Barry Adamson is one very hep cat who has been a significant player in two pivotal bands of the 80s, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds and Magazine, and, as a solo artist, he’s produced an impressive body of work. Over the course of nine albums, Adamson has created jazzy, edgy, erotic mood pieces that are evocative of the shadow world of film noir. It’s no wonder that David Lynch hired him to do soundtrack work on Lost Highway. Adamson’s dark grooves are the things that fever dreams are made of. His music and visual sense are switchblade sharp and sexy as hell.

In these clips, two of which, The Man With The Golden Arm and Moss Side Story, are quite rare, we are invited into the seductive web of the Jazz Devil, a place where a kiss can be deadly and love is just another word for ‘fuck you.’

As the Jazz Devil
Full and greedy
I’m the Jazz Devil
Libido needy
I’m the Jazz Devil
Flymeat in the mix
Where you can call me Agent Double O 666