It seems like Jamie xx, aka one third of the xx, never stops working. If he’s not performing solo, he’s with his band on the road. And if he’s not doing that, he’s in the studio working on his own material, writing demos with the xx, or churning out production for some of his favorite artists. In this new interview with MTV Hive, Jamie speaks on what we can expect for his long-awaited solo debut along with whether or not he contributed to Drake’s new album, Nothing Was The Same.
You can read some portions of the interview below, but you should really read the whole thing at MTV Hive.
Here’s how he described his solo material:
Some of it’s dancy, some of it’s not. I’m trying to be as varied as possible because that’s what my DJ sets are turning into now. I like to make it a bit of a journey. It’s really coming from all of the experiences that I’m having on the road. I get to go to some many different countries and hear so much music and collect totally different records. It’s all very inspiring and I’m trying to embrace that experience because not that many producers get to have that.
And here’s what he said about Drake’s new album:
I went to visit him in the studio at the end of last year to see how his album is going and we played each other some music. It sounds really good. I’ve sent him some bits and pieces for the album but he’s very, very busy and gets a lot of stuff in and out. Even with the last album, he was to and thro with tracks and wasn’t sure what was going to go on and what wasn’t. I don’t know what’s going to come out of it but hopefully we can do something together for it.
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I went to Barbados for the week and went to a bashment party, which is amazing. It’s just a street party which they have every weekend but it’s a rare occasion in England. It’s a carnival-type thing. Then I went back and made some bashment-style beats, which I sent him and really like. I don’t know what’s going to happen with that.