The XX

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.

This might be my fave Jamie XX bit yet

http://soundcloud.com/ramprecordings/faltydl-hip-love-jamie-xx-remix

The original is even better mind but its all cool

http://soundcloud.com/ramprecordings/faltydl-hip-love

Looking forward to hearing what else The xx have in store too, wasn't really feeling that Romy Creep track unfortunatly.

that faltydl remix is gorgeous, actually prefer to original

that faltydl remix

too long on ILx - I read that as shorthand for "fat do you look like"

lol :')

I asked him how he got his name once and he just said he couldn't spell and it stuck or something...

the syncopation/style of the steel drums or w/e on the adele remix are really similar to the closing chords of caribou - odessa

so that jamie xx single is nearing release

http://blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/2011/02/lost-sleevenotes-gil-scott-heron-v.html

the sleevenotes meant for we're new here. far too po faced/earnest for me, esp for what is just a not bad/semi interesting but ultimately undeservingly overhyped remix album, but im sure plenty of people like that sort of thing. jamie xx needs to spend a bit more time honing his producing skills i think. cos right now he just sounds like a tinkerer, or a dabbler.

So when they came to combine, on “We’re New Here”, perhaps Jamie XX and Gil Scott Heron were not truly strangers, instead linked by musical heritagerecord label

i probably agree w/titchy - i don't think jamie xx is making particularly bad music but it's not particularly good either - even that adele remix gets by on the strength of her song more than what he does (and it never feels totally satisfactory to me, it doesn't have that DROP moment that would push it over the top)

they should have just done an 'XL artists remix Gil Scott Heron!' album. you could have had adele doing power duets with gsh's vocals, jack white doing a blues version, vampire weekend making gsh sound preppy, dizzee rascal making gil grimey....