Jamie Lidell

British producer Jamie Lidell became as widely recognized for his effective neo-soul vocals and performances as for his earlier career as a producer of groovy experimental techno. After some EP releases for labels such as <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Mosquito%22">Mosquito</a> and an appearance on the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Mille+Plateaux%22">Mille Plateaux</a>-released Industrialsamplecoregouchbeat compilation, Lidell collaborated with equally well-known techno producer <a href="spotify:artist:0eNVBq4ee0qY2FCY3oSorx">Cristian Vogel</a> as <a href="spotify:artist:7JAVVMYPeCTx4Uq1mp3uKD">Super_Collider</a> in 1999. Following this project, most noteworthy for the popular track "Darn (Cold Way o' Lovin')," Lidell recorded a solo album for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Warp%22">Warp</a> in 2000, Muddlin Gear. Five years later, still on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Warp%22">Warp</a>, he pursued an organic neo-soul direction for Multiply, heavily assisted by fellow instrumentalist and producer <a href="spotify:artist:2oofDquWt9tMCETKAHmhlG">Mocky</a>. 2008's Jim was similar in approach and sounded much more natural than its predecessor.

For 2010's Compass, Lidell changed directions once again, employing the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:3vbKDsSS70ZX9D2OcvbZmS">Beck</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6CWTBjOJK75cTE8Xv8u1kj">Feist</a>, and members of <a href="spotify:artist:2Jv5eshHtLycR6R8KQCdc4">Grizzly Bear</a>; its lead song, the title track, was a rather spacy folk-blues epic that later appeared in the soundtrack for the Rockstar video game Red Dead Redemption. He also wrote and sang on a track for <a href="spotify:artist:31DXlldabwPHwu6dYevuzK">Simian Mobile Disco</a>'s Unpatterns album from 2012, and moved to Nashville. After building his own studio, he used it to record his follow-up album for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Warp%22">Warp</a>, the self-titled Jamie Lidell, which saw release in early 2013. His sixth album, Building a Beginning, dropped in 2016 and was the first to be issued on his own <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Jajulin%22">Jajulin</a> label. ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi