Kaidi Tatham- In Search of Hope

Kaidi Tatham- In Search of HopeFrom his earlier work with pioneering London production outfits like Bugz In The Attic, DKD, Silhouette Brown, Blakai, Likwid Biskit, Neon Phusion and Agent K, to his recent releases and collaborations with Dego and the extended 2000black family, Kaidi Tatham is one of the most quietly influential British artists of his time. 2008's 'In Search of Hope' is the second solo album from Tatham and the first under his own name. It pushes the musical

and it's the one that gets the least

churning "Pace is the Trick" and "Wrecking Ball" prove

A postscript

Mulatu Astatke

many of the elements that made their debut

Each detail carefully considered and colouring step by step

Black Moon Rising

Sounding like it could have been written and recorded in 1969 rather than '89

suggests something rougher and rowdier -- an Eric Church without a metallic fixation or a Sturgill Simpson stripped of arty psychedelic affectations

and on LET LOVE RULE one hears Prince

sampling noises from all over the studio

Hello goodbye