XL Recordings announce compilation, Pay Close Attention

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  • The label charts its history with a two-disc effort featuring the likes of Radiohead, Wiley and The Prodigy.
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  • XL Recordings has revealed details of a compilation called Pay Close Attention. The compilation charts the 25-year history of XL, the London-based operation that sits among a small coterie of independent labels to have consistently broken into the pop charts. Plenty of the label's best-known names feature on Pay Close Attention, including The Prodigy, Dizzee Rascal, Wiley, Gil Scott-Heron, Radiohead, Bobby Womack, SBTRKT, M.I.A. and Adele. The compilation gets its title from a Kool Keith sample on The Prodigy's 1992 classic "Out Of Space." It's a line that XL founder Richard Russell says "set the blueprint" for the label's ethos. "XL Recordings is a collaborative endeavour, and many people have contributed to its evolution," Russell says. "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." It will be released as a four-LP vinyl boxset that includes a DVD and poster, as well as two-disc CD and digital formats. A Pay Close Attention website has also been launched, with plenty of audio, interviews and footage to explore. Tracklist CD1: 01. SL2 - DJs Take Control 02. The Prodigy - Out Of Space 03. Awesome 3 - Don’t Go (Kicks Like A Mule Mix) 04. Liquid - Sweet Harmony 05. Jonny L - Piper 06. Roy Davis Jr. featuring Peven Everett - Gabriel (Live Garage Version) 07. Dem 2 - Destiny 08. Nu-Birth - Anytime 09. 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 CD2: 01. The Prodigy - Firestarter 02. Peaches - Fuck The Pain Away 03. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army 04. Devendra Banhart - I Feel Just Like A Child 05. Ratatat - Seventeen Years 06. M.I.A. - Paper Planes 07. Thom Yorke - The Eraser 08. Gil Scott-Heron - New York Is Killing Me 09. 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 XL Recordings will release Pay Close Attention on August 25th, 2014.
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