Jamie Lidell
Multiply
(Warp, 2005)
For a half-decade now, Mr. Lidell has been all over the European genre map, with notable stops in the UK post-rave crooner revival, Berlin techno, and Spanish electro-funk scenes. His beats are usually in line with the roboto-funk digital-crunk common to the Warp Records stable, but past excursions into Soul and Funk gave a hint as to where Lidell planned to take us in 2005.
Multiply is absolutely dripping with the Stax funk sound of the mid to late 1970s. Album opener “You Got Me Up” should easily kick-start your summer party with its rolling, ass-shaking groove. “A Little Bit More” sounds as though Marvin Gaye had dropped by for a session of sexual healing. Motown balladeers will find further engagement with “What Is It This Time”, a track sensual enough even for the most demanding backseat car-grope experience.
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