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Listened https://tapenotes.co.uk/project/tn157-jamie-xx from tapenotes.co.uk
In this episode, Jamie reflects on the years-long journey of creating ‘In Waves’. As well as discussing where his initial moments of inspiration came from, he talks through his approach to sampling, how he balances analog synths with a Logic-based workflow, and the plugins that have become essential to crafting his distinctive sound.
TN:157 Jamie xx – Tape Notes by TN:157 Jamie xx – Tape Notes
Jamie XX unpacks ‘Breather’, Dafodil’ and ‘Life’ from In Waves with John Kennedy as a part of the Tapenotes podcast (mp3).
Jamie makes some interesting comments on creativity:
Jamie XX: Usually I have an idea about something and it turns out that the realisation of the idea is incredibly boring, but the journey that I go on leads somewhere different.
It’s just tweeking, years of tweeking, that is why my project is such a mess
[Talking about the Korg Delta] I never quite understand what it is doing, but it does something beautiful
Sometimes music works better when it is not mathematical
[On ‘Breather’] The initial idea took two days, the minutia of digging into each bar took four years.
I have a very messy library in my brain of all the records I want to sample … a jumble of ideas that make their way to the surface when they are right
While talking about ‘Life’, Jamie touches on the choice of sounds and devices and the way in which this can be attached to a particular moment:
I side-chained it to the kick, which I don’t really do these days, because it is kind of done.
…
It is what happens with all tech, it is what happened with the 808, everything has its moment, and then things have to move on. The sound of a plugin or the sound of a drum machine become the sound of a summer sometimes and I try and avoid being on the bandwagon.
Associated with the choice of sound, including a sample from ‘The House of the Rising Sun’ by Cerrone and Revelacion, Jamie discusses referencing French House and that period of music:
I was going for sort of those early 2000’s Ibiza sort of French House things, but it felt too retro to be doing that again
One of the interesting things that stood out throughout the conversation were the ‘happy accidents’ that seemed to be at the heart of so much of Jamie XX’s music. There are many references to other ideas that are made new through the addition of a plugin or some other treatment.
Jamie finishes the conversation with two points of advice: it is not always fun and do lots of gigs.
It’s a difficult job and it’s not meant to be fun all the time, and its not, … its hard work.
The post 🎧 TN:157 Jamie xx (Tape Notes) first appeared on Read Write Collect.
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In this episode, Jamie reflects on the years-long journey of creating ‘In Waves’. As well as discussing where his initial moments of inspiration came from, he talks through his approach to sampling, how he balances analog synths with a Logic-based workflow, and the plugins that have become essential to crafting his distinctive sound.
TN:157 Jamie xx – Tape Notes by TN:157 Jamie xx – Tape Notes
Jamie XX unpacks ‘Breather’, Dafodil’ and ‘Life’ from In Waves with John Kennedy as a part of the Tapenotes podcast (mp3).
Jamie makes some interesting comments on creativity:
Jamie XX: Usually I have an idea about something and it turns out that the realisation of the idea is incredibly boring, but the journey that I go on leads somewhere different.
It’s just tweeking, years of tweeking, that is why my project is such a mess
[Talking about the Korg Delta] I never quite understand what it is doing, but it does something beautiful
Sometimes music works better when it is not mathematical
[On ‘Breather’] The initial idea took two days, the minutia of digging into each bar took four years.
I have a very messy library in my brain of all the records I want to sample … a jumble of ideas that make their way to the surface when they are right
While talking about ‘Life’, Jamie touches on the choice of sounds and devices and the way in which this can be attached to a particular moment:
I side-chained it to the kick, which I don’t really do these days, because it is kind of done.
…
It is what happens with all tech, it is what happened with the 808, everything has its moment, and then things have to move on. The sound of a plugin or the sound of a drum machine become the sound of a summer sometimes and I try and avoid being on the bandwagon.
Associated with the choice of sound, including a sample from ‘The House of the Rising Sun’ by Cerrone and Revelacion, Jamie discusses referencing French House and that period of music:
I was going for sort of those early 2000’s Ibiza sort of French House things, but it felt too retro to be doing that again
One of the interesting things that stood out throughout the conversation were the ‘happy accidents’ that seemed to be at the heart of so much of Jamie XX’s music. There are many references to other ideas that are made new through the addition of a plugin or some other treatment.
Jamie finishes the conversation with two points of advice: it is not always fun and do lots of gigs.
It’s a difficult job and it’s not meant to be fun all the time, and its not, … its hard work.
The post 🎧 TN:157 Jamie xx (Tape Notes) first appeared on Read Write Collect.