Blog: Dots & Dashes

Arguably the best aspect of a flurry of activity from the country's most inanimate band – The xx – is in the response and subsequent reaction of other artists towards it. Whether that's the sultry sparring of Martina Topley-Bird and Mark Lanegan as they recompose Crystalised , or Kieran Hebden giving the otherwise unexceptional Angels a 70% electro slowdown, it's the bits bred alongside Coexist that've inspired the greatest intrigue. This Four Tet remix is your standard celestial fare, Romy Madley Croft's vapid monosyllabics of "love" offset by the warm plinks [...]

• The xx - Angels (Four Tet remix)