First of all: No, that’s not an absurd stage name. The good man’s real name is: Lookman Adekunle Salami. But fans of modern blues and folk don’t have to tell that, because not only was he named one of the “most stylish men in the music industry” by “Esquire” magazine in 2014, no, with OTTOLINE the Londoner is releasing his fourth album in six years.
And moves gently, very gently away from the folk and Bob Dylan memory sound of the earlier albums. The harmonica has moved further into the background, sound experiments including auto-tune excursions come knocking, the chanting with South London timbre, which could also be heard on earlier albums, takes on a more prominent role.
It’s striking how little the hard drill and grime of his home district of Peckham has an impact on his sound. Rather, LA Salami builds dream landscapes, which he himself, not inappropriately, describes as a kind of “postmodern blues” into which one can sink like a freshly made feather bed, or a cozy picnic blanket on a late summer day, while the musicians, however, with almost seductively lighthearted: “Is this Hell?”. He owes us the answer – but if it sounds like that, it can’t be that bad.
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