Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx: We're New Here

Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx: We're New Here – review

(XL Recordings/Young Turks)Jamie xx's perceptive reworking of I'm New Here, Gil Scott-Heron's first album in 16 years, finds the pair united via the spiritual lineage of "music to dance by, to jump up and down on", as Heron intones on Jazz (Interlude). While the original album put Heron's ragged baritone front and centre, We're New Here submerges his bluesy confessionals in versatile, dance-inspired tempos, threading his sometimes painful reveries through soulful electro rhythms. It veers from ...

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Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx: We're New Here – review

Guardian Music — (XL Recordings/Young Turks)Jamie xx's perceptive reworking of I'm New Here, Gil Scott-Heron's first album in 16 years, finds the pair united via the spiritual lineage of ... more info