Jimmy Edgar + boomclap soundcrew

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While the album is largely a one-man show, XXX is not without accomplices. A Russian girl named Anet sings on “Physical Motion” and a rising new R&B singer from NYC signed to XL recordings Azealia ad libs on the same track. “Whenever I have worked with women and art, they have this way of putting balance into everything.” The album’s sophistication should come as no surprise, considering the mix of elements that factored in its creation. “Celibacy. Love and Loss. Two relationships. Home studio on mostly analog equipment, finished digitally. Some recorded on tape. Some recorded frustrated, sick, broke, pissed off, in love.” Referring to other influences, Edgar adds, “I learned piano from black dudes at the Baptist church in Detroit. They taught me to extend my fingers and play from the heart.” As for Kraftwerk, the Belleville Three and the rest of the early electronic pioneers he says, “Those guys were tryin to make Stevie Wonder more danceable. They were tryin to make Prince with that equipment. That is what I do essentially.” What Edgar does essentially and very well is make your body move. Incapable of standing still for very long himself, the ever-restless Edgar is eager to take his musical peep show on the road this summer. “I designed 12 florescent neon tubes to make an “XXX” on stage.”