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The Xx


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Blue Crystal Shelter

The xx vs. New Order vs. Rolling Stones

I wanted to try something with more interweaving of different sources throughout, basically trying to create new songs instead of join 2-3 songs together, if that makes sense. This is what set me down the path of becoming super-analytical and using songs with similar lyrical themes to “write” lyrics, which led to the creation of God | People.


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xXx

X vs. the xx

A lot of mashups are borne not out of musical similarities, but base wordplay. I got the acapella for X’s “Los Angeles”, wondered if it would fit The xx’s “Intro”, and it did (sort of), so I made it happen! This was in the Bootie Top 10 and a bonus track on the Best of Bootie 2010 – making the Bootie lists always made my day the handful of times that it happened.