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The xx, “Crystalised” (WFNX Ames Acoustic Session)
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Go to http://wfnx.com to see more videos from this set. The xx play “Crystalised” at the WFNX Ames Hotel acoustic session.
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Sbtrkt, The Gilles Peterson Awards, Koko
As mysterious as he is wary of vowels, Sbtrkt was the toast of the evening at the The Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards.
The yearly highlight of the musical calendar invites industry elites to celebrate up and coming artists. The only scruple of the event is that as it’s so widely respected and popular with fans, it does have the tendency to draw in a few pretentious characters in the crowd, hotly anticipating the discovery of the next big thing. In fairness, if you do want to know - there’s no better place to find out.
The Radio 1 DJ commended many artists throughout the night, but his highest praise went to Sbtrkt, who was awarded both the coveted Best Band and Best Album of the Year awards. With both having competition from Little Dragon, who were clearly popular with the audience, and last year’s Track of the Year winner James Blake, they were tough categories in which to shine. A grateful Sbtrkt (in his ubiquitous tribal mask) described how “I’ve been following these for years, but to win is crazy…Thanks to the label for believing and thank you for listening.”
Other winners included Manchester-based trumpeter Matthew Halsall for Jazz Album of the year with On the Go, and Session of the Year going to soul singer Michael Kiwanuka, who recently rose to prominence after winning BBC’s Sound of 2012 list. Flying Lotus’s label Brainfeeder won Label of the Year and Best Single went to Jamie XX for his remix of Adele’s ‘Rolling in the Deep’. The notable line up also included DJs Julio Bashmore and Hudson Mohawke.
Taking to the stage after Thundercat and Jamie XX had warmed the crowd nicely, Sbtrkt and band launched into his post-dubstep impressive intro from the beginning of the album. The venue was slightly too full all evening, but for his performance everyone was pushing to get closer. In his first gig of the year, Sbtrkt made a good move in making the opening track the wonderful ‘Hold On’. The highlight of his set was ‘Wildfire’, which he was playing the first time live introducing special guest Yukki from Little Dragon to join him on stage. The set was short but exciting with only a handful of songs, the only notable omission being ‘Pharoahs’.
Gilles Peterson took to the stage to thank Sbtrkt for the “unbelievable” performance, also commenting “We don’t normally do encores but these guys deserve one, right?” Naturally, he took the rapturous applause as a yes and brought back the producer on stage, to an elated audience harbouring for more.
The anonymity the producer adopts allows his music to speak for itself, and it certainly seems to be saying all the right things.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/sbtrkt-the-gilles-peterson-awards-koko-6293351.html
Bloom (Jamie xx Rework Part 3) Ltd 12”
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19 January 2012
Book Slam
Please note venue change! Read why here.
Doors: 6.30p.m.
Stuff starts: 7.30p.m.
Book Slam has teamed up with Canongate Books and XL Recordings to celebrate the life of legendary poet, novelist and hip hop pioneer, Gil Scott-Heron with the launch of his posthumous memoir, ‘The Last Holiday’. Twenty-one years ago, Gil traversed America with Stevie Wonder to gather popular support for a national holiday for Martin Luther King. This 41 city tour provides the framework for a remarkable tale of a unique life. A stellar line-up at Book Slam includes host, the inimitable Salena Godden, dynamic young poets Kate Tempest and Ben Mellor, and iconic DJs and tastemakers Jamie XX and Gilles Peterson playing a one-off, back-to-back musical tribute to the great man.
For more on Gil including a short film of part of the last interview he did before he died and to check out exclusive readings from ‘The Last Holiday’ go to www.canongate.tv.
Tickets
Tickets to Book Slam on 19 January 2012 are now sold out. Sorry! We hope to see you at another Book Slam soon.
Old School Wisdom #105:
Gil: ”I can’t pay no dr’s bills/ But Whitey’s on the moon/ 10 years from now I’ll be paying still/ But Whitey’s on the moon …’
http://bookslam.com/events/item/?e=59
NEWS FLASH: Book Slam 19/1 - Venue Change!
07 January 2012
We’ve moved Book Slam x Canongate’s tribute to Gil Scott-Heron on 19th January from Wilton’s to The Grand. Here’s why: we decided to hold back the sale of tickets to this event until the morning of January 5th to ensure that we spread the word as widely as possible and it wasn’t just friends of Book Slam who had the chance to purchase them - unfortunately, we didn’t anticipate the level of interest! Tickets sold out in 90 seconds at which point our Shopping Cart system fell over and allowed people to continue buying tickets for a further 5 minutes until we were able to turn off sales manually. The event, therefore, outsold the capacity of Wilton’s by some margin and we were faced with a choice - disappoint many of those who believed they’d bought tickets or come up with another plan.
In the end, the utilitarian principle of ‘the greatest good of the greatest number’ won the day and we decided to move the event to the sumptuous Clapham Grand (21-25 St John’s Hill, Clapham Junction, SW11 1TT). As many of you will know, it’s a venue that we’ve worked with a lot in the past, it’s ideally suited to Book Slam and it’s big enough to accommodate all who bought tickets without compromising the intimacy which is a key part of what we do. Doors will still be at 6.30pm and the fantastic line-up stays exactly the same.
Wilton’s is a brilliant venue and we know that some people will be disappointed by this decision. We truly apologise, but truly think it’s the best option. We will happily refund your ticket purchase if you wish, but we really hope you’ll still want to join us to celebrate the life and work of one of the most important and beloved artists of the last 40 years - it’s going to be a fantastic night.
For those who missed out on tickets, I’m sorry to say that the oversell ensured we have also sold out The Grand, so we’re not currently making further tickets available. If this changes, we will let you know via bookslam.com and social networks.
“Barrett chose an experimental mix from Jamie xx to echo the setting”
January 15, 2012
Neil Barrett, Milan, 14/01/12
“I was going for oversized outerwear, whether a duffle coat or a parka, sheep skins, leathers, whatever, with really stick skinny legs underneath”, Neil Barrett told i-D.
Neil Barrett’s models charged down the runway either side of industrial fencing wearing hooded jackets with leather sleeves, metallic and printed jumpers layered over buttoned up shirts and polo necks. The stick skinny legs were dressed in ankle grazing trousers, some with a sport luxe finish. Smart boys with style. Famed for his soundtracks, Barrett chose an experimental mix from Jamie xx to echo the setting – “this is a side track for the trains, so we tried to make it industrial chic, finding music to blend with that raw surrounding”. Not just a show this week for Neil, he also dressed red hot actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt at the Golden Globes. Watch out for that fireball this year!
Text: Sarah Raphael
