Perry Blake

Perry Blake (born 10 May 1970) is an Irish singer and songwriter from Sligo, known for the delicate, downtempo, melancholic style of his songs and his soft singing voice.

Career

Blake's 1998 self-titled debut album was very successful in the United Kingdom and won critical praise. His first single, "The Hunchback Of San Francisco", came from this album. His second release, Still Life, contained contributions from Steve Jansen,[1] while his third album, California, was co-produced with Italian composer Marco Sabiu and featured Dickon Hinchliffe of Tindersticks and ex Bowie and Prefab Sprout drummer Neil Conti [2][3]

Blake is very popular in France,[4] where his music was used for the soundtracks of the films Presque rien (2000, for which he also wrote the original music) and Trois Petites Filles (2004).[5]

Blake's musical influences include Leonard Cohen, David Sylvian, Scott Walker, and Nick Drake.[4] He has collaborated with Françoise Hardy and wrote 2 songs for her award winning Tant de belles choses album. He's also worked with French electronic star Émilie Simon.

In June 2014, Blake released an electronic pop album, Modern Love under the name Electro Sensitive Behaviour, with longtime collaborators Glenn Garrett and Graham Murphy, whom he has worked with since his first album in 1998.

Perry is now signed to and managed by London based label Moochin' About... With a new album due for release January 2019.

Discography

Studio
  • Perry Blake (1998) (Polydor)
  • Still Life (1999) (Naive)
  • California (2002) (Naive)
  • Songs for Someone (2004) (Naive)
  • The Crying Room (2005) (Blu Orchard/Warner France)
  • Canyon Songs (2007) (Reekus Records)
Live
  • Broken Statues (Live at Cirque Royal, Nuits Botanique, Brussels on September 29th, 2000) (2001) (Naive)
Soundtracks
  • Presque rien (2000) (Naive)
Others
  • Modern Love (2014) (Orchard-Lily, iTunes release) as Electro Sensitive Behaviour

References

  1. ↑ iTunes Perry Blake Biography https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/perry-blake/id41417526, retrieved 2011-03-27
  2. ↑ Wilson, MacKenzie "California Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-01-22
  3. ↑ "Perry Blake - California", RTÉ, retrieved 2010-01-22
  4. 1 2 Hayes, Kelvin "Perry Blake Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-01-22
  5. ↑ "Perry Blake to play Dublin concert", RTÉ, 25 November 2004, retrieved 2010-01-22


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