 Although he was permitted by XL to remix I 'm New Here , Jamie xx wrote longhand letters to Scott @-@ Heron for his approval to rework the other vocal material : " Originally , I sent him the album and there were a couple of tracks he wasn 't sure about . I had to write to him — he does handwritten letters , not e @-@ mail — and explain why I wanted to use some of his older vocal tracks on the album ... So after I wrote him the letter , he said I was free to do whatever because he knew what I was doing " . Scott @-@ Heron was credited as a producer for the album , along with Russell and Malcolm Cecil , a producer and engineer on Scott @-@ Heron 's past work . The original vocals had been produced and engineered at Clinton Studios and Looking Glass Studios in New York . We 're New Here was mixed at London 's XL Studio , where additional recording also took place . 
