JAMIE XX

Electronic

Whether collaborating with his Mercury Music Prize-winning group the xx, Jamie xx established himself as a forward-thinking beatmaker and producer. Born Jamie Smith in Putney, London, he began his musical career playing the drums, he instead turned to the '80s Media Production Centre, which programmed his computer-based sounds onto electronic percussion pads. In 2008, he teamed up with former school friends Oliver Sim, Romy Madley Croft, and Baria Qureshi to form the xx, who signed to XL subsidiary Young Turks. He’s since been praised as an international widely acclaimed act that needs little introduction.