New York is killing me.
Note to all shoppers at Urban Outfitters, Leeds: When you look through the rails, pulling out dresses in the sale to have a little look at. Please treat them like broken glass because little old me has to tidy them all up! A girl picked up a top today, walked 5 yards and dropped it on the floor today and walked off today. Come on now! Ha. One thing I will say about my lovely new job, besides the great staff to work with, great clothes and atmosphere.... the music! All day every day I'm jamming (well secretly jamming ie. shimmying through the rails/tapping my little walkytalky) to brilliant music. I had heard of Jaguar Skills before only from my friend Sophie at Uni who had mentioned a fair few times that we needed to go see him. And for some reason I missed it. Jaguar Skills is an album they play at UO at the moment, alongside Annie Mac/Two Many DJs and some other wicked remixes. They sell all the CD's in store too so I may have to make a few purchases when PayDay rolls around - HURRY UP Friday!!! This Friday is PayDay/Night out in Leeds/Change my hair colour AGAIN day...... Can you tell I'm excited - MUCH.
Not as excited as I am about this new song I was sent by my bestest friend who is a boy EVER. Now Taran Uppal probably knows me better than I know myself EEEEmotional wise/likes and dislikes etc. But I was never sure he knew my music taste. When we lived together, before a night out I would run down to his room for him to check my outfit/tell me I looked fit ha. And he would do the same... Yesss you did Taz lets not deny it! He would be blaring Kanye West and I would be playing "some weird electronica/house shit" is what the boys called it. But anyway, he's done it. He sent me this song and I am eternally grateful to my Leicester boy!
Here goes: It's melodic, relaxed, electronica, cut copyish and has some slightly reggae soulful vocals. I love it!
Gill Scott-Heron with a Jamie XX remix. Now what I knew of Gil before was that he was poetic and kind of linked him only to his composition "The Revolution will not be televised". After a bit of research I found this spoken word performer of the 70's and 80's to "FUSE" jazz/blues and soul with political issues through collaborating with Brian Jackson a well known composer of his time. He described himself as a "Bluesologist" which he defined as a "scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues". Absolutely wonderful work, but even more so it is brought present by Jamie XX. Know him? Maybe you'll know him by the name Jamie Smith as a member of the The XX who we all know and love.
You don't know and love The XX? Oh do catch up, a boy I used to date says its an album he soley associated to me. God knows why, maybe I went through one of my phases of feeling quite dark and eery because that is what they are.
Below I have posted a couple of my FAVES, love the word faves. Have a listen, judge, love them, hate them and more importantly let me know :) On this Tuesday of massive Solitude where my friend Kate and I have established we both might need a boy present in our lives for nights like these. I am going to chill to the many remixes and originals of our lovely bluesologist Gil...
FiftysAtHeart xxx
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