Career
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 March 2015, Blake released under the name Electricity Supply Board {Electro Sensitive Behaviour} an electronic popular album, Modern Love, with longtime collaborators Glenn Garrett and Graham Murphy, whom he has worked with since his first album in 1998.
