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Adi Dick: Our Place

Adi Dick is a bit of a musical chameleon. Left behind is the slide guitar dominated rock of previous band Stylus 77/Seven Sons (which I loved) and the beat and groove-laden 'Noise In Your Stereo' EP. Instead 'Our Place' brings an R&B and soul brewed batch of summery, reggae and funk-tinged hummers. Sounding vocally (and at times musically) like Che Fu or Dallas from Fat Freddys Drop, Dick incorporates elements of Stevie Wonder and Lenny Kravitz to provide a warm, likable and already familiar sounding album. During its best moments (Get Out - a Dick contribution to Fly My Pretties, Our Place and Second Hand Store) Dick is as good as any of his roots flavoured contemporaries. This album doesn't achieve all that he is capable of, and I say that because I've literally been stopped in my tracks by his performances before. Any lows are mainly lyrical ones, however there's really not much to dislike about this effort. Pretty much exclusively Dick from writing to instruments to production, it was recorded in his bedroom, with Mike Gibson (Trident) lending a hand with mixing and mastering. Another fine offering from the trustworthy Loop stable.

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