
Released in October 2013 on Warp Records (catalogue WAP352), the 'Big Love Remixes' EP arrived eight months after Jamie Lidell's self-titled sixth studio album, itself a critically noted return to analog electro-funk and synthesized soul drawing on Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation' and 'Control' era. Machinedrum — producer Travis Stewart, then simultaneously launching 'Vapor City' on Ninja Tune — contributed a remix…
Represents the 2013 convergence of Warp Records' prestige electro-soul catalog with Brooklyn-rooted footwork/house remix culture. Machinedrum's intervention on a funk-forward Jamie Lidell track illustrates how IDM-lineage producers were absorbing juke, dancehall, and R&B influences to produce a…
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