IT'S still a month until Amp Fiddler plays Fiddlers in Bristol but don't despair - the new master of funk released his debut album, Waltz of the Ghetto Fly, this week.
A perfect mix of classic 70s sounds and contemporary electronics, it's as cool as the man appears.
He's made the years between the two decades melt away giving his music an instant timeless quality.
On slow-burners like I Believe in You and Dreamin' he could be a higher-pitched Isaac Hayes, and on more danceable moments like Superficial he's Sly Stone in a new light.
Possibilities will keep the R'n'B crowds happy with its booty swing and nicely rounded bass.
And You Played Me is so 'brown shades' it could've been ripped from a forgotten Blaxploitation soundtrack but, and 'you'd better believe it', it's all real - all 21st Century.
Like a made to order male take on Mary J Blige, this man is going to be big.
Amp Fiddler plays Fiddlers, Bristol, on February 26.
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