Zitat des Tages von Jamie xx:
Before the first xx record, I pretty much exclusively listened to electronica. Now, I listen to anything. I think the most inspiring thing is just learning more about more and more different kinds of music and becoming a fan of so many different types and so many different genres.
I begged and begged, and my uncle gave me his old turntables. It was one hi-fi and one old Stereo Lab turntable and a rusty mixer. I was really chuffed. I kept that for five years - that's where I learned to mix.
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.
At Coachella, I want to start separating how I do a big festival set from how I do a club set.
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.
When I go in the studio, I put myself into a place where I'm feeling something I want to portray, which is often being sad, lonely. But as soon as I'm starting to make something, it's when I'm the happiest. Ever. I think that comes out at the same time, so there's that juxtaposition.
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.
For some producers who are technical-minded, making the song sound good is easy, and getting the emotion into the song is harder.
I'm a mess. My house is full of records, and my computer... I can't find the things that I want. But it usually seems to work out.
I find it quite useful to be alone when I'm making music, but also in general, in life.
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.
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.
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.
It's not like I force myself to think of sad things, but... it's more that I make music because it makes me happy.
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.
My uncle, who gave me my first turntables when I was ten, also gave me records to mix, but I never understood house music. I thought it was boring until I was old enough to go to a club and feel it, the fact that it actually makes you just want to dance.
I don't want my music to be of its time; I want it to be timeless.
I think Kendrick Lamar is great. It would be cool to do something with him.