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Jamie xx review – twiddler on the loose | Musique Non Stop

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Saturday, October 17, 2015

Jamie xx review – twiddler on the loose

O2 Brixton Academy, London
Live, the south London producer’s determinedly low-key approach to dance music can end up short-changing his fans

The success of the Boiler Room video platform – in which a camera is fixed on a DJ for the duration of an entire set – is a testament to the world’s seemingly unquenchable fascination with the disco knob-twiddler. Since the series launched in 2010, the hunched and almost imperceptible hand movements of a legion of selectors have drawn millions of viewers. Their fans have proved equally compelling to look at, shuffling near the decks, nodding sage approval at each new cross-fade or adjustment of the treble. Essentially, it’s watching people watch a DJ; any dancing is incidental.

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by Tom Horan via Electronic music | The Guardian

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