“People think they know all these things about other people, and if you ask them why they think they know that, it’d be hard for them to be convincing.” - Elliott Smith

Sunday 16 October 2011

063: I couldn't disguise my excitement when I heard Bon Iver, James Blake and 'Collaboration' in the same sentence.



James Blake and Justin Vernon, Bon Iver, have come together to form a haunting collaboration. Falls Creek Boys Choir incorporates both of these artist's unique styles at a midpoint that forms a melancholic mess, demonstrating James Blake's balance between silence and sound, and Vernon's harmonious falsettos. The pair use auto-tuned vocals, not to mask off-key inaccuracies, but rather as an instrument in itself - a medium for self-expression and magnificent creativity. Elements of both Bon Iver's and James Blake's self-titled albums are apparent throughout the song, Vernon's exquisite, ethereal vocals and the unpredictability and sporadicity,  of Blake's irregular electronic intervals.
I am mesmerised.

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