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You can only see Jamie Smith’s face for about one second in the “Crystalised” video. The xx’s debut single arrived in 2009 with a clip as simple and understated as the song: A crew of South London 20-year-olds wielding their instruments in a plain room, illuminated by the soft, distorted glow of a projector. Singer/songwriters Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim look into the light as they exchange sultry verses in a vaguely-stoned lilt. To their far right is Smith — the producer and DJ now better known as Jamie xx — locked the fuck in on his drum machine, an overgrown mop of dark brown curls conveniently obscuring his eyes. He’s not the star of “Crystalised”; he’s its heartbeat.
