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February 27, 2009
Friday grab bag
First up today: an absolutely delicious new release from Six Degrees Records. It's the debut record from Lal Meri, a band comprised of several interesting individuals - in particular, Ireesh Lal used to be in (may still be in?) a band called Animastik that my friend Roz played at my wedding reception years ago and I flipped out over. Animastik seems to have vanished from the radar - thank goodness Lal Meri came along! Band mate Carmen Rizzo wrote for Seal, which at one point in time is something you could say with a straight face, and is also a part of the excellent group Niyaz. They're joined by singer Nancy Kaye and have created an electropop/global fusion confection that is a total treat.
Next up, heading in a completely direction, the abstract instrumental hip hop act Odd Nosdam just released a soundtrack to a film called This Is My Element, which is apparently a skateboard movie of some kind. I have no clue how music this weird and murky is meant to accompany skateboarding; no matter, as the music itself is a nice addition to the slowly expanding Odd Nosdam catalogue.
Thirdly, here is some kickass psychedelic pop that was apparently produced by Danger Mouse, who is, like, a famous person or something. The band is called The Shortwave Set, and this release is their sophomore effort, Replica Sun Machine. Press material compares them favorably to the Left Banke, which I can totally see - this music fuses that kind of chamber pop with some of the more candy-coated tendencies of a group like the Dissociatives, and pulls it off handily. You can get it now as an import if you're impatient, or wait a month for the domestic release.
Finally, I couldn't be bothered to wait until next week to post this video:
Binärpilot - Robot Wars
OK I think that's it for this week. Whew!
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Posted by Scotto at February 27, 2009 08:00 AM
Comments
La Meri qualifies as Sunny Saturday morning music - (big compliment) I love the percussions.
Posted by: Jamie at March 2, 2009 04:00 AM