Ngesonto eledlule, umculi waseBrithani uJames Blake uwine indondo ehlonishwayo 'Umklomelo Womculo weMercury' nge-albhamu yaseBrithani ehamba phambili yonyaka ngomsebenzi wakhe omuhle kakhulu wokuqopha 'Ikhulile'. UBlake unqobe i-British Laura Mvula, intandokazi yalo nyaka, kanye no-David Bowie wodumo nge-albhamu yakhe yakamuva, 'The Next Day'. Ngaphezu komklomelo ohlonishwayo, uBlake wagoduka nesheke lika-£ 20.000 (€ 23.000).
Lo mklomelo ungathathwa njengokuziphindiselela kuka UJames Blake, uma kubhekwa ukuthi umculi waseLondon ubesevele eqokelwe ukuthola i-'Mercury Prize' ngo-2011 nge-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi 'James Blake', nayo ethole ukuqokwa okuningana kuma-'Brit Awards' ngalowo nyaka. Ekuqaleni komcimbi, lo mculi oneminyaka engu-25 nophrojusa udlale ingoma yakhe ethi 'Retrograde', umzuzu owavusa enye yezinganekwane zasebusuku lapho ethulwa ngephutha njengo. UJames Blunt. Umcimbi wokuklomelisa wabanjwa ngo-Okthoba 30 ehholo lekhonsathi 'Roundhouse' eLondon (United Kingdom).
I-Mercury Award ibona i-albhamu yaseBrithani ehamba phambili yonyaka phakathi nonyaka, futhi ikhethwa yiphaneli yabagxeki bomculo nabaholi abaqavile bemboni yamarekhodi yaseBrithani. Ikomidi lokukhetha limemezela abaqokelwe i-albhamu yonyaka njalo ngoSepthemba. Kulo nyaka lolu khetho luqukethe isamba sama-albhamu ayishumi nambili, phakathi kwayo okwakukhona nemisebenzi yakamuva eyenziwe Izinkawu zase-Arctic, Ukudalula, Izimpukane, uJake Bugg, uJon Hopkins, uLaura Marling, uRudimental, u-Savages kanye nezakhamuzi.
Imininingwane engaphezulu - 'Kukhulisiwe', isimanga sika-James Blake samuva se-electro-soul
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