Musical Over Dose is proud to present Since January 2002 another new release, have fun .: about release :. Name .:. Jamie xx - In Waves Genre : Electronic Source : CDDA Type .:. Album Artist : Jamie xx Label : Young/Xl/Beggars Group / Indigo Titel : In Waves Tracks : 12 Playtime : 44:53 Size : 87,46 MB Encoder : VBRNEW - LAME3.100 - V0 Quality : VBR kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo Bitrate : avg. 270kbps [ Tracklist ] 01.Wanna 02:17 02.Treat Each Other Right 04:01 03.Waited All Night (Ft. Romy, Oliver Sim) 03:28 04.Baddy On The Floor (Ft. Honey Dijon) 03:42 05.Dafodil (Ft. Kelsey Lu, John Glacier, Panda Bear) 03:32 06.Still Summer 03:26 07.Life (Ft. Robyn) 03:23 08.The Feeling I Get From You 03:42 09.Breather 06:17 10.All You Children (Ft. The Avalanches) 04:14 11.Every Single Weekend (Interlude) 01:12 12.Falling Together (Ft. Oona Doherty) 05:39 Total 44:53 Min ItÆs been almost 10 years since we last heard at length from Jamie xx. 2015Æs In Colour took the moody brand of minimalism his band the xx had perfected for a spin on the dancefloor. Since then, heÆs scattered a few under-the-radar bits of production work for high-profile artists like Frank Ocean, Miley Cyrus, and Tyler, the Creator, as well as his bandmatesÆ solo records. In Colour peaked with the Romy feature ôLoud Places,ö in which she delineates the different reasons people have to go out: to find a lover to go home with, to find a reason to never go home again. And his co-production of RomyÆs own ôEnjoy Your Lifeö was a highlight of her 2023 debut, an instant anthem about letting go of the reasons why and embracing pleasure. The writer and nightlife scholar McKenzie Wark opens her classic book Raving with a statement of purpose. ôFirst thing I look for at raves: who needs it.ö Tracks like these offered a defense of this need and a depiction of it. They felt, they feel, essential. The pleasure of the dancefloor also animates his album-length return. In Waves generally plays to his strengths. These include simplicity: ôStill Summerö is essentially a filtered trance chord progression, a kickdrum, and some screams; ôThe Feeling I Get From Youö sets a collaged profession of love above some piano bar tinklings and an electro-y beat. Both are class acts. He also has a top-drawer guestlist, both sampled and in-person. His collab with the Avalanches brings the legendary poet Nikki Giovanni to the party via lifted stanzas of her Black Arts Movement ôDance Poem,ö and if, like me, you might not necessarily have been the target audience for her 1976 calling-in of revolutionary children, the trackÆs psychedelic pop groove is welcoming nonetheless. ôBaddy on the Floorö brings in the iconic Honey Dijon for a gospel-house stormer, easily the most vital track of the bunch. And ôLifeö lets Robyn, that disco bard of mixed emotions, rip. ôLetÆs fuck it up tonight,ö she commands over French-touched house, and who would say no? Music sounds better with her. Even at its strangestùthe poesy comedown of closer ôFalling Togetherö or the electroclash freakout of ôDafodil,ö in which Kelsey Lu, John Glacier, Panda Bear, and also A$AP Rocky get lost on a hot summer nightùWaves is bigger than In Colour, in the spectacle of its sound and in the scope of possible audience. This is music that can be effortlessly slotted into mainstream house sets and diced into TikTok challenges, selected as soundtracks for your vacation Insta carousels and added to ômemories of 2024ö playlists. Nothing succeeds in dance music like dance music about dancing, and on that front, In Waves is the big time. And yet the stakes feel small. The breakbeat techno ôBreatherö soundtracks an attempt to stave off a panic attack, but its limp mindfulness mantras and the ôFrench Kissö-style slowdown at the center keep the track from feeling bodied. Opener ôWannaö attempts a grand swoon thatÆs more of a gentle sway, though its little bits of glissando might well give a shiver and its bass is EQÆd for maximum impact. In the expert machinations, thereÆs a certain slightness. When feeling out whatÆs missing, it helps to look at whatÆs been there the whole time. ôWaited All Nightö finally gets the band back together, and Romy and Oliver Sim are in fine, melancholy voice. ôDonÆt want to peak too soon,ö Romy sings, as the track layers Sasha & Digweed-style Æ90s progressive house, the bassline hedonism of millennium UK garagers like Shanks & Bigfoot, the sonic chemtrails of his contemporaries like Bambounou and Peverelist, and even a brief threat of gabber towards the end. HeÆs got the plugs to the power sources of the last 60 years of dance music at his fingertips. ôWould you want to feel it?ö Romy asks. And yes of courseù thatÆs why weÆre here, on this dancefloor, together. ThatÆs what we need, the peak, that moment of awkwardness and risk and the euphoria that feels like an eternity and comes and goes in an instant. In Waves promises these moments. Literally, in the hammered samples throughout 2-step-y ôTreat Each Other Right,ö which arrives with the bravado of prime Basement Jaxx (or, lately, Overmono or Two Shell) and the nu-PLUR politics of Octo Octa and Eris Drew and then sinks under the weight of its own protestations of eternal love and devotion. Dance music about dancing works when it inspires movement; dance music about love only works when you canÆt help but sink in. Remember when the Idris Muhammad sample swells like a first, best kiss, in RomyÆs ôLoud Placesö? YouÆll never forget it, unlike a fair bit of In Waves, which is tasteful and slick, approachable and antiperspirant, less oceanic ecstasy than the pool party of the year. https://jamiexx.bandcamp.com/album/in-waves