When one of LA’s hottest producers picks up tracks by hip-hop’s reigning prince and indie’s love-torn darlings, only good things will come of it. Here Nosaj Thing remixes Drake’s “Forever” and The xx’s “Islands,” which, in a few words, sound like he sprinkled stardust on the tracks and this “Islands” remix is infinitely better than the original. To catch Nosaj Thing live, see dates after the jump.

Drake “Forever (Nosaj Thing Remix)”

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The xx “Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix)”

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