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Match the Frequency: Jamie xx Returns with a Renewed Sense of Euphoria

DJ and producer James Thomas Smith, professionally known as Jamie xx, settles into adulthood with silence and stillness. That doesn’t mean he’s leaving the party. Following the success of his debut, In Colour (2015), he releases his second studio album, In Waves, to purge the trappings of his youth and transmute its fluctuations into a record thumping with sonic mastery.