Jamie xx live review
It’s fitting that Jamie xx has chosen to tour his poignantly nostalgic homage to the last 20 years of UK dance music not with some high-kicking live performance full of virtuoso musicians but with a series of DJ sets and a massive light show. After all, what made In Colour so touching was its sense of collective spirit rather than muso chops, and that’s exactly what he brings tonight. Across a two-hour, lovingly ramshackle set, he drops not only the highlights from his own album, but also the Artful Dodger, The Streets, and more than enough lovingly familiar bangers to unite the room.
There’s an element of cliche to it all, sure, right down the the confetti-cannon finale, but any lingering cheese is more than trumped by the glorious collectivity of it all.
