstep. I've never been interested in the genre but the love you have for the scene it's so palpable it makes your videos about it a joy to listen. I will listen the Blake playlist you made because the things you showed really peaked my interest. Great video

You're a man of many talents TImbah - but I seriously am in awe of how you create a context to appreciate these artists on a deep level to people who may have barely heard of these artists. I've listened to a couple of newer James Blake tracks half paying attention and never though much of him - after your video I've smashed that playlist you've made multiple times and gained a huge appreciate for his newer stuff. Thanks man!

I remember hearing dubstep first in Manchester in 2005. I wanted to only make dubstep after that.. James Blake is one of those artists that I love and hate all at once, I realise he’s a genius genius because he constantly challenges my taste.

this video felt like it was made just for me lmao. the klavierwerke ep had a huge impact on me growing up and i love james' entire back catalog, but had a hard time recommending any of it to my friends. but now i’ve found my people :’)

masterpiece. next time i'll grab my friends before premiering your next release to share this treasure with them. cheers from Ukraine

as a fellow james blake fan since way back, this made me grin from ear to ear. i connect him a lot with nicolas jaar in my mind - two sonic artists with big, beautiful ideas who just don't do it like anyone else.

@FranklyRanunculus

Жыл бұрын

Oh man, I totally forgot Nicholas Jaar. Thank you for the uncovered memory 👍

James Blake's remix of stop what you are doing is one of the greatest productions to ever come out of the UK, the extra flair in the harmonics on the "chorus" give me chills every time,

I am just glad you can feel so much energy from music from time to time. Feeling this rush of emotions when discovering new music has to be one of the biggest moments of happiness I ever witnessed, and hearing your words just shows how much this meant to you. It's just wonderful the loving letter you just wrote!

I have to say, I've been waiting for someone to say all this about James Blake for a while now. Love your channel. Blew my mind when I first found all your content. I used to rinse your tracks back in like 2013 and it brought a massive smile to my face. Cheers!

Great video. As grungy teenagers in the UK, me and my friend group were all massively into alt rock and indie, but were starting to get sick of it. When we heard Blake's CMYK EP in 2010 it completely blew our minds. We simply didn't know that electronic/dance music could be so simultaneously beautiful, emotional and heavy, without being cheesy. So refreshing. It was a turning point in all of our music tastes.

I only just started this vid before work but I loved all my homies hate skrillex and had to check in from time to time to see if you had any new dubstep videos. Ever since the previous vid Ive been hooked on exploring more dubstep from when you had been deep in it (and before I knew what dubstep was) to after I had quit listening for a while. I've found that Silkie has been my absolute favorite and pretty much his entire discography now exists as FLAC files on my phone. But Ive heard some James Blake songs before finding this video, and I slept on looking into it more. Thank you for putting these videos together. Theyre edited so well, and this will no doubt be another inspiring watch for me.

really enjoyed this. had man all teary-eyed n that

@TimbahOnToast

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Found that joy O x James Blake demo on your channel 🙏

First introduction to him was CMKY and it blew me away. I was heavy into what the Brainfeeder crew was doing at the time and his music always made sense to me. It was such a surprise when he took it singer-songwriter. I still remember hearing Whilhem Scream for the first time, pulling over into a gas station parking lot as it came on the radio stunned by the shift in sound.

As someone who lived through, documented, indulged and promoted the entire scene, across all its spectrums, this video really hit home and filled my soul. Salute! ❤

This is one of the most impressive KZread videos I've ever watched, if not the most impressive. From the sound design to the transitions and the animation. Big up

Awesome video. I was similarly completely obsessed with James Blake and the post-dubstep scene in that early period and this has brought back a lot of great memories. The man is a genius!

You are a great storyteller, the structure you brought to James first releases and stringed it together with it's further impacts had me awestruck, sitting there with all kind of feelings, congrats

Unreal video as always man. A lot of this reminds me of when I first discovered Koan Sound, just unmatched sound design that you can't get enough of and wanna share to everyone.

I'm a fellow James Blake evangelist and I loved this so much! Thank you for putting this together, it's got me excited and in a good mood like nothing else has in a few weeks!

His stuff kind of reminds me of 16 bit. One of the most underrated dubstep duos ever in my opinion.

listening to amon tobin for the first time is also a trip

Thank you for bringing this scene to light. I admire all artists that come from dubstep, even if their sound isn't remotely the same anymore. The motifs in dubstep follow you in your music; dubstep changes how you think about music no matter the genre.

@christiantaylor1495

2 жыл бұрын

That's why we should not divide over subgenre. The millennials who only like pre 2009 are the only group who hate on other dubstep subgenres.

I cannot thank you enough for this and your previous video on dubstep. I was heavy into the genre in my teens but didn't have anyone to share the passion with. And seeing as I'm are not from the UK I didn't have a chance to experience the evolution firsthand either. Your videos give me perspective into the broader strokes of a genre that intuitively resonated very strongly with me, to the point that I now actually feel like I was a part of the movement and less alone with the obsession. Your editing is incredible and the musical insight you have is spot on. Thank you for what you do, it means the world to me!

I still think that "Stop what you're doing" Remix might be the craziest energy dubstep tune ever created, still got the vinyl fortunately! Man what a time...that was such a bittersweet throwback, thanks!

@christiantaylor1495

2 жыл бұрын

That's my favourite!

Thank you so much for this. As someone who laughed off dubstep at the time due to the brostep movement, getting to experience this era vicariously through this video was amazing. Props to you for keeping the bar for music video essays mad high ❤

This was so well done dude. And Jesus christ, I love James Blake

Yes Tim, this is throwing me back to the golden era. Gonna blow the yank's minds with this one

Big documentary. So many feelings and memories watching this. Similar experiences to you of seeing James Blake playing to half empty venues but this time in Brighton and then hitting that debut show in Plan B - pretty certain he played a cover of Anti-War Dub as an encore. I really wish that Roll With The Punches remix had came out, maybe Pev and James can make it happen off the back of this video. Still draw for your remix of Rawkid btw

Came for the politics, stayed for the nostalgia. Great breakdown of his work, and even better mix of tracks to accompany the entire thing. Looks like I have a new playlist to make up for myself. That being said, I need to hear the full version of the Modelle bootleg of CMYK. Google search is failing me hard right now.

I just kind of randomly found my way here, but was glad to stumble upon this. USA bro here who got started in production around 2009 doing dirty south/trap to begin, but really started getting more into dubstep within those next years. Flux Pavilion was the first one to really stand out to me because it was bass heavy but also extremely rich in harmony with his wall of sound melodic stacks. I also started separating myself from dubstep a bit once it started becoming more screechy rather than deep. First song I discovered James Blake through was Life Round Here with Chance the Rapper, but didn't know how far back he went in the dubstep scene. You definitely went through a lot of work here on the visual edits to help piece this story together. Only critique I'd have is it'd be nice to have track names on the screen as they played more, but you did follow through with a tracklist in the comments. I really appreciate that while you're gushing over James Blake the whole video, you're also giving a really nice historic run down of dubstep, and I'm learning a lot of new cuts through this. Also, as someone who's been producing for over a decade myself, it's dope seeing you dive deep and pull screenshots from forums and online communities to show that side of an artist's growth. Takes me back to when I was getting started. Kanye's my favorite all time producer, and it looks like back in 2015 he cited James Blake as one of his personal favorite artists. I've got more digging to do on James Blake. Thanks for the ride. Also, I can tell you've got a good knowledge from a producer's perspective, so will be checking out your stuff as well. Cheers.

his stuff sounds like something you would hear on the Halcyon Label nowadays, love it

I had never heard Roll With The Punches (I'm more into r&b and neo soul etc so came here to get James Blake deep dives) but when those first notes of the remix hit, I got well up with tears, you can tell how much respect he has for it. Thank you for your concise and wonderful work.

wow a few hours ago i came to ur channel to see if you've uploaded and now this video just got pushed to my home page. excited to watch it, the quality of your content is unmatched imo.

Fell in love with James Blake's recent stuff. Checked out his older stuff and was confused but this made it all make sense.

As someone who was there like you when Air or Lack Thereof came out, I feel this docs passion so much. But not just the subject, you write and narrate with such spirit dude - that deep passion for 140 never leaves you once it sets in. 15 years later and I still get that feeling when I hear these tracks. Keep doing what you’re doing man!

so crazy considering 90s/2000s revival is the biggest thing now. James Blake, Burial and Mount Kimbie changed my life in the early Soundcloud days

@sams7068

2 жыл бұрын

I have been listening to Burial and Mount Kimbie for years but never heard this James Blake music (and self titled by him has long been a favorite album of mine!) I love discovering new good music, but at this point I feel I already should’ve lol

@entertheabyss9785

2 жыл бұрын

Watch the James Blake Boiler Room Mix from back in them early 10s. Burial is right there chilling with him and he even drops a Burial song in the set (I forget which and don't wanna be bothered to look it up).

@alds9729

2 жыл бұрын

@stinkabelly Teebs

@briangarcia8384

2 жыл бұрын

Mount kimbie! So fucking good

Watching this as a random dude from California is kinda crazy because none of my friends ever listened to any of this music while it was such a huge part of my life. There was no scene for it here, but nearly all the artists you mentioned I just found on my one from blogs or however one finds music. But when you mentioned 123Mrk my jaw just dropped because NO ONE I know has heard of them. Anyway. Great vid. Seriously taking me back

Took me 3 days to finish this video, but I loved every minute!! I thought knew the early releases. Now I know I have a lot to learn. Off to find the mentioned "Harmonimix playlist. Thank you for making this Masterpiece about a true master of craft.

you just got a fan, Timbah. Thanks for taking us back in time with your retrospective!

Dude this vid was EPIC. A feature length film on Blake dubstep!?! Say what! Niche bro. This was an amazing watch, so well thought out, researched and put together, and SO many incredible samples along the way, honestly one of the best things I've watched on youtube in time. Would love to see a follow up on what you think of his music now and the direction he's headed since the early dayz.

I remember reading somewhere that Ifan was James' roommate. if i were to describe, the admittedly fleeting difference, it's that Ifan's sound is more conventional, but I think he uses the contraint well. He often reaches a very direct and understandable emotionality without sacrificing the intensity that mde their sound so special. Strong bootleg work thoughout thus Timbah and Modelle! thanks for enabling me to relive a truly golden age of music listening!

Bro I am so happy to find someone appreciating OG James Blake as much as I do. My favorite music I've ever heard is from this period

Timbah ty so much more covering these electronic scenes that often don't get enough attention in these documentary / essay style videos. Idk how big into the LA beat scene you were, but I would love for a video diving deep on Flylo and the LA Beat scene. Flylo is one of my favorite producers, but I wasn't really into music production around when he and the scene really blew up.

Only a few minutes in so far, but genuinely thank you for the education on this - taking notes!

This.. Feeling the feels! Always been a fan and this deep dive into him, his influence and the early dubstep roots that he emerged from paints a vivid picture of what was a super potent and influential time for me. Mad love and respect ❤✊

thanks for this video, i started searching for these songs and found you had already compiled a playlist. so cool awesome. I had heard, and loved and listened to over and over again, his first album, but never really vibed with anything after that. so glad to know about the early stuff now. thanks again

man thanks so much for these. took me a few months to get through this vid for no reason in particular, but enjoyed every second of it. Watching the homies hate skrillex vid got me into og dubstep kinda (flirted with dubstep a bit and heard some bro stuff and deep stuff when it hit the states 10+ years ago but ultimately never got into it then) and been really stoked to get to explore all that, even if im terminally late to the party. Seems like theres a bit of a revamp of it happening here in the states and def think that vid had a lot to do with it. creativity always moves forward so its special when youre in the place at the time it happens. u prob wont catch this, but again, thanks. a lot. keep spillin the gem bag were all gettin rich.

Please please keeping making videos like this man, they are too good. For a person like me who was about 7/8 when UK dubstep was in its prime, it’s so interesting hearing about the culture and story of it. Keep it up Timbah!

I'm so happy to see a video essay break down the drop on Air & Lack Thereof. I remember the first time I heard it, it was so unexpected there wasn't anything else I could do but laugh and laugh. Incredible tune.

@christiantaylor1495

2 жыл бұрын

The annoying thing about old dubstep drops is there are no part Bs. Brostep has either a big switch after 16 bars or toggles between two types of phrases every 8, with each even numbered one being the same, and each odd the same, or with some breakdown, build up, or short melodic break for 4 bars 16 bars through the drop. Keeps it fresh way better.

Oh man. I don't know why youtube thought I would watch this, or why i clicked, but this was one of the best videos ive watched in a while. Well done mate!!

This video essay is an absolute masterpiece. Thank you!

Always on point, always a pleasure viewing Timbah's content.

I watch this vid every few months. Had a friend in Uni who was so enthusiastic about electro, that I got infected by his love for the music. This vid hits the same spot. Amazing man!

only 10 mins in and this vid is SICK! ;)

i came across CMYK when the hype for that EP exploded. as a Canuck with no prior knowledge of dubstep, it was just some wild experimental stuff that i didn't really 'get' at the time. i did really enjoy Blake's first two LPs though. thanks to your first vid on dubstep, i started listening to non-tearout/brostep dubstep and grime, and can now really appreciate Blake's early EPs as 12"s. really appreciate this as a followup to All My Homies Hate Skrillex. thank you.

It's very important to remember how fucking innovative those first few eps are. Even now. That Maybes remix is STILL sonic witchcraft to me.

@Claan22

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, his Maybes remix is otherworldly. It uses sounds and an approach to mixing I'd never heard before, and even with everything that came out of this scene there's nothing quite like it.

@peen2804

2 жыл бұрын

OMG so important cuz if u don’t well idk but something bad prob0rbly

First video I've seen from your channel, this is just phenomial. I couldn't have imagines a better breakdown of the background of James Blake. Gives everything so much more meaning, I have now started listening to the early James Blake more than ever. Great video man

Another incredible, genuine and high quality docu, thank you so much!

I feel like I wouldn't be able to appreciate his style of dubstep without an explanation like this.

Amazing vid, your dubstep vid sent me down a months long rabbit hole so it's been a trip to see James Blake here, definitely gonna check out some of his early tunes now

man your work on music is so brilliant cant wait o share this with my dub step mate.

I didn't have any intention watching through a full documentary like this but I'm glad I did. But I want to focus on your role, because you show a way of seeing things I can honestly relate to, which is not viewing a thing so much in itself but your own understanding in it: you place a perspective and give very clear description to represent your personal experience with something. James Blake is a producer I only knew of in the name of 'experimental post dubstep', who I first heard of in the 'Dubstep' playlist way back in a bloody facebook game, SongPop and never would have understood prior the amount of depth there could be to one producer. But you managed to do that. I *teared up* when you played James Blakes remix of Roll with the Punches. The way you described it and put it in its place made me tear up, at something I myself have very little affiliation with. That's the power of communication and perspective. Even indirectly, the way you treat viewpoint lead to the interview you did with NawtyStep contained a part where NawtyStep describe the *scenery* modern dubstep gives as an appeal, and who I've found later to be able to give way more analytical insights and perspectives on modern dubstep than I could have imagined. Where one might look at an album like Welcome Reality - NERO and embellish its own perspective on its greatness, despite being in a very contradictory way as you might embellish James Blake here. Such things would make me reconsider the nature of modern genres I've dismissed: modern hardstyle, dubstep, metalcore... Reviewing or documenting something is an art itself I believe and one I try to do, in highlighting an unseen perspective. That's what you are able to do. As a whole, music isn't just music but ones engagement with it: or anything for that matter. I don't have a formal education in math or physics (as of yet) but my own desire for contextualizing an understanding has made me illuminate perspectives in a way I don't think others have that I often type about on length-maybe these will be made into proper videos of the like of ViHart. For a musical example, melodeath is probably my main genre of music of now, alongside oldschool dubstep and hardstyle who often get a bad wrap from death metal heads, while being too harsh for more melodic metal fans but to me is the genre of music to most effectively convey intense sentiments but in a transcedental way that can't be placed to any part: entirely different images from the same part. Like in comparing all albums of Insomnium or Dark Tranquility's discography that convey themes I couldn't fanthom to put in words: and that not even to name the vivid sceneries of eccentric legends Children of Bodom and The Black Dahlia Murder. But still I try. That is the beauty of perspective.

God damn man, your videos are insane. Gets you hooked for over 1 and a half hours and I hardly realise it

This is so well written and presented! Love hearing passionate people talking about things they absolutely love. The effort you've put into collecting all this information and telling it's story is truly inspiring. I remember hearing his cover of Limit to your love and hearing that sub come in and knowing even this was so special. I was unaware of his dubstep origins but I'm keen to check out all that older work now.

So glad you made this video, I really appreciate it, revisiting it again now

The thing I love about this video is not only the awesome exploration of James Blake's music, but all the new artists (new to me) you've exposed me to!

This is a great cure to the post-Outlook Festival blues! Bringing the knowledge as always.