'Reel to Reel' out now
My new album ‘Reel To Reel’ is available now on cassette, CD and high quality digital download from Bandcamp (and also via Spotify and...
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Blake
- Nov 2, 2019
- 2 min
'Reel To Reel' available for pre-order now
Forget the moustache, that was just to draw you in thinking, "What the hell is that??" It was a mistake, I know. I was going for a...
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Blake
- Aug 25, 2019
- 3 min
New song recorded on a Tascam 424: 'Know'
I am recording my new album, Reel to Reel, on a vintage Tascam 424 four track cassette recorder. I have started recording fourteen new...
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Blake
- May 2, 2019
- 2 min
Recording my new album on tape
I have begun recording my next album on a newly acquired Tascam 424 MK II analogue four track recorder. This is the first time I have...
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Blake
- Feb 3, 2019
- 1 min
Dragonflies Only Live For 24 Hours
My song 'Vinyl Junkie' is featured in the British crime film, "Dragonflies Only Live For 24 Hours". Richard Anthony Dunford, the writer...
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Blake
- Dec 5, 2018
- 2 min
Vinyl Vault
My LP, 'RIDE', is now available exclusively at the best independent record shop in the UK: VINYL VAULT in Cheltenham. Mike and Phil are...
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Blake
- Oct 15, 2018
- 1 min
RIDE Live Launch Gig
Hi! On Saturday 22nd September, I released my crowd-funded LP, RIDE, and the launch party took place at my favourite live music venue,...
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Blake
- Sep 22, 2018
- 4 min
New LP RIDE released today!
So today is a big day for me with the release of my first record! I am looking forward to the launch concert tonight at The Bell in Bath...
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Blake
- Aug 20, 2018
- 1 min
RIDE Kickstarter campaign - target reached!
My crowdfunding campaign for my LP RIDE has hit its target! Thank you so much to everyone who generously supported the campaign. The...
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Blake
- Jul 15, 2018
- 1 min
Kickstarter campaign for new album 'RIDE'
Hi My crowd-funding campaign for my latest album 'RIDE' has begun. I am hoping to fulfil a life-long ambition and release a record for...
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Blake
- May 10, 2018
- 20 min
"North Circular" by The Bevis Frond
My last post was about Hamell on Trial's "Choochtown", an album that had a profound effect on me when I first heard it in 2002. Ed Hamell...
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Blake
- May 3, 2018
- 2 min
"Choochtown" by Hamell On Trial
This is one of my favourite albums ever! I still can’t believe how good this record is, how clever and creative. It’s unique and I...
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Blake
- Apr 3, 2018
- 3 min
Dust
My new single is a cover version of Fleetwood Mac’s 1972 song, ‘Dust’, to be released on Record Store Day – 21st April. Written by Danny...
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Blake
- Mar 3, 2018
- 2 min
Dragonfly
'Dragonfly' is one of my favourite songs of all time. Written by Danny Kirwan of Fleetwood Mac, it was released as a single by the band...
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Blake
- Jan 17, 2018
- 3 min
By The Banks Of The A350
Ten years ago I released my album ‘By The Banks Of The A350’ which I recorded at home on my Tascam eight track machine. I live by the...
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Blake
- Dec 4, 2017
- 1 min
The First Snow - free LP download
As it’s winter, I am offering my album ‘The First Snow’ as a free download. It includes covers of ‘When The Stars Go Blue’ by Ryan Adams...
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Blake
- Nov 19, 2017
- 8 min
All the songs I've ever written!
Updating this post now (30th September 2022) because I've written quite a few more songs since this was originally published. I'm up to...
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Blake
- Apr 22, 2017
- 1 min
Holy Roller Launch Concert Footage
My good friends Richard Kilbey and Jon Male shot some footage of the Holy Roller launch concert which took place outside Vinyl Vault and...
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Blake
- Apr 14, 2017
- 2 min
Holy Roller - my latest LP!
My new LP Holy Roller is my fifteenth album release in fourteen years. It comes hot on the heels of my last LP, Jubilee. Here’s a track...
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Blake
- Jan 2, 2017
- 1 min
Jubilee Album Launch Concert
This is the film of the 'Jubilee' Album Launch Concert recorded at Nine Volt Leap Recording Studios in Melksham on Thursday 8th December....
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