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  • XLLP637Long Player  £30.00
Label

XL

Various Artists

Pay Close Attention


XL Recordings will release Pay Close Attention, a label history-spanning compilation album, on 25th August 2014. The album documents and celebrates the key releases and moments from the 25 year history of the London-based, independent record label.

In the Pay Close Attention sleeve notes, XL owner Richard Russell writes:

“XL Recordings is a collaborative endeavour, and many people have contributed to its evolution. In the song ‘Out Of Space’, Liam Howlett of The Prodigy provided a blueprint when he sampled Kool Keith of Ultramagnetic MC’s rapping these words: “Pay Close Attention”. And whilst XL has never had any outside ownership, Gil Scott-Heron advised me not to even consider XL an “independent”, because everything is connected.

Part 1 of this compilation are the roots of XL; underground music, made for DJs. These roots are still growing. Part 2 features some of the singular talents who have taken the label further than we ever envisioned. There is no unifying genre; hopefully the thread of originality is evident though.

The rave music XL first became known for was known as “hardcore”; that spirit continues.
To show our appreciation for your support, thank you DJs.
And thank you also to the retailers, writers, and, of course, ravers. “

Tracklist
  • Disc 1

    1. SL2 - DJs Take Control
    2. The Prodigy - Out Of Space
    3. Awesome 3 - Don’t Go (Kicks Like A Mule Mix)
    4. Liquid - Sweet Harmony
    5. Jonny L - Piper
    6. Roy Davis Jr. featuring Peven Everett - Gabriel (Live Garage Version)
    7. Dem 2 - Destiny
    8. Nu-Birth - Anytime
    9. Basement Jaxx - Jump N’Shout
    10. Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
    11. Wiley - Igloo
    12. Various Production - Hater
    13. Giggs - Talkin The Hardest
    14. SBTRKT - Wildfire (featuring Little Dragon)
    15. Jamie xx - All Under One Roof Raving

    Disc 2

    1. The Prodigy - Firestarter
    2. Peaches - Fuck The Pain Away
    3. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
    4. Devendra Banhart - I Feel Just Like A Child
    5. Ratatat - Seventeen Years
    6. M.I.A. - Paper Planes
    7. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
    8. Gil Scott-Heron - New York Is Killing Me
    9. Radiohead - Weird Fishes / Arpeggi
    10. Tyler, The Creator - Yonkers
    11. The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea
    12. Jai Paul - BTSTU (demo)
    13. Bobby Womack - Please Forgive My Heart
    14. The xx - Angels
    15. Sampha - Too Much
    16. Vampire Weekend - Step
    17. King Krule - Easy Easy
    18. Adele - Rolling In The Deep

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