At his biggest solo show to date, the auteur took us on a two-hour journey through dance culture past and present
slipped on stage almost unnoticed. The man born Jamie Smith has never been one for the limelight: despite his exalted position in pop culture – one third of art-pop auteurs The xx; producer toand Radiohead – Smith’s approach to music making has always been one of the reluctant mastermind. You’ll find him on the edge of the dancefloor, not the thick of the action.
With a short record scratch, Smith eased into the distant “Wanna” by way of gentle introduction; the opening track on new album, his first in nine years, takes two classic UK garage samples to give the distant echo of raves past as a new one struck up.From there started a two-hour journey through dance culture past and present. It was quite the thrill. As one critic recently noted, Smith’s music doesn’t so much rely on genre as feeling: a sort of euphoria tinged with uncertainty.
Smith said recently he likes to “emotionally jerk” with big crowds, and across a meticulously curated set he toyed with tension and release .
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