A one-man band for the 21st Century, Jamie Lidell is human beat box, soul sensation and on-stage party animal.

Like nothing you're likely to have experienced before, Lidell literally builds his songs from silence.

He spat beats, grunted rhythm and sung short snippets of vocal melodies into a banquet of technology laid out before him.

Once sampled, the sounds looped, distorted, crashed and burned in our ears like a mashed-up symphony.

While his smooth vocals hark back to Motown greats such as Al Green and Curtis Mayfield, they're laced with more modern influences from Prince to, dare I say it, Jamiroquai.

Soul aside, there were also plenty of ear-bleeding moments and sound clashes which gave your senses a right old battering.

A true frontman, Jamie didn't hide behind his equipment, twiddling knobs and tweaking his laptop.

Doing an impression ofa porcupine, with spiky things protruding from his jacket, the wide-eyed, hyperactive one bounced relentlessly in front of amazing visuals by Pablo Fiasco.

As unpredictable as improvised jazz and with the fascination factor of performance art, it's not always the easiest music to listen to.

But there is no disputing Lidell's exceptional talent for creating organic music of the most original kind.

Although still best-known for his techno funk collaborations with Christian Vogel under the name Super_Collider, Lidell is now releasing solo material on Warp Records.

His new album, Multiply, is out now.