James Blake - "Unluck" (Live at WFUV)

thealternatesid.... James Blake performs "Unluck" live in Studio-A.
Host: Russ Borris
Audio Engineer: Jim O'Hara
Camera Operators/Video Editors: Aaron Peer, Timothy Pierson, and Will Sanderson
Producer: Garret Richard
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[@LittleBlueTugBoat]

i know a drummer is good when I can't even understand how he is in time. i never realized how technical it was.

[@alfredocolon6987]

Zach Brokmeier he's doing a lot of quintuplets on the woodblock sound

[@pala.g3100]

Quintuplets my man 👌🏼

[@davealaya]

Oddly enough he's not playing the verse correctly, perhaps James requested a different beat

[@kayleecromling7132]

james blake..words cannot adequately express this guy and his incredible talent. when his music comes on, i literally get tingles up my spine...what other kind of music can make you shudder like that every single time you hear it??

[@elijahgavin6706]

Kaylee Cromling amen

[@shakey215]

I've probably played this 20+ times in the past day and a half, it's such a brilliant song

[@bddybdz]

Jake Lightbody yes, loud so you hear all those sounds. Love it

[@Ubergamer13]

Even better than the studio version. Vocoder and percussion are insanely cool.

[@nirke_]

It's autotune here. Vocoder is an envelope effect, so it would require someone to be playing keys (other than the main comp, being played by James himself).

[@wannescuypers3109]

It's pretty hard to sing with autotune live, he's awesome talented

[@loonyleper]

Sounds like mouldy popcorn getting microwaved. Love it.

[@bddybdz]

Hahah great :)

[@alexanderoldberg9632]

The drummerboy is so fucking tight. Fucking machine, yo.

[@worldsendgirlfriend_]

awesome quintuplet.

[@mtjarrott]

just saw him today at austin city limits. he opened with this song and captivated every living soul in that audience. this music absorbs you, holy shit.

[@tiffanyzondorak572]

I LOVE this song!!! his voice is so soulful !!! doesn't match the way he looks and i love that about artists, always a nice surprise!

[@bigjerryyyy]

What an amazing new voice and talent, you can't pigeon hole his music

[@SDsEntertainment]

there's so much soul in his music. oh man.

[@Frederikamusic]

blake is a genius in textures and harmonics.

[@CYBEREALIFE]

man... i really feel love for this guy

[@makasoona35]

wow this tune is even better live!

[@zab666]

What an intense performance!

[@StrawBerry-wj5xl]

His voice 💎

[@yingjiang7826]

so cool .....unbelievable...

[@RnBFlavaXX]

Savas hat mich vor 3Monaten hergebracht, aber ich höre es immernoch

[@bloureiroc]

he always does a funny thing with his eyebrows when he sings ♥

[@caroline1234567890]

so excited to see him/them in a few weeks!

[@leigh4841]

This is amazing

[@andreacaccese]

insane beat

[@lewis22tk]

i luv the live version!!!!

[@philjoanou1493]

Sounds like Steve Winwood. He used to be a pretty good friend of mine. One time we shared an Amtrak sleeper from Los Angeles to Denver. This was back in the early 90s. Around the time they released Crystal Pepsi. Steve had a show in Boulder and I was going to visit my ex-wife. Neither of those things happened. Instead we took some acid and went to see Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Bad movie to see when you're on acid. Steve spent the next three days talking me down. It was pretty touch and go.

[@liahS06]

james blake is just that guy

[@alexianemusic]

love it

[@TomyStylezzz]

ich muß mich einfach beteiligen an der Welle... ESSAH 4 EVER...

[@GhostsOfPlanets]

I can tell you the instruments they're using if that's what you're meaning. The drummer is using a Roland SPD-SX sampling pad I think. It's difficult to tell the exact model, but it's definitely something similar to an SPD. The guitarist (or in this case the one triggering samples) is using a Roland SP 404-SX sampler. Hope that helps, cheers.

[@waveosman]

drummer is seriiousssssssssssss

[@rusticsss1]

fantastic

[@samantonio1357]

definitely got a new hardcore fan her after ACL... Show of the festival for me!

[@Luismcvaz1]

My fav.

[@psicolinamx]

Like, like totally!... WOW

[@WhoaParrot]

Man, this is so different from the version on the album... Different chords and everything.

[@fasmaun]

Was sorta sad he didn’t play this last night but the entire show and opening act was LIT!!!!

[@Trystaticus]

we got straight quintuplets in the front of the mix.

[@JeanneJames]

Bowie understood you.

[@pumakel1]

James Blake I love you

[@bartomiejadamski3883]

I would kill for that version with a good audio quality, but ripping it from yt anyway.

[@Benjamin_Bratten]

some of my friends don't like james blake, but i don't blame them

[@kathyhollenbach7413]

@Bennn, lolololo

[@PeterJacksonMypreci]

Why is autotune necessarily a bad thing? It sounds great, and I don't see anybody complaining about guitar effects.

[@maxdembo5242]

PeterJacksonMypreci Agree. Love the vocoder/auto tune sound when done right. Especially with a great singer.

[@zkete]

Amen, that's sooo true

[@sstephenss]

@hotnovel thanks for pointing that out! absolute talent

[@EliasTheIdo]

kool savas ist der king !

[@Donkeytron64]

My best guess is that he split the prophet (synth) so one hand plays it while the other controls the pitch alteration of his voice. and is controlling the filter envelope with his foot via expression pedal, while singing. Damn, guy.

[@schiekseschiekse8949]

wow too

[@jaejara]

He's always rocking that denim on denim

[@thatbennyguy]

1:15 always gets me.

[@cdsolidsnake]

@theplanet1985 He writes the music like it's going to be played live. Then arranges it in a more "electronic" way, but always keeping his organic sound. Everything is written and performed. In the album he uses his tricks and stuff. But he keeps it simple to be played live. Like this.

[@spazmonkey92]

@hotnovel innit! Crazy timing pro!

[@NathWorkman2717]

Am i the only one who thinks that the drums in this sounds like native africans rapping?

[@lukechohany]

I think he controls the pitch bending with his eyebrows.

[@steamboat4853]

Nice version

[@chrishk94]

freedom waffles are for me when carson's car apple wandered free

[@ADAdancer92]

Wow.

[@Misantropyfanatic]

Danke Savas. vom King zum Chef. true story

[@setlasmon]

James Blake is the truth. everyone else should be banned from using autotune.

[@prometheusland]

I call it "Talent"

[@Jmp153]

hahah this is awesome

[@bronce357]

whats that thing that the drummer use and the other thing with the fingers?? sorry about my ignorance hehe

[@Subcorporeal]

the voice is just a tool, he doesn´t need autotune is true... but the difference is that thevoice here is part of the atmosphere

[@melisluman5511]

next year goals.. being in the studio...

[@StanleyStar]

you don't need a studio man

[@DreamEatinDonuts]

Unlock Performed by James blake

[@SishaIs]

they dont make music like this anymore. To many ppl worrying bout money instead of music

[@BlueBastard57]

Man, man, man alle schreiben se ein Kommentar das die wegen dem King hier sind :D

[@seamouse007]

@guitarzpurenoise he's playing that low, muddied, record scratch sound. he's also playing some of the very fuzzy synth you hear in the second half.

[@rogermatts]

I dont like the word unluck but I like this song

[@rogermatts]

AHH!!

[@PersonalSpaceInvdr]

much better than the album..i think

[@okenducharlene26]

when I read the book 50 shades of Gray James Blake is just how I pictured Mr.Gray looking smhl

[@pumakel1]

Guuuurl

[@DjKG2k9]

nice nice ,, like . likeee....

[@benvizemusic]

i love this and avenged sevenfold....but then again i think i love most music genres, but not all music

[@jasonistics]

I first heard this guy on the radio the other day and I thought it was Aaron Neville for sure. I was sure he was at least black...Surprise!

[@grozdinapetrowic4323]

👍

[@myokdesire]

roland sp-404. It's a sampler

[@haydengw999]

@theplanet1985 They re-create.

[@sN0WsT4R]

@hrryhslm its a Hemiolia. Hes on perfect timing. Listen :)

[@jwehle104]

just bought an spd-s. any idea where to get good samples?

[@DeepThoughtsMusic]

@olejervi sorry, i didn't want to be mean. but i think this music expresses blank despair. but i mean it in a positve way, i love his music!! ok?

[@TFriedlaender]

3:03, whats the name of that machine?

[@LEXTHE4]

There ain't nothing wrong with autotune. It's just when artists use it out of necessity and not a creative choice.

[@RxTim]

@Kataalysts lol i thought of neville too

[@stevenv27]

this>album version

[@revatwerk]

dude bros got the ishi

[@wgo523]

"You can be the shittiest singer on the planet and sound like Beyonce if you use autotune." You've clearly never used autotune. or actually listened to it, based on this.

[@maxdembo5242]

Billy Overton Yesss! Hate when people who don’t understand how it works think that. It’s a bitch too cause of you hit the wrong key or note it will make a horrible sound. It takes a good singer with good control to make that shit sound good.

[@hrryhslm]

@JoelT23 ah i see

[@mcmas1]

Hat Savas sonst noch jemanden hergebracht?

[@6triangularadnoids6]

Better than the original.

[@goodwood331]

Fivelets.

[@JoelT23]

@hrryhslm its called syncopation, google it

[@mskcouric]

I like it on this song, and I generally hate autotune.

[@wgo523]

I love you though.

[@prodcaleb653]

who dislikes this

[@seaayareteeeearezedejayohe1401]

people with bad headphone/speaker :v

[@forestpark73]

Khalil J people who thought the drummer was off beat. 😂

[@NeilProduction]

... und dann kam Essah!

[@denofrezzy]

SAVAAAS

[@SakoshiNEU]

I t's his style....

[@PizTurbo]

Savas :D

[@stabiloboss5956]

was hat es mit savas zu tun`?

[@WisleyVasconcelos]

supremmmeee

[@Glaubensbrueder]

@BarnyM88 Kann verstehn dass es nich deine musik richtung is meine eigl. auch nich aber vom Künstlerichem aspekt find ich´s geil

[@MrSunSetts]

lol this guy

[@DeepThoughtsMusic]

@olejervi i would say it's depression..