Gil Scott-Heron And Jamie XX

electronic, ambient, dubstep, experimental, hip-hop

Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx is a collaboration between Scott-Heron & London producer Jamie Smith (aka Jamie xx). Scott-Heron had released “I’m New Here” (8 Feb ‘10, XL), his first album in thirteen years. While Jamie was fresh from touring his debut album, The xx’s “xx” (17 Aug ‘09, Young Turks). Jamie has reworked thirteen tracks of “I’m New Here”, to create “We’re New Here” (21 Feb ‘11, XL & Young Turks). The first fruit of the collaboration was “NY Is Killing Me” (29 Nov 2010, XL).