The XX

that's waay better than the remix. I'm sure that if I'd been familiar with it though, that I'd just like the xx version even more: the Aaliyah delivery of “...kiss ...kiss ...and kiss and kiss and kiss” makes it something of a light fancy, if anything distancing herself in action from the promised passion of the title and verses. The xx’s languorous reading translates it through one of their particular strengths, addressing longing and desire with an adolescent weight that leans more on the feelings themselves, the distraction and discombobulation they engender, than on any specific object of those feelings. (The almost-in-sync delivery of Romy and Oliver is also v effective here.)

The diff is that Aaliyah and company could sing about being scared or lacking confidence and be confident in saying it. The indie/XX version of that, which works well on their own songs, is a fundamental lack of confidence. Not necessarily in the ability to perform music, but in the sentiment expressed.

I don't really read either of them as being scared or lacking confidence! Aaliyah is being a bit playful, telling the dude to wait a bit bcz she'll be ready soon (but she's almost ready); the xx are achingly ready now, but enjoying wallowing in the anticipation caused by delayed gratification.

yeah, didn't necessarily means specifically Aaliyah or specifically that song.

romy xx seems to have done vocals on the debut creep single, and deadboy's remix of it is on his (terrific) mix here - http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/07/deadboys-bouncers-dream-mix-mp3/

really interesting to hear her voice out of the usual xx context, it's really effective - really looking forward to that single.

So, when my dad was driving last night, The XX was playing on whatever satellite radio station he was on.

saw hamlet at the NT last night and ophelia was listening to the XX in her first scene :-/

Maybe we're in an Orwellian phase and humanity has always been listening to the xx over the centuries.

ophelia otm

-----spoiler-----

she kills herself

EVERYONE on Facebook has the xx in their liked bands now

the fuck they do

don't u try it, I've kicked people's faces off for saying less

Drake working with Florence Welch and The xx's Jamie Smith

http://www.nme.com/news/drake--2/54540

Oh man, i get the feeling Florence's second album is gonna be a doozy.

drake + the xx makes sense

was there ever an official release of jamie's single -- i <3d the radio rip

no, but i assume you've heard his adele remix that sent everyone nuts last week?

it's really nice but the creep/romy xx that STILL NO ONE IS CARING ABOUT is way better

oh yeah hearing the gil scott-heron remix album didn't really alter my opinion on it

I thought the Creep single was getting a decent buzz from the FACT crowd?

haven't seen much of that! it prob got a positive review but not even a hundredth of the buzz that jamie's adele remix did.

Well they put them in their artists to watch for 2010 thing.

2011 even

adele xx mix is fkng outragous! genuinely exciting.

I'm still not convinced by Jamie XX that first remix of Gil Scott is almost there but the snares are so clunky and boring it totaly ruins the groove of the track for me. He's a big clunky over all really. His best track so far have been his mix of Basic Space yet Pariah's is still better. The forthcoming bit on Numbers is growing on me though and I think he's got some talent in there but he hasn't grown into it yet. At the mo he's no where close to other producers making simular sounds like Deadboy, Hackman, Doc Daneeka, Joy Orbison, etc...

drake and xx makes sense, in a sort of in-love-with-our-dreamy-introverted-overstated-fragility kind of way. not that i imagine it will be any good. rappers+indie kids = usually not very good music.

jamie xx and gsh is just a travesty on all levels and a huge diss to gsh to let someone who just isnt up to the job yet as a producer to remix his entire album. hes still learning the trade. its good for numbers and all those guys to have him basically give them the stamp of approval but hes still an amateur.

it's really nice but the creep/romy xx that STILL NO ONE IS CARING ABOUT is way better

Rong. Although they're totally different animals.

it is a good remix, that one. but her voice is straining SO hard for sensuality/mournfulness/delicacy/pure yearning etc i cant take it entirely seriously.

They're both good, but the question of to why a hands-in-the-air anthem is getting more buzz than a moody witch house collaboration is a no-brainer.

rolling in the deep sounds like a track from the gsh album with those blues claps at the start. well that and lumidee's uh oh lol. but yeah, it sounds like it was made especially for radio 1.

"rolling in the deep" is a hands-in-the-air anthem?! it's not pushing those buttons for me.

basically agree w/jimi that jamie's still a rather clunky producer. not bad as such but ehhhhh.

i mean i don't dislike the adele remix, it's made her a lot more interesting than i imagined she could sound, but if anyone could explain exactly why it's getting all these OMG BEST THING EVER reactions...

ppl keep talking abt the adele mix more than the creep thing bc its way better. the creep thing does sound a bit like smthng ur cousin made messing around on fruity loops

the creep/romy thing didn't do a thing for me but the Adele mix has me grinning within a minute and dancing around my living room within two minutes. i love it.

re: Romy/Creep: had this been my introduction to witch house instead of Salem, I would have bought about a bazillion witch house albums by now

this Adele remix is hot, too

why all the false binaries, guys?

guys guys

why all the false binaries, guys?

― Indolence Mission (DJP), Friday, January 14, 2011 3:13 PM (38 minutes ago)

this is ilm

i like "that" more than "this" isn't really a false binary.

"why are people paying attention to THIS instead of THAT" is

heads up if u like creep they have a mix up on fact

so I heard the adele remix in brainwasher's mix, a hi-quality one, and it absolutely blew me away. the youtube version suxxxx

The Creep/Romy collaboration is the only witch house track I've heard that has been any good whatsoever. It does make me want a We Love remix though.

there are deadboy and azari & iii remixes (both great)

jamie fucking release this remix and your single already, I can't wait

the adele remix is out this week

I think there's also a Soul Clap remix of "Days". Haven't heard it tho

i think the jamie XX mix is an itunes exclusive for the moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhpxkGB1OyY

http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/altreport/2011/01/kicked-out-member-xx-still-bitter-calls-oliver-sim-liar.html

Jesus Christ. That's the first time I've seen that website. That's a thing, huh?

no, but i assume you've heard his adele remix that sent everyone nuts last week?

it's really nice but the creep/romy xx that STILL NO ONE IS CARING ABOUT is way better

― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:57 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark

they're such radically different animals that it doesn't surprise me that they'd appeal to different people. both good, but i prefer the "rollin in the deep" remix. each section is completely distinct from the last, like blocks stuck together, yet it still manages a consistent build. at this or that point it suggests the blues, gospel, diva soul and even rock disco in the vein of the gossip, and i'm predisposed to enjoy those things. love the way the voice, handclaps, snare and those bell-like synth stabs play syncopated ping pong with the shuffle beat, funky as hell.

creep/romy "days", otoh, is this deep, sexy smear, all sleek and propulsive, driving steadily forward rather than bouncing madly in place. it reminds me of a black lipstick version of M83, at least when the buzz dominates the mix. conjures up a glam vision of retro 80s dance club sounds, and that's cool, but i don't think it's anywhere near so immediately compelling as the adele remix.