By combining underground sensibilities with melancholy songwriting, London-born Jamie Woon has crafted a solid debut effort that justifies the early hype.

THERE seems to always be a moody and overcast backdrop to most of British singer-songwriter/producer Jamie Woon’s videos. He prefers the cover of the night. Even his promo photos have a blurry, burnt-out tint to them and it’s no exaggeration to say that a majority of music fans here are in the dark about Woon’s soulful urban electronica sound which is being raved about in the mainstream British music media as well as the dubstep community there these days.