Notes on Jamie Lidell
14th of December, long awaited concert in London and a full house for Jamie Lidell at the Sheperds Bush Empire. And what an amazing crowd for people watching! All sizes and styles represented: well-to-do bespectacled boho, grey haired bubbly pillar of the boozer, all-woolen alt chicks, a lone-singing muscle man, tight-knit bouncy family...
Now to the music. If you do not know Jami Lidell you are quite simply missing out. Check out Another Day or maybe start with a Little Bit of Feel Good, before you diversify and Multiply into his more sampled-dubbed-worked out crazy stuff. Jamie on stage is like a loose electron looking for some positive energy. Infectious stuff: if you can stop yourself from shakin' and bouncin' I salute you. I had been warned that this could be a great performance. They were right and then some. He keeps on churning out his great tunes but you don't just get a re spit of whatever got you going on his album. Oh no.There is something brewing, something being crafted before your eyes and that is quite simply beautiful.
