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London, England, United Kingdom (2005 – present)
The xx are a Mercury Prize-winning trio formed in 2005 in London, England, United Kingdom. The band members are Romy Madley Croft (vocals, lead guitar), Oliver Sim (vocals, bass guitar), and Jamie Smith, known as Jamie xx (beats, MPC sampler). Second guitarist and keyboardist Baria Qureshi left the band in 2009.
Bonding over a shared love of dark, emotive 80s guitar sounds and the high-end sheen of American R&B, The xx’s unique sound befits a band whose wide range of influences combine beautiful, hushed vocal duets and a brilliantly inventive use of samples and low-end frequencies to produce stark, sweet, melancholic pop.
In 17 August 2009, the group released their debut album xx on Young Turks label. The album was recorded in a small garage and produced by the band. It garnered critical acclaim and has been generally well-received, scoring an average of 86/100 based on 24 professional reviews. Also it ranked on “best of the year” lists with Rolling Stone placing it at #9 and NME placing it at #2.
Four singles were released from their debut album: “Crystalised”, “Basic Space”, “Islands” and “VCR”.
The xx also remixed the classic song “You’ve Got the Love” originally written by The Source and covered by Florence + the Machine. They also added their own vocals on the song.
The group won the 2010 Mercury Prize for their album on 7th September 2010. The bookies’ favourites for many of the weeks leading up to the announcement, they beat eleven other acts in a year that had a lot of strong albums from their fellow competitors.
Bonding over a shared love of dark, emotive 80s guitar sounds and the high-end sheen of American R&B, The xx’s unique sound befits a band whose wide range of influences combine beautiful, hushed vocal duets and a brilliantly inventive use of samples and low-end frequencies to produce stark, sweet, melancholic pop.
In 17 August 2009, the group released their debut album xx on Young Turks label. The album was recorded in a small garage and produced by the band. It garnered critical acclaim and has been generally well-received, scoring an average of 86/100 based on 24 professional reviews. Also it ranked on “best of the year” lists with Rolling Stone placing it at #9 and NME placing it at #2.
Four singles were released from their debut album: “
Crystalised”, “Basic Space”, “Islands” and “VCR”.The xx also remixed the classic song “You’ve Got the Love” originally written by The Source and covered by Florence + the Machine. They also added their own vocals on the song.
The group won the 2010 Mercury Prize for their album on 7th September 2010. The bookies’ favourites for many of the weeks leading up to the announcement, they beat eleven other acts in a year that had a lot of strong albums from their fellow competitors.
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allansoares wrote:
<3
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OOnotor wrote:
Night Time <3
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fmc200 wrote:
Por favor, não diga que acabou. Quando não estou acabado. Não há necessidade de vir até mim. Quando eu posso fazer todo o caminho até você.
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Alexxxxxxx17 wrote:
@ LuizRigotto: This is not pure trip hop. ;)
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nacht_vogel wrote:
seriously - crystalised is among the best thigs that have ever happened to misic.
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MLEchrobak2678 wrote:
<3 if i had a music soul mate...the xx would be it
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newmusichunter wrote:
They really got own, unique sound, just want to hear something new soon :) http://www.bublaa.com/bubble/Indie%20Talk
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Vianouzz wrote:
The xx + Notorious B.I.G = <3
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xJake_Guitarx wrote:
Sometimes, I wonder. How does one band have this much perfection?! I mean, yeah I could write billion more stuff about them. But there's only limited space.They're to perfect that I can't even think of what to say. So, I'm just gonna say. They're perfection! Not else much I can say.
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LuizRigotto wrote:
this is pure trip hop
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Sentenzia22 wrote:
¸.•*¨*•♫♪•<❤>_♪♫ॐ•_•ॐ♫♪+<❤>•♪♫•*¨*•.¸
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zuricatta wrote:
night Time!!!!!! <3
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imsecsie wrote:
FFFFODA. GIVE US A NEW ALBUM [2]
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coco_bloom wrote:
like them a lot
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alexjohanssen wrote:
One album . But it's perfect album
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Kustukas wrote:
Please all, enjoy, lets make this into a biggest music group in lastFM http://www.last.fm/group/music+lover
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Kidsky wrote:
FUCKING AMAZING GREAT [8] love all songs
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Gould-Digger wrote:
Blood Red Moon <3
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Deathzs wrote:
I had sex with Crystalized :3
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Rosnay wrote:
join this group fellows, and share your music with us http://www.lastfm.es/group/Crystallizing+Feelings+Through+Music
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Happily Torn (Interview)
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Physical and Visual (Interview)
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Open Eyes (Demo)
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Primavera Sound 2012
Parc del Fòrum, Barcelona, Spain
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Jun
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Optimus Primavera Sound 2012
Parque da Cidade, Porto, Portugal
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Hultsfredsfestivalen 2012
Hultsfreds Hembygdspark, Hultsfred, Sweden
144 going
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News
Basic Space
29 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/thexx
Our single 'Basic Space', available on 7" & 12", is out
3rd AugustAvailable at Rough Tradehere
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