IAMX.  Let’s open another window and we’ll go there as well so we can listen to that and read this at the same time.

Now. I like Iron & Wine which is poetic, rustic, American deepsouth folk. I like Nine Inch nails which is hard, industrial rock with very much explicit lyrics yet powerfully heartfelt. I like dark, filthy breakbeats which bang and bleep in all the right places. Depeche Mode with their indie/electronic sound, anthemic vocals and all the romanticism which surrounds. But what about an Artist which can combine all of those traits and come out with something truly masterful?

I am fortunate to have found that very artist in the former Sneaker Pimps co- founder Chris Corner’s alter-ego, IAMX.

The third album is a natural, creative and productive progression from the former two. Kiss & Swallow and The Alternative are fantastic pieces of recording and lyrically marvelous.  (I am very much a fan )This is much cleaner and more refined with regards to the overall sound. 

Brilliantly structured, timed to perfection, the highs are matched with the lows, the levels are bang-on as well as the poetry laid over the dark, melodic and harmonious beats, it is divine.

The introductory track to the album Nature Of Inviting hooks you in immediately with a rumbling, bouncy bassline along with near-operatic vocals.  Imogen Heap doing a delightful duet on My Secret Friend and I Am Terrified would just blow you away if you were in the front row of any live performance.

I genuinely love his work. All of it.