ARTIST · INDIE / ELECTRONIC

The xx

Space as instrument—every silence between clicks feels choreographed.

Indie pop
Dream pop
Electronic

Updated 27 October 2026

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Biography

xx rewarded headphone listeners with tactile restraint and sub-bass candour.

Jamie xx production extensions reframed UK bass culture toward pop bridges.

Live recreations honour click-track dignity without sterile chill.

High-bitrate streams expose click transients, Rhodes bloom, and breath proximity.

Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim, Baria Qureshi, and Jamie xx met at school in London. xx (2009) was a spare, minimal record with Crystalised and Islands, and won the Mercury Prize. Coexist (2012) and I See You (2017) followed.

Jamie xx released In Colour (2015), and Romy and Sim have made solo albums. Qureshi left the band in 2014.

Interesting facts about The xx

01 English indie band formed in Wandsworth, London in 2002.
02 xx (2009) won the Mercury Prize for Album of the Year in 2010.
03 Jamie xx’s solo and production work extended the group’s influence into electronic and club contexts.
04 The band met at school in London.
05 Jamie xx released In Colour in 2015.