Jamie Lidell - Human Funk Tornado

Jamie Lidell, yet another performer using Max, created a patch that works somewhat like a digital DJ. In his performances, he uses Max to produce background music for his singing. This is different than some of the other Max user videos we have seen in that his performances cannot be classified as performance art or as an installation. He is doing something that seems much more mainstream, and it is interesting to see Max used in this fashion.

While he does not go into specifics on how his Max patch works, he does say that he used it to create a sort of "looping machine." According to this, I feel like he is doing something more interesting than what most current musicians are doing. His music seems like it could be much more spontaneous than others. Because of this, he is almost recreating this mainstream genre of art by putting his own spin on it. While this is different than the other videos we have seen, it still shows an artist using Max to achieve new and different pieces.