Jamie xx’s set at Printworks on 8/4 was excellent: delightfully eclectic and constantly surprising. I’m not sure if anyone recorded it; I really hope they did.
Beforehand, I listened to his Gil Scott-Heron remix album, We’re New Here. The first time I heard this it did nothing for me; the second time it totally enraptured me. It’s really beautiful, and I’m baffled why it didn’t connect with me initially. (I also hadn’t put it together that this was the same Scott-Heron as Whitey On The Moon and The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, both of which you probably know but are always worth revisiting.)
Being at Printworks prompted me to finally listen to Bicep’s Printworks set; this one gives you exactly what you’d expect (no surprise drops here) but it does so pretty excellently.
In the music/theatre category, I saw the Woolf Works ballet a couple weeks ago; it was stunning and gave me new appreciation for Max Richter’s incredible score. And Akhnaten was wonderful to see live. Vincenzo Lamagna’s score for Creature, another ballet, was lovely but I doubt I’ll listen to it again.
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