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Jamie xx
English Musician
Born: Oct 28, 1988
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All music is escapism for me, but I like the way that, on a good night, that sense of escapism can be shared. Jamie xx
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I always just experiment with different sounds and styles until I find something that evokes the feeling I'm going for. I'm not trying to think too much about what anyone else is doing. Jamie xx
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My parents' record collection was the music I was hearing as long as I can remember, and I would play Otis Redding over and over again. Jamie xx
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For some producers who are technical-minded, making the song sound good is easy, and getting the emotion into the song is harder. Jamie xx
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When I hear something new, mostly in rhythms, I often find it interesting to recreate it in a studio in a completely different way. Jamie xx
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When I buy lots of records, I stop making music - it's detrimental to the creative side. When I'm DJing a lot, it's just basically partying every day. Jamie xx
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I can make something for a long time and just not come up with an ending. It's finishing things that I don't enjoy. Jamie xx
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I just like the lineage and the heritage and the fact that British dance music is still progressing. I'm from London; I love London, and I wouldn't know how else to show that love in musical terms. There's something about British stuff that's a bit faster, a bit harder-hitting. Just tough. Jamie xx
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I don't hate on the whole EDM thing happening in America because, although the music is not of my taste - a little bit brash for me - I think it's also introducing a lot of young people to dance music, and then they're discovering better dance music through it. Jamie xx
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I started using vinyl because I stole all my parents' records when I was 10. I didn't think about sound quality then, but I always loved how they sounded. Jamie xx
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A lot of new genres were being born at the time I started going out to clubs in South London, and I was part of an exciting movement that has now blown up around the world. Jamie xx
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I like the contrast in making something that sounds sunny but also has an element of melancholy to it. Jamie xx
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It doesn't make sense for me to try to be, like, a dance dude who only releases two 12-inches a year and then plays every weekend. Making an album, you get to put out a body of work that shows a lot of different sides of you. And you get to work on it for an intense period of time and promote that album. And then you get to move on. Jamie xx
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I have this romanticized idea of dance music in the '90s because, obviously, I was way too young to be a part of it. So I have this rose-tinted idea of it. I have this idea of it being a very special time. But I still don't know that much - I can never remember any names of seminal artists. Jamie xx
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I'm used to making songs; that's how I learned to make music. My structures will always be more like pop songs than dance tracks. Jamie xx
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I work with talented people. I'm just their tool. Jamie xx
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I think Kendrick Lamar is great. It would be cool to do something with him. Jamie xx
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I get to go to so many different countries and hear so much music and collect totally different records. It's all very inspiring, and I'm trying to embrace that experience because not that many producers get to have that. Jamie xx
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I think Young Thug has such a weird style I love, especially the things he does with his voice. It just sounds different. Jamie xx
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In the U.K. especially, dance music goes in cycles. It's often kids reappropriating sounds they loved when they were younger, but were too young to be a part of. Jamie xx
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