Its the start of a brand new year, and with it comes a plethora of excited bloggers and radio DJs casting their eyes to the future and pushing their hot tips for 2011. We here at dbe are dedicated to bringing you the freshest produce that bass music has to offer, so much so that we went to the excruciating effort of doing some field research to get a hands on look at who's gonna be leading 2011 from the front.
After witnessing a spell-bindingly wonky and sub flexed set at the Warehouse Project last month we've come to the conclusion that Jamie XX is one of the most exciting things in dance music right now.
Mercury Prize winning drum machinist Jamie XX has already made a solid impression with his epic rework of Florence's You Got the Love, along with an already impressive list of remixes under his belt. But now that he's turning his hand to drum machine and steel pan toting solo production, 2011 looks set to be a massive year for him.
The first finding of our WHP field research is a fresh cut from Jamie's upcoming remix collaboration with Gil Scott-Heron. This project see's Jamie remixing soul and spoken word poetry legend Gil-Scott Heron's entire album, entitled We're New Here. The album is a beautifully humane and intimate reflection of Scott-Heron's troubled life, and the fact that he entrusted the beat-junkie to re-work the entire album indicates its gonna be a carefully curated piece of sonic craftsmanship. The work we've heard so far seems to contrast with Gil Scott's weathered tones and create a hopeful sound-scape which totally flips the emotional output of the originals.
The first sneak preview can be streamed below (and downloaded from www.werenewhere.com) . This track is a true sonic journey through sheer blinding synths, rolling wonkbass, and sensually screwed out vocal samples. Not to mention his lush trademark steel pan flecked outro. Not to be missed:
And possibly the most important finding of our research is, in our opinion, going to be one of THE tunes of 2011. Shrouded in mystery and rumour, Far Nearer is to be Mr XX's debut solo 12" production. We heard this track dropped in the field and all of us hit the roof. This tune is a gorgeous composition of shuffling garage beats, awesome steel pannage, and wicked tweaked vocals. We love it and reckon its going to be huge. But at the moment Numbers records are keeping us hanging, with no definite release date due to "sample copyright issues". Sort it out Numbers!
jamie xx - far nearer by Artschoolvets
So we cant leave you without sharing these amazing tunes, mixed by Jamie's own hands. In this guest mix for Alexander Nut at RinseFM, Jamie drops both of these 2011 anthems for your listening pleasure, amongst other bass classics from Skream, Martyn and Dark Sky.
Mixed Nuts Show - Jamie XX Guest Mix
(Right click to download)
Jamie XX guest mix launches at 47.30mins into the show.
Much dbe basslove
Rich Franklin
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