Pitchfork Music Festival Preview: Jamie Lidell
One of the things I like best about Pitchfork Festival is the sheer obscurity of some of the acts, yet at the same time their assured quality—it’s a fantastic way to find stuff a bit off the beaten path that you get psyched about pretty quickly.
Such was the case for me with Jamie Lidell. The guy isn’t exactly unknown, having worked with Canadian indie queen Leslie Feist and even having had songs featured on Grey’s Anatomy and in Target commercials, but I doubt many people out there could really pick him out of a lineup. In part, this is probably because his act is so unusual—a lanky, bearded, British electronic artist who one day realized he had a voice on par with Marvin Gaye and should really put out a soul album with ridiculously complex beats underneath it. The result on CD is pretty stunning, and word is its even better live, with Lidell recording and looping his own samples on top of one another right in front of everyone.
Here’s one of the better cuts off of his one album (or at least his one album that sounds like this), “Multiply”:
Jamie Lidell- When I Come Back Around
Such was the case for me with Jamie Lidell. The guy isn’t exactly unknown, having worked with Canadian indie queen Leslie Feist and even having had songs featured on Grey’s Anatomy and in Target commercials, but I doubt many people out there could really pick him out of a lineup. In part, this is probably because his act is so unusual—a lanky, bearded, British electronic artist who one day realized he had a voice on par with Marvin Gaye and should really put out a soul album with ridiculously complex beats underneath it. The result on CD is pretty stunning, and word is its even better live, with Lidell recording and looping his own samples on top of one another right in front of everyone.Here’s one of the better cuts off of his one album (or at least his one album that sounds like this), “Multiply”:
Jamie Lidell- When I Come Back Around
posted by Jeff Lakin at 11:38 PM
2 Comments:
He is definitely better live! I'm still looking for some mix tracks he performed at Pitchfork instead of the usual recordings already on his CDs.
Bought this album for my wife a couple of years back, it really is fantastic. Soul and electronica don't often get mentioned together, but this is a great album.
Ed, 17 Seconds
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