James Blake: 'I didn't make this record for Chris Moyles'

BBC Sound Of 2011 runner-up's sound is minimal, melancholy and magnificent, even if Feist, Gonzales and Portishead have expressed misgivingsJames Blake walks into the room munching a beetroot and goat's cheese sandwich, a gangly, youthful mixture of suspicion and self-confidence. It's the day the winner of the BBC's Sound Of 2011 poll is announced. Jessie J was the winner, Blake came second, so the pressure's off. He's free to release his deeply weird music without being expected to attain the c...

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