 According to Thom Jurek of Allmusic , " Richard Russell 's production on I 'm New Here kept Scott @-@ Heron 's voice front and center ; [ Jamie xx ] displaces it often , all but covering it with effects , beats , and pitched vocals in styles that cross the electronic music gamut " . Tim Noakes of Dazed & Confused describes the album as " [ his ] love letter to sample culture and the history of the UK electronic underground . Against [ Jamie xx ] ' s booming backdrop of sub bass breakdowns , obscure samples and two @-@ step rhythms , Scott @-@ Heron ’ s scarred poetic missives take on a more sinister edge " . Ian <unk> of Slate comments on the album 's music , " The beats and bass are classic dub [ ... ] and the use of stretched and pitched vocal samples cement the albums place in the ever @-@ developing dubstep cannon " . Music critic Max Feldman notes " smothering " bass lines and " robust " beats , and writes that the album performs a " balancing act between the avant @-@ garde end of the dubstep fallout " and " dance @-@ ability " . 
