Lex-XX
{{Infobox album
| name = Lex-XX
| type = compilation
| artist = Various Artists
| cover = Lex-XX.jpg
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| released = 2021–2023
| recorded = 2004–2022
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| genre = Electronic, hip hop
| length =
| label = Lex
| producer = Various
| prev_title = Complex
| prev_year = 2011
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Lex-XX is a compilation of remixes issued by Lex Records in 2021 and 2022 to mark the label's twentieth anniversary.{{Cite web|last=Kenneally |first=Cerys|date=2021-08-12|title=Thom Yorke delivers previously unheard remix of MF DOOM's "Gazzillion Ear"|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/thom-yorke-delivers-previously-unheard-remix-of-mf-dooms-gazzillion-ear/|website=The Line of Best Fit|language=en}} Lex-XX is the third compilation on the label, following Lexoleum (2001-2003) and Complex (2011-2012) each released approximately a decade apart.
Each track from Lex-XX has unique artwork created by Commission Studio and Faux Mec. Artwork for each Track shows a digitally rendered object on a grid. The artwork for the "Gazzillion Ear" remix shows an illustration of a "handful of crystals and USB stick that DOOM used to deliver demos to Lex".{{Cite web|last=Yeung|first=Vivian|date=2021-08-12|title=Thom Yorke has remixed the MF DOOM track Gazzillion Ear|url=https://crackmagazine.net/2021/08/thom-yorke-has-remixed-the-mf-doom-track-gazillion-ear/|website=Crack|language=en}}
Background
The first Lex-XX remix released was King Krule's remix of Eyedress' sleeper hit track "Jealous".{{Cite web|title=King Krule Remixes Eyedress' "Jealous": Listen – Pitchfork Magazine|website=Pitchfork |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/king-krule-remixes-eyedress-jealous-listen/|language=en}} NME described the remix as "dark" and "hypnotic" and quoted King Krule saying the remix was "Recorded in sweat, last summer, for a friend."{{Cite web|title=Hear King Krule's woozy new remix of Eyedress' 'Jealous' – NME|website=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/hear-king-krule-woozy-new-remix-eyedress-jealous-2899526 |access-date=2021-08-23|language=en}} A video for the remix was released, Alternative Press described it as "surreal" with "a retro video game vibe" where the musicians "set off on a ’90s Nintendo-style skateboard race through a bizarre Minecraft universe."{{Cite web|title=EYEDRESS RACES KING KRULE IN THE RETRO-INSPIRED "JEALOUS" REMIX VIDEO – Alternative Press|website=Alternative Press |url=https://www.altpress.com/news/eyedress-king-krule-jealous-remix/ |access-date=2021-08-23|language=en}}
Boards of Canada began work on their "Treat Em Right" remix in 2016 while working on another remix for Nevermen, but didn't complete it until after they were asked to contribute a remix to Lex-XX.{{Cite web|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|title=Boards of Canada Share New Remix of Nevermen's "Treat Em Right": Listen| url= https://pitchfork.com/news/boards-of-canada-share-new-remix-of-nevermen-treat-em-right-listen/ |website=Pitchfork.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Pearls|first=Bill|date=2021-07-02|title=Listen to Boards of Canada's new remix of Nevermen's "Treat Em Right"|url=
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/listen-to-boards-of-canadas-new-remix-of-nevermens-treat-em-right/|website=BrooklynVegan.com|language=en}} The remix samples Boards Of Canada's 1998 song "Open The Light" from their debut album Music Has The Right To Children.{{Cite web|title= Nevermen - Treat Em Right|url= https://bocpages.org/wiki/Nevermen_-_Treat_Em_Right |website=bocpages.org |language=en}}
The "Man On Fire Remix" is the second Thom Yorke remix of "Gazillion Ear". An earlier remix, subtitled "Monkey Hustle Remix" appeared as a bonus track on Born Like This.{{Cite web|last=Helman|first=Peter|date=2021-08-12|title= Thom Yorke shares a 'caustic' remix of MF DOOM's 'Gazzillion Ear'|url= https://www.stereogum.com/2157163/hear-thom-yorkes-previously-unreleased-alternate-remix-of-mf-dooms-gazzillion-ear/music/ |website=Stereogum|language=en}} Thom Yorke named the Lex-XX remix the "Man On Fire Remix". The remix dates to 2009 and Thom had previously played the remix on Benji B's BBC Radio 1 show in 2016.{{Cite web|last=Ruiz|first=Matthew|date=2021-08-12|title=Thom Yorke Remixes MF DOOM's "Gazzillion Ear": Listen|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/thom-yorke-remixes-mf-dooms-gazzillion-ear-listen/|website=Pitchfork.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Krups|first=Daniel|date=2021-08-12|title=Hear Thom Yorke's 'Man on Fire' Remix of MF Doom's 'Gazzillion Ear' |url=
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/thom-yorke-man-on-fire-remix-mf-doom-gazzillion-ear-1211173/|website=RollingStone.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Waite|first=Thom|date=2021-08-13|title= Thom Yorke shares a 'caustic' remix of MF DOOM's 'Gazzillion Ear'
|url= https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/53823/1/thom-yorke-shares-a-caustic-remix-of-mf-doom-gazzillion-ear |website=Dazed |language=en}}
''Lex-XX'' track listing
| class="wikitable"
!Artist !Title !Remixer !Remix subtitle !Release date |
| Eyedress
|"Jealous" |Nothing Special |
| Kaleida
|"Think" |Tone Two |
| Nevermen
|"Treat Em Right" | |
| MF DOOM
|"Gazzillion Ear" |Man On Fire |
| Golden Rules
|"Never Die" | |
| Shape of Broad Minds
|"Let’s Go (Space Boogie)" |Black Noi$e | |
| Belief
|"I Want To Be" |Haai | |
| JJ DOOM
|"Guv'nor" | |
| Fly Anakin & Pink Siifu
|"L's" |Eyedress | |
| Fly Anakin
|"No Dough" | |
| Eyedress
|"House of Cards" |Rainbow Belts |
| Danger Mouse & Jemini
|"Born-A-MC" | |
| Prince Po
|"Social Distortion" | |
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Category:Electronic remix albums