Feb 03, 2010 gil scottheron will release his first album in 15 years on february 9, titled im new here. Huck is an intelligent, beautiful and sophisticated action sports lifestyle magazine, produced by the most creative minds in the surf, skate and snowboarding community. Gil scott heron s 2010 album, im new here, was his first of original material in 16 years and best in three decades. The whole album is a remix of heron s 2010 album im new here. Released in digipak case with cut out to front which displays the colour of the included foldout insert contains photography. Gil scottheron comes full circle with makaya mccravens.
Best sellers help new releases coupons gift ideas gift cards home. In february 2010, gil scott heron released im new here, his first album in meanwhile, the last eighteen months have been meteoric for jamie xx. But though it was a joyful return to the living for the oncehomeless. Consider the cool handclap blues of new york is killing me, which jamie xx renders as a cutup dubsteppy haunt of tinny electronic. Reviews of were new here by gil scott heron and jamie xx, remix of scott heron s 2010 album im new here by the xxs jamie smith. It meshes with his own skeletal piano for i ll take. The result is gil scott heron and jamie xxs were new here which sees jamie xx reimagining tracks from the original i m new here album sessions. It may seem strange for an artist considered so influential hes often thought to be the first mc to release an album with such a title. A longtime fan of scott heron, jamie xx was approached by xl label head richard russell to remix scott heron s 2010 studio album i m new here. In what will surely be regarded as one of the years best albums, gil scottheron s im new here. Not since johnny cash bumped into rick rubin have we been so excited about a comeback record.
No matter how far wrong youve gone you can always turn around. Raised by his grandmother in tennessee, gil scott heron s journey from humble beginnings to becoming one of the most uncompromising and influential songwriters of his generation is a remarkable one. The video for im new here, from the album of the same name. Reviews of were new here by gil scott heron and jamie xx, remix of scott heron s 2010 album i m new here by the xxs jamie smith. Gil scottheron and jamie xx, were new here xlyoung. Feb 27, 2011 although much hailed perhaps because no one expected to hear from him again last years i m new here by american poet gil scott heron did seem a little underdeveloped.
Were new here by gil scottheron and jamie xx on amazon. Gil scott heron s 2010 album, i m new here, was his first of original material in 16 years and best in three decades. Read description for disclaimer video info taken from the album were new here set to clips from the original video for im new here, which is. Feb 10, 2010 musically, i m new here contains only four songs in the regular sense among its 15 tracks. In 2010 the american poet and jazz singer gil scott heron made a memorable comeback with im new here, his first album for 16 years and a fixture on bestoftheyear lists. His mother, bobbie scott, was an opera singer who performed with the new york oratorio society. Jamie xxs hugely anticipated rework of i m new here 2010s universally adored return from gil scott heron lands in fine style, and we can confirm its a right bobby dazzler. The appropriation of gil scott heron s vocals in this context shines the spotlight on sonic timbres that may have initially gone overlooked, and sees jamie xx engaged in his own personal struggle with the timeless themes heron first illuminated on i m new here. Aug 17, 2019 were new here is ostensibly a remix record of herons 2010 im new here, but remix is a bit of a misnomer, as so much of that original record is stripped naked and rebuilt nearly from scratch. When he was 18 months old, he was moved in with his grandmother, lily scott, in jackson, tn. Im new here is the th and final studio album by american vocalist and pianist gil scott heron. During 2010 they recorded this interview in london where the rapperpoet talked about his life and work, interspersed with intimate performances of his music.
Peace go with you brother candy apple edit gil scott. Scottheron admitted ambivalence regarding his association with rap, remarking in 2010 in an interview for the daily swarm. Gil scottheron and jamie xx were new here 2011, vinyl. Hiphop godfather gil scott heron was 2010s comeback kid, but his i m new here was remarkable for the former rikers inmates grizzled reflections more than its eclectically rootsy sonics. Were new here is a remix album by american recording artist gil scottheron and english music producer jamie xx, released on february 21, 2011, by young turks and xl recordings. He now turns his attentions to poet and musician gil scottheron, crafting a whole record from reworkings of last years excellent lp, im new here. Gil scottheron was born on april 1, 1949 in chicago, illinois, to gil and bobbie heron. Me and the devil, ill take care of you and im new here are not gils compositions but you may as well regard them as such because on here he does make them his own.
Because i always feel like running not away, because there is no such place because if there was, i would have found it by now because its easier to run, easier than staying and finding out youre the only one who didnt run because running will be the way your life and mine will be described, as in the long run or as in having given someone a run for his. Complete your gil scottheron and jamie xx collection. The album is a noticeable departure from the rhythmic and soulful style of scott heron. Im new here finds gil scott heron on the edge, with powerful melodies fixated against the vintage of time.
This is an album that i have played a lot in a short space of time. Feb 27, 2011 gil scottheron and jamie xxs were new here. Its a wallop filled with big nasty beats, a wide range of sonic atmospheres, and more sometimes unintentional autobiographical intimacy than weve heard from gil scottheron than ever before. After serving a bid at rikers on drug charges, scott heron was released in 2007, and his weathered voice has fissured in all the right places. Although it looks overall the same as were new here, this is a different pressing with other codes, and a much darker green artwork, plus a different sticker, not transparent with pink lettering, this one comes with a white sticker with pink lettering, and the. A year later, jamie xx of the group of the same double initial joins scott heron in his humbleness by remixing said album, and titling it were new here. Scott heron s spinetingling, cracked timeless spoken word delivery, the xxs thoughtful, wellpaced current studio trickery. Im new here was a kind of coming full circle, an ending to begin again. Meanwhile, the last 18 months have been meteoric for jamie xx. Gilbert gil scottheron april 1, 1949 may 27, 2011 was an american poet, musician, and author known primarily for his work as a spoken word performer in the 1970s and 80s, and for his collaborative soul works with musician brian jackson.
The result is gil scott heron and jamie xxs were new here which sees jamie xx reimagining tracks from the original im new here album sessions. Yet im new here sees an incisive political voice turning inwards, not protesting the doings of the greater world but crafting a frank confessional over the. Im new here engineered and mixed at looking glass studios, ny. A longtime fan of scottheron, jamie xx was approached by xl label head richard russell to remix scottherons 2010 studio album im new here. Review remix albums are typically an opportunity to wring the final droplets of brilliancemoney from a release by getting a cosy coterie to resuscitate old tracks. I did not become someone different that i did not want to be but i m new here will you show me. Jan 06, 2012 in a musical career spanning five decades, from small talk at 125th and lenox to im new here, gil scottheron 19492011 released twenty albums and many seminal singles including the revolution will not be televised, home is where the hatred is, winter in america, b movie, johannesburg, and lady day and john coltrane.
Best sellers todays deals new releases books electronics gift ideas customer service home computers sell. The result is gil scottheron and jamie xxs were new here which sees jamie xx remixing thirteen tracks from the original im new here album sessions. It was released on february 8, 2010, by xl recordings and was his first release of original music in 16 years, following a period of personal and legal troubles with drug addiction. Were new here is a remix album by american recording artist gil scott heron and english music producer jamie xx, released on february 21, 2011, by young turks and xl recordings. Produced by xl recordings head richard russell, im new here is his first record in 16 years.
Gil scott heron released his first album in 16 years, entitled im new here. This album does demonstrate that there was a little bit of gil left with songs like on coming from a broken home, i n new here, and me and the devil these cuts were highlights of this album. In february 2010, gil scott heron released im new here, his first album in years. I did not become someone different that i did not want to be but im new here will you show me around. Up until now jamie xxs output has been mostly light and club friendly, offering a stark contrast to the moody minimalism of his bands debut. Buy gil scott heron s album titled im new here to enjoy in your home or car, or gift. Scottheron, in turn, acknowledged wests contributions, sampling the latters 2007 single flashing lights on his final album, 2010s im new here. As if he never left, gil continues to throw down the gauntlet. In this, his heartfelt, beautifully written and posthumously published memoir, we are given bright insights into the music industry, new york, the civilrights movement, modern america. The song scottheron wrote, new york is killing me, is a blues sung against a spare background of syncopated handclaps and looped fragments. I have to commend jamie xx for not trying to remix every track on the album.
Feb 19, 2011 jamie byng, publisher of canongate books, was a friend of gil scottheron for more than 20 years. In february 2010, gil scott heron released i m new here, his first album in years. I did not become someone different that i did not want to be but i m new here will you show me around. Were new here benefits from the focused attention of one man only. Yet i m new here sees an incisive political voice turning inwards, not protesting the doings of the greater world but crafting a frank confessional over the. Board books collectible editions coming soon new releases picture books this months biggest new books. I did not become someone different, that i did not want to be, but i m new here, will you show me.
A1, a2, a4 to b1, b3 to b6 notes vocals engineered and mixed at clinton studios, ny. Gil scottheron im new here lyrics and tracklist genius. Gil scott heron s voice, once so smooth, is just as crackly on were new here as it was on im new here and, to me sounds all the better for it. I m new here is the th and final studio album by american vocalist and pianist gil scott heron. If you are a gil scott heron fan than this is an album you will want to have as part of your catalog of gil scott heron music. Gil scottherons comeback album, im new here, is released with the godfather of hip hop. Provided to youtube by beggars group im new here gil scott heron jamie xx were new here. Jamie byng, publisher of canongate books, was a friend of gil scottheron for more than 20 years. J amie xxs perceptive reworking of im new here, gil scott heron s first album in 16 years, finds the pair united via the spiritual lineage of music to dance by, to jump up and down on, as. Gil scottheron and jamie xx were new here 2011, cd. The whole album is a remix of herons 2010 album im new here. That didnt deny its visceral power made more so given his recently troubled life but this revisionreconsideration and expansion by young. A longtime fan of scott heron, jamie xx was approached by xl label head richard russell to remix scott heron s 2010 studio album im new here.
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