Following the massive success of his sophomore album Overgrown (2013), Blake used his BBC Radio 1 residency to premier jagged, uncompromised club tracks. The title track, "," originally debuted during a late-night broadcast in August 2014. When asked about the peculiar name, Blake jokingly remarked that it was "because only 200 are going to be pressed up" on vinyl.
Whether you're listening on high-end studio monitors or a pair of audiophile-grade headphones, the 2014 FLAC files of 200 Press offer a transparency that reveals the true genius of Blake’s sound design during his most prolific period.
label. On December 8, 2014, he bypassed the usual major-label fanfare to drop the 200 Press EP
While vinyl collectors were hunting down one of the 200 physical copies, a separate, equally important release was unfolding online. On December 8, 2014, Blake’s label, 1-800-Dinosaur, made 200 Press available in a suite of digital formats. Among them was FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec). For a project with a title track built on minuscule audio details and sonic experimentation, FLAC became the ideal format.
