The debut album HIDEOUS BASTARD by The XX bassist Oliver Sim will be released on September 9th. With “Romance With A Memory”, “Fruit” and “Hideous” he has already released various tracks from it. This is followed by an almost ten-minute remix by his bandmate and producer Jamie xx. He adopted Sims song “GMT”. Hear his version streamed here and the original below.
In addition to HIDEOUS BASTARD, there will also be a film called “Hideous” in cooperation with the streaming service MUBI, which was created in cooperation with Oliver Sim and the director Yann Gonzalez. Gonzales has also been responsible for Sim’s previous videos. “Hideous” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Screenings also take place worldwide, including in Berlin. Here are the dates:
Sep 06 London, UK – The ICA
September 07 Berlin, DE – Babylon Cinema
September 08 Mexico City, MX – House of Vans CDMX
September 10 Tokyo, JP – Human Trust Cinema Shibuya
Tickets are available at https://oliver-sim.com/screenings.
Jamie xx’ remix of “GMT” is his first in five years. It is also based on the Brian Wilson sampling of the original. It was produced on top by Floating Points.
Speaking of GMT itself, Oliver Sim said: “I traveled to Australia with Jamie (Jamie xx) to escape the British winter. We worked on music in Sydney and took a road trip to Byron Bay, stopping at secluded beaches and listening to The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson a lot along the way. “GMT” was the first song we recorded together there and it included a sample of Brian Wilson’s “Smile”. The song is about the longing for a love at home, which is thousands of kilometers in different time zones. It’s also a love letter to London – my hometown.”
Oliver Sim is also on tour.
MUSIKEXPRESS PRESENTS: OLIVER SIM ON TOUR 2022 – THE GERMAN DATES
26.10. Berlin, Admiralspalast
27.10. Hamburg, bad & dangerous
Tickets and more information at www.meltbooking.com.
You can also find out more about Oliver Sim in the Musikexpress issue 09/2022.
ALL THREE MEMBERS OF THE-XX ARE NOW (ALSO) ACTIVE SOLO
His band mates Jamie xx and Romy Madley Croft had done it a long time ago. At the beginning of March, The xx’s Oliver Sim also followed suit and released his first solo single “Romance With A Memory” – produced by Jamie xx. The accompanying music video featured artists and drag performers Charity Kase, HoSo Terra Toma and Gena Marvin.
Oliver Sim himself said of Romance With A Memory: “I’m thrilled, excited, ecstatic, full of endorphins and so over the moon to finally be able to share Romance With A Memory with you all. This is the first song I’ve ever released under my own name, I really hope you all enjoy it. The song was produced by my dear older brother Jamie xx.” And lest anyone have to worry that this beginning could mean the end of The xx, he adds: “PS I still have a loving and happy relationship with the band, with Romy and Jamie.”
At the beginning of April, Sim followed suit: Since then, his second solo single “Fruit” can be heard. The track is “a personal manifesto of his queer identity and self-acceptance, which he addressed to his younger self.” The accompanying video was also shot by French director Yann Gonzalez. “Hideous” and “GMT” followed.
With his electro indie pop rock band The xx, Oliver Sim has released three (acclaimed) albums as bassist, songwriter and singer. The still current one is called I SEE YOU and was released in 2017. The xx member Jamie xx released his solo debut IN COLOR in 2015 and singer Romy Madley Croft released her debut single “Lifetime” in September 2020.
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