Taking his cues from techno and electro godfathers Derrick May and Juan Atkins, this twenty-two-year-old prodigy from Detroit has mastered his craft in what seems like a very short time, producing a gloriously funky electronic sound.  But, for all his credibility gained DJing alongside the aforementioned black Motor City legends on the local rave circuit, Edgar remains a white kid with a crate-load of soul.  His more abstract approach is informed as equally by European experimental legend Stockhausen as contemporary innovators Dabrye and Prefuse 73.  And yet, often featuring his own vocals, Color Strip is also light, airy, colourful and warm.  Jimmy Edgar is certainly in a league of his own, but, as yet still extremely low-key and cool, there’s also a sense that the best is yet to come.

(Published by The List, June 2006 and reproduced with their permission).