lo-fidelity allstars - deep ellum...hold on (featuring jamie lidell)

this one is from a cd that i bought in a charity shop a few years ago and while i had heard of the name lo-fidelity allstars but had no clue on how they sounded. the back of the album said that it included vocal performances from the likes of greg dulli (of the afghan whigs), bootsy collins and jamie lidell. all those names got me interested but it was jamie lidell that i got most excited about.

i was a massive fan of his albums multiply & jim and was like most people amazed this freak genius make that sort of funk and have pipes that make it work as well. my friend jan henrik had known about lidell before i knew of him as he tipped me off on "when i come back around" when that was all the rage. he also knew of his works prior the multiply album and said that the breakthrough of multiply wasn't something that he came up with overnight.

there had been traces of it in some one off compilation numbers and a few tracks on lidell & cristian vogel's super_collider project that were a preview of things to come. i'd say that the things that really popped it off was from '01/'02 and were lidell's version/remix of matthew herbert's "the audience" (titled "music will not last") and this guestspot on the lo-fidelity allstars record.

even though lidell wasn't part of the production as far as i know, for this track it could sound like come from him. it's some packing drums and an acid bassline that bends and shifts shape throughout the track and is extraordinarily fat. as the track progresses there is more distorted accents to it and it really goes bananas midway in. the coda of the track is so chunky with that bass sounding like a cross between the tb303 in daft punk's "da funk" and the guitar solo from the end of daft punk's "aerodynamic".

of course lidell himself really does deliver a great vocal performance and it is a vocal that will open eyes & ears to most. after i purchased the album, i listened to this track so much that i forgot to listen to the rest of the album but it's quality as well.

buy here (junodownload)