JIMMY EDGAR and 24hrs

Jimmy Edgar's music is like the aural equivalent of those mid-'80s "sexy robot" airbrushed pop art posters by Hajime Sorayama -- the sound of a sleek digital future when machines have the same erotic desires as human beings. A postmodern polymath who also built a successful career as a graphic artist, photographer, and fashion designer, Edgar started out releasing abstract minimal techno before signing with Warp and establishing his signature blend of glitch-hop, electro-funk, futuristic R&B, and raw sexuality on releases like 2006's Color Strip. Subsequent releases under his ...