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Video: Jamie Lidell: "Little Bit of Feel Good"

Like you knew that he would, Jamie Lidell feels a little a bit of good. And the IDMer gone funky soul boy is breaking out the scented oils and hand cymbals in an attempt to woo the unicorn woman of his dreams in the video for "A Little Bit of Feel Good", the single from his forthcoming Jim. We originally posted a version of this song from Lidell's new album before we knew the title, and back then it sounded more like "loose, vamping funk," as Mark Richardson put it. Now, just like Archie Bell & the Drells, Lidell's tightened things up a bit on the horn-fronted album version, although the funky guitar groove remains. The song sounds like a feel-good update of the tracks I loved from 2005's Multiply, and makes me wonder why those Gnarls Barkley guys didn't come up with something like this for their latest go round. The video, directed by Crackerfarm and Lidell, takes a deliciously dark turn. Unicorns are extinct, remember? That is, unless your hometown is in Wales.

[from Jim; due 04/28/08 in the UK and 04/29/09 in the U.S. on Warp] 

Posted by Marc Hogan on Fri: 03-21-08: 10:10 AM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink
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