Jamie xx got beats. On We’re New Here, due out February 21, Jamie Smith of The xx remixed Gil-Scott Heron’s comeback album “I’m New Here” with amazing results. I’ve been stuck on “Running” and “Home” — cold entrancing electronic head-nodders. Old man Heron becomes another instrument in Jamie’s arsenal. His grizzled mutterings bring Jamie’s spacey sounds down to Earth, or at least somewhere in the stratosphere.
[…] XX last blew our minds back in February when he teamed up with Gil Scott-Heron. He’s been busy since then putting out an Essential […]