Bang Bang , la mixtape de l’été #5 - Cover Me - Mixtape Dernier volet pour la mixtape de l’été en association avec le programme Bang Bang de Pure FM . Pour cette conclusion, retrouvez une collection de covers coup-de-cœur. A écouter et à télécharger. Enjoy! Last part of our series of mixtapes in association with the radio show Bang Bang on Pure FM . For this last edition, we gathered a collection of covers coup-de-cœur. Stream, download, enjoy! [...]
![[Listen] Jamie xx Debuts Radiohead Remix On New BBC Essential Mix](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3681741_lg.jpg)
DJ/Producer Jamie xx of the critically acclaimed The xx swings by Benji B's show on BBC Radio 1 with Pete Tong sitting in for Benji B to drop a new essential mix featuring some original solo works as well as remixes alongside tracks from James Blake, Wiley and many others including his upcoming remix for the track "Bloom" which is set to appear on Radioheads upcoming remix album for The King Of Limbs. Peep the full mix in the play below and the full tracklisting after the jizzzump. Jamie xx Essential Mix [...]
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Tweet Digits is the musical alter-ego of Toronto-based Alt Altman. Eagle-eyed readers will note that we recently featured Mr Altman in his capacity as one half of dreamy R&B duo Bad Passion , whose first EP should be arriving shortly. Listening to his solo output, it's clear how much of an influence he's had on their sound. Alt's been making music his whole life, although things really took off when he started with indie rockers The Ghost Is Dancing back in [...]
The xx : (not so… new song) - Snippet J’ai de la chance d’avoir de si bon lecteurs. Ce n’est donc pas un titre si nouveau de The xx. Merci Avalonjade et désolé… I’m blessed for having such good readers. So this is not such a new track from The xx. Thanks Avalonjade and apology…
![[Listen/Download] – New Track By Contrakids – “I Needed You”](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3567944_lg.jpg)
Tweet We first featured Contrakids back in April , and in the couple of months since I've been watching closely for any new material. I needn't have bothered, as they took the trouble to sling us a copy of new track "I Needed You" directly. I'm delighted to say it's cut from the same lustrous cloth as the first couple, with one slight difference: everything's suddenly upbeat. Well, there's still a bittersweet touch to the lyrics, but other than that... Most importantly, [...]
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Tweet This post is a "QuickPick". QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that's sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it's so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I "star" it in Gmail and then go back and listen to it a day later. If it's still as good as it was a day before [...]
Jamie XX announced back in September that he would be releasing some solo material in the form of "Far Nearer", but it wasn't until February that we got our hands on the full version via YouTube. Now, thanks to Numbers , we get to hear the full studio version of "Far Nearer" and "Beat For" as they will appear on the single release, which is available now . I can't tell you how much I am in love with "Far Nearer". The steel drums and vocal samples absolutely hit the spot as this heat wave comes in full [...]
The single version of Jaime xx's "Far Nearer" is finally making the blogosphere rounds . The world first heard Far Nearer almost a year ago and at the time I wasn't a huge fan. What I remember being a rambling steel drum exploration does start out that way, but a minute or so in explodes into easily one of the most anthemic dance tracks of the year. The song revolves around the vocal line "I feel better when I have you near me" that serves as a reminder that Jaime xx is just better than everyone else at [...]
Yeah! Finally the long awaited Jamie xx single "Far Nearer" sees its release! Glasgow-based label Numbers , which is a treasure chest indeed, dropped the 12" today. It contains the steeldrum-loaded "Far Nearer", which has a huge club-hit potential , plus already posted b-side "Beat For", a more muffled, quieter song. Stream the new single below and don't forget to order your personal copy here ! stream | Far Nearer stream | Beat For
Jamie xx has been keeping himself busy while his main gig - working as one third of the xx - has been on pause, releasing a remix album with the late, great Gil Scott-Heron , extending his remix services to other artists and teasing us with original solo material. We've been listen to Jamie's first solo single "Far Nearer" in one form or another for almost a year now, but thankfully, Numbers released the final version early this morning. Do yourself a favor [...]
![[Listen/Download] – Jamie xx – “Far Nearer” & “Beat For”](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3494131_lg.jpg)
Tweet Remember September? That month with the days and sometimes there's rain and sun depending on where you live? Yeah that one, with the days and stuff. Well the last time that came around these parts I posted a radio rip of Jamie xx 's debut song/single/release beast "Far Nearer" . Nobody was sure what it was going to be, whether it was just him pissing around with beats or if it was some legit shit coming out; his solo "name" wasn't [...]
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![[Ones To Watch] – Introducing – Wolf Gang](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3425621_lg.jpg)
Tweet Chances are you have already heard some of Wolf Gang's songs and didn't even realize it. Wolf Gang's self-titled EP has only been out for a few months, but it has caught on fire fast and the songs are just as intoxicating and hot. Wolf Gang, not actually a "gang," is a solo act that goes by the name of Max McElligott during the day. McElligott, originally from London, has been in and out of the music scene, but he's made a comeback making music that [...]
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Tweet Auto-Tune. If you've always wondered what the phrase "a double-edged sword" was all about, Auto-Tune is a pretty good place to start trying to figure it out. Sure, it can make a half-trained amateur sound like Sarah Cracknell. But it can also make will.i.am sound like will.i.am. Hardly a good thing. Quite honestly, I never expected to like an obviously Auto-Tuned song again - there weren't exactly many I liked in the first place - but then along came Sydney three-piece Contrakids. They [...]
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The tropical island sensation that is Jamie xx 's "Far Nearer" was first posted in October of last year when a radio ripped version leaked. Now the prolific DJ/producer has dropped the official, surprisingly lengthy (just over 8 minutes!) track, that concentrates on steel drums, dubstep rhythms and offbeat drum patterns. Jamie premiered it when he took over the BBC 6 Mix, using the opportunity to play tunes from artists like Drake, Burial, and RJD2, as well as playing new cuts from his recently released reworking of Gil Scott Heron's I'm New Here , dubbed [...]
Jamie Smith, better known to you and me as Jamie xx , released his debut album today: a compete remix of Gil Scott-Heron's 2010 album I'm New Here . The re-fixed version, We're New Here , is a journey through the minds of two people separated not only by age - 39 years to be precise - but stylistically too. Gil, a modern jazz and blues legend; Jamie, one of the best young electronic producers around . The pair have only met briefly and have exchanged thoughts [...]
It seems Jamie xx is everywhere he can be these days. His latest reworking of Gil Scott Heron's I'm New Here , dubbed We're New Here , is out this Tuesday and has received positive reviews from pretty much everybody - us included . And the other day when he stopped by BBC Radio's Newsnight, he tweaked their theme song . Now, just days later, a brand new Jamie xx original has hit the web. The track is apparently called "Beat For" and you can enjoy it below: [...]
Jamie XX created a fair amount of buzz with his dub-y remix of Gil Scott-Heron’s “NY is Killing Me”. Now you can here the full album of remixes which Jamie XX is calling We’re New Here . A good cross-generational collaboration and further proof that the XX, or Jamie at the very least, will be sticking around for years to come. Plus, “Running” is a total jam.
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