Name Perry Blake Role Singer-songwriter | Music director Come Undone | |
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Albums Songs for Someone, Canyon Songs, Still Life, California, Broken Statues, Presque Rien, Perry Blake, The Crying Room Similar People Emilie Simon, Steve Tibbetts, Ruarri Joseph, Badmarsh & Shri, Chirgilchin Profiles | ||
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Perry Blake (born May 10, 1970) is an Irish singer and songwriter from Sligo, known for the delicate, downtempo, melancholic style of his songs and his soft singing voice.
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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, while his third album, California, was co-produced with Italian composer Marco Sabiu and featured Dickon Hinchliffe of Tindersticks.
Blake is very popular in France, 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).
Blake's musical influences include Leonard Cohen, David Sylvian, Scott Walker, and Nick Drake. 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 new material will be released later this year.