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Notes: 2 / 6 months ago

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Only Girl//Rihanna (Ricky Eat Acid Mix)

Forplay’s club jam

All things dark and dubby for the past several months have been brought to the world primarily by Jamie XX - so much so that even Drake had to get off Lil Wayne’s dick and get a lick of Jamie on his recent album. But we’ll save that unsavory tirade for another post.

Until then sink into this track made famous by Jamie XX on his FACT Mix.

Sounds Like: Jamie XX, James Blake, Phaseone

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Rihanna - Only Girl (Ricky Eat Acid Mix) (Left-Click)

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1 year ago

In the mix with Benji B

Forplay’s mix for every day of the week, but especially sundays spent in the dog park.

Tracklist (in case you were wondering):

Timmy Thomas — Why Can’t We Live Together
Zomby — Tarantula
Jamie Woon — Night Air – Becoming Real Remix
Koreless — M.T.I.
James Blake — I Mind
Cassie — Must Be Love – Jacques Greene’s Marriage Proposal Mix
Mount Kimbie — Before I Move Off
Rui Da Silva — Touch Me – Chopped and Screwed
DJ Choko — Stealth Drums
Jamie xx — Far Nearer – The Knife Bootleg
Beach House — 10 Mile Stereo
Crazy Cousinz — Inflation – Chopped and Screwed
Tanya Stephens — Can’t Touch Me No More
Dj A B — Darbuka
Harmonic 313 — Problem 7
Lumidee — Never Leave You
Adele — Rolling In The Deep – Jamie XX Shuffle
Gil Scott Heron and Jamie XX — One Take

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1 year ago

Gil Scott Heron & Jamie xx - We’re New Here, Album Stream

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Notes: 4 / 1 year ago

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My Cloud//Gil Scott Heron & Jamie xx

We’re (not) new here

For a few hours last evening (which is really dog years in internet time), I and presumably a dedicated few others were able to stream the Jamie XX and Gil Scott Heron album thanks to the organization of PostDubstep @ Tumblr. Unlike revolutions of recent years, we didn’t coalesce on twitter with hash-tags of common interests. We probably all acted out of boredom, the last of our maui waui and an unnatural keenness for Jamie xx beats. However, as any music junkie worth his stash will tell you, the record labels have a stronger hold over the internet than Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak. And so today, those videos are nothing but evidence of a tracklist for the album due out on Feb 22nd.

Here’s Forplay’s own little piece of the protest. Enjoy it while it lasts.

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Gil Scott Heron & Jamie xx - My Cloud (Left Click)

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1 year ago

New York is Killing Me

Repeatedly posted because some things are better late than never, and because of my own predilection for all things wobbly with a ‘break ya neck’ flare.

During the past six odd months, any stream of Jamie XX’s remixes of Gil Scott-Heron has been celebrated and documented here and here. Now, with an official video and website to formalize the project, we only have to wait another three months till release date.

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1 year ago

Far Nearer

It’s been interesting to watch Jamie XX’s work over the past few months. Besides being a one-stop-shop for all things good with dubstep, his releases have also been an early indicator of where The XX might go with their next release…whenever that may be. With that in mind, it’s encouraging that Jamie is introducing new percussion elements, in this case - the steel pan.

The track will be out in about a month or so. My question is - where the fuck is the much talked about Gil Scott Heron remix album??

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2 years ago

I love it when things come together

There’s nothing more delightful than finding Jamie xx’s remix of Gil Scott-Heron’s New York is killing me while snacking on a chips-ahoy chocolate chip oatmeal chewy cookie (see your local grocery store for details). An hour and a half of scouring the nooks and crannies of the interwebs all came together in a mixture of delicious tastes and sounds.

For sometime now we’ve all been waiting for the Jamie xx’s take on Gil Scott-Heron, and the time has come….or is right around the corner, if you’re one that judges by official release dates. Check out the snippet previewed at ‘Rum and Bass warehouse event, Boiler Room, in London town. What’s particularly rewarding about this is that it takes some mystery out of the “Silent One - Dubplate 1” track featured on Jamie’s (based on the number of xx related posts, we’re on a first name basis now) Colette mix - it seems as if it is the backdrop for New York is Killing Me remix — which is sickkkkk. Wobble Out!

Goodie Bag Check out the entire Boiler Room sesh:Jamie’s mix starts @ 162.0 The Boiler Room #8 by PLATFORM

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2 years ago

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Forplay is running out of xx pictures to post

I am aware that I wax poetic about the xx far too often - and that two consecutive xx related posts is unoriginal fo’ sho, but they’re just a hardworking fucking band. As the debut album has gained prominence amongst the OMG! status tweeters and twats, those early on the band(’s)wagon have focused their attention to xx produced remixes and future projects - quality assurance and all that. Things that I shamelessly wonder about: will the xx’s sound change? (i hope not) - what is the black smoke on the island’s name? (fuck if i know).The Florence rework was a pleasant surprise when it came out. Word of plans to remix Gill Scot Heron’s latest album definitely piqued my interest. And sadly, the recent Yacht album was a bit of a disappointment.

But at least the band’s making music. In this mix, scratched for French uber-boutique Colette, Jamie xx’s expansive musical taste is on display. It’s garage, it’s dubstep, it’s all things beats. Heavy!

….And it definitely beats whatever the fuck Shakira is trying to do.

Tracklisting:

Electrelane : I Only Always Think
The Streets : Streets Score
The XX : Crystalised (DarkSky Remix)
Silentone : Beat For
Rossi B & Luca : Jah No Dead
Clubroot : Lucid Dream
Darkstar : Aidy’s Girl Is a Computer
Burial : Unite
Fantastic Mr Fox & Rich Reason : Lo-Fi-Ve
Joy Orbison : Hyph Mngo
Skream : Trapped In a Dark Bubble
Silentone : DUB PLATE 1
Aardvarck : One1
James Blake : Sparing The Horse
Boogaloo Crew : Hedgehog Sound
Zomby : Expert Tuition
Deadboy : Heartbreaker
Bad Autopsy : Psionic Terror
Cooly G : Narst
zed bias : To the left (test)
MJ Cole feat. Serocee : AO (MJ’s Open Your Gob Dubb)
DJ Champion: Motherboard
Bertrand Dupart : Ketokole (Boddhi Satva Ancestrial Mix) Fantastic Mr Fox : Plimsoul
Emvee : Glitch Dub
Dorian Concept : Trilingual Dance Sexperience
THE XX : ISLAND (JAMIE XX REMIX)
Silentone : You’ve Got No Love (Feat. Nigh)
Egypt : In The Morning (Original Club Mix)