fistful of choons

As may have noticed, I spend a good portion of my day listening to music, so here's some more on what I think of the new choons:

Diplo - live in montreal: Toight! Wicked nice one for the mash-up fans, mostly hip-hop based. This is not likely an official release, but it is board quality.

FABRICLIVE 21 - Meat Katie: New school breaks can wear thin after a while, but this is a pretty solid mix that grew on me a bit with repeated listens. Comes complete with a driving Ian Brown remix smack dab in the middle, fun stuff.

Fabric 22 - Adam Beyer: Glitchy tech house, or housey techno? You get the idea.

Vitalic - OK Cowboy: Why do some french love cowboys? Could it be the same reason I enjoy cheese & wine? I suppose it doesn't really matter. The most obvious and extremely lazy comparison, although spot on accurate, would be to compare Vitalic to Daft Punk. And not just because Vitalic is made up of 2 french house producers, but because this could have just as easily been passed off as the latest Daft Punk disc. It must be something in the water.

Trey Anastasio Quintet - 2005.4.26 @ the Landmark Theatre, Richmond, VA: With a brand new band line up (the only returning member is Ray on keys), trey seems to be back in rocking good form. The new material sounds more like phish and less like a NOLA big band, which is certainly a welcome change. I'm looking forward to his shows this summer with Ben Harper. You can check out the setlist here, and hop on a torrent of the show here.

stereolab - Oscillons From the Anti-Sun: I originally passed this one over, because I thought it was merely a 3cd greatest hits package. Upon closer inspection it turns out to be a collection of EP's from 1993-2001. Well now, this is certainly much more interesting, especially if you already have the umpteen other albums & switched on comps from which a greatest hits retrospect was likely to be sourced from. Solid, just what you'd expect from the lab. Most importantly it contains 'French Disko' which is the rager with which they closed their 2001 variety playhouse show.

-groovin, neph-