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Thursday, August 11, 2005

Flip Your Lidell

Posted by on August 11 at 11:16 AM

You’re not going to believe this, but the most soulful singer working today (in my ‘umble opinion) is a white British bloke named Jamie Lidell. Check out his new album, Multiply, and be astounded. This is a total departure from his last solo disc, the warped and weird IDM opus Muddlin Gear, but it’s actually a logical progression if you’ve been following Lidell’s Super_Collider project with Cristian Vogel. Finally, with Multiply we have a 21st-century soul album worthy of the legacy of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, and Al Green.