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	February 27, 2008

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THURDAY, MARCH 13:
Bodies of Water, These New Puritans, J. Mascis, Mika Miko, Jay Reatard & Times New Viking

FRIDAY, MARCH 14: Phosphorescent, Grand Archives, Portastatic, Yo La Tengo, Atlas Sound & Shearwater

OTHER MUSIC ANNOUNCES SXSW LAWN PARTY!
We've had so much fun shooting our Live at Other Music series these past few months that we've decided to try our luck filming some of our favorite bands outside the four walls of our shop. Other Music and our production partners DigForFire.tv are heading to SXSW and we've booked a couple of great afternoon parties on the rolling lawns of the French Legation Museum. We'll only be steps away from downtown Austin, but miles away in attitude, with space to sprawl out, quiet to actually hear some music, and tons of our favorite bands, both new and old. If you're going to Texas, we hope you'll join us for an afternoon or two of great music, delicious food and some refreshing beverages! And if you can't make it to SXSW, no worries, you can tune in right here and see all the action firsthand, as we roll out the SXSW series on OtherMusic.com. Starting on Saturday, March 8th we will begin premiering some cool preview films about the road to Austin, featuring some of our featured artists as they trek towards Texas: Atlas Sound in NYC; Times New Viking in Omaha; Jay Reatard in Australia; and lots more. And then we'll be bringing you great music and intimate portraits from the whole lineup, so stay tuned!

OTHER MUSIC SXSW LAWN PARTY
THURSDAY, MARCH 13 & FRIDAY, MARCH 14
FRENCH LEGATION MUSEUM: 802 San Marcos Street Austin, TX


	FEATURED NEW RELEASES Beach House Jonathan Wilson Vizusa Ethiopiques 23 Matana Roberts Birigwa Natural Food Living Bridge (Rare Book Room comp.) Peanut Butter Wolf (Mix CD) James Pants (Mix CD) Goldfrapp Earth		Apes & Androids Joe Higgs ALSO AVAILABLE Percee P (Madlib Remixes) Ghostland Observatory BACK IN STOCK Jan Jelinek (Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records) Brethren of the Free Spirit (James Blackshaw & Jozef Van Wissem)

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WIN TICKETS SEARCH & RESTORE: JAZZ AT THE KNIT
The brave souls of Search and Restore have boldly taken it upon themselves in recent months to do something that is becoming increasingly difficult in this city of rising rents and falling expectations: present great live experimental jazz, at a fair price and in a laid-back atmosphere that encourages experimentation and risk-taking, from the artists as well as the fans. Other Music is pleased to feature a growing roster of exclusive live recordings from the series, Search and Restore: Live at the Knit, on our download site, and we are also offering two pairs of tickets to tonight's show. Enter right away by emailing contest@othermusic.com, and please leave a phone number where you can be reached.

TONIGHT! WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27th
WAYNE KRANTZ TRIO & KNEEBODY
KNITTING FACTORY: 74 Leonard Street NYC (Tap Bar)
$10 students /$13 everyone else
The show is at 7PM SHARP and is all ages, with no drink minimum

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WIN TICKETS TO WHITE WILLIAMS
Other Music's favorite electro-glam-crooner White Williams will be performing at New York's Knitting Factory on Wednesday, March 5th and Other Music has two pairs of tickets to give away! To enter, send an email to giveaway@othermusic.com, and we'll pick two lucky winners on Monday, March 3rd. We'll also be featuring White Williams' recent in-store performance on our next episode of Live at Other Music, which premieres March 7th on our website.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5th
KNITTING FACTORY: 74 Leonard Street NYC

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Black Lips

UPCOMING OTHER MUSIC IN-STORE

BLACK LIPS Mon, Mar 10 @ 6:30PM

OTHER MUSIC: 15 East 4th Street NYC
Free admission / Limited Capacity
Other Music closes for shopping an hour before all in-stores

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BOREDOMS TICKET GIVE AWAY
The Far East meets New York City's West Side, when Japan's avant-adventurists Boredoms return to perform in the round at Terminal 5 on Sunday, March 30th. Also joining Eye, Yoshimi and Co. will be Soft Circle and Black Pus. We've got two pairs of tickets to give away to this great night. You know the drill... to enter, send an email to tickets@othermusic.com, and leave a daytime number where you can be reached. We'll notify the two winners on Monday, March 3rd.

SUNDAY, MARCH 30th
TERMINAL 5: 610 West 56th Street NYC
$25 Advance / $30 Day of Show


	$12.99 CD $14.99 LP $9.99 MP3		BEACH HOUSE Devotion (Carpark) "Heart of Chambers" "D.A.R.L.I.N.G." Baltimore-based chamber pop duo Beach House return to eager ears with their sophomore record Devotion for Carpark, and the result is just as flawlessly dreamlike and emotive as their first. Using the whimsical and tremolo-full "Master of None" from their self-titled debut as an auditory point of reference for their new album, Beach House's Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally create a record that plays strikingly similar to the sounds the duo made their name on. Yet there's no need for the two to stray far from a method that produces such impeccable, opulent tunes. Playing lyrically and musically on the evident theme of "devotion," each delicate track deals with love and the feelings associated with it; thus, it's a dense, moody affair here, chock full of languid organ-esque keys and lushly reverberated guitars with Legrand's delayed, luminous vocals echoing for miles throughout. The standout on the album, "Gila," exemplifies Beach House at their finest as Legrand's thick, soothing voice works rhythmically as the melody alongside Scally's clean, simple guitar and processed percussion. While there are obvious influences here -- Mazzy Star, Galaxie 500, Slowdive -- Devotion as an album is neither imitation nor homage; Beach House rework the shoegaze aesthetic, simultaneously throwing in slight nods to both country folk and Motown in between, they stand on their own, crafting and tweaking each song into something fuller and distinct. [PG]


	$10.99 CD		JONATHAN WILSON Frankie Ray (Pretty and Black) "Waltz with Me" "You Can Have Me" During a recent stopover in the canyon, on a particularly misty Sunday in Los Angeles, the chaparral was wet and the scent of eucalyptus was everywhere. Situated somewhere near the old Harry Houdini house is the home and studio of Jonathan Wilson. After climbing up a stone staircase and passing through the cabin's door, I'm faced with a wall lined with acoustic guitars and flowing tapestries, all hanging above an analogue set-up including an Otari two-inch magnetic tape machine. Here, L.A.'s rambling session men drop in and get lost in the song. The Black Crowes' Chris Robinson and Andy Cabic of Vetiver have just been by. Laurel Canyon, the bohemian enclave that birthed folk-rock and defined the notion of the singer/songwriter is once again brimming with new blood. With Wilson, and now the Entrance Band just up the holler, a new canyon sound rings on down Lookout Mountain. Jonathan Wilson's debut album Frankie Ray was assembled over the course of six months, lovingly crafted on a mixing console once belonging to Leon Russell. The record has been held up and shelved for a year-and-a-half. A self-described concept album of love songs, made entirely for a woman he barely knew, Frankie Ray clocks in well over the one hour mark (16 tracks). These are lush, long-form arrangements -- meticulously crafted late-night burners bleeding with heartache and longing. Hailing from the foothills of the Blue Ridge, Wilson brings an effortless Carolina swagger delivered in hushed tones and ripe acoustic fretwork. Unlike many other SSW's, JW is a genius on the boards, deftly building nuanced tracks from the ground up, as cello lines swell around keys and pedal steel. His voice, at times, sounds like some floating apparition. "Alabaster Dove" and "El Matador" are particularly choice. Anyone partial to the classic rock sound, Wilco, or even Skip Spence, will be right at home for sure. These ballads smack of a quiet triumph that comes from the realization that the lows will not be getting any lower. His best work most certainly lies ahead, and from what I've heard of his forthcoming album (currently without a label!), it keeps getting better. Last copies from a limited stash of self-released Pretty and Black editions, with gorgeous letterpress gatefold. [JR]


	$13.99 LP $9.99 MP3		VIZUSA Vizusa (Seres) Vizusa is the NYC-based project of Caitlin Cook and Calder Martin, two former members of experimental noise outfit Excepter. While it's evident that the husband-wife duo shares some of the aforementioned band's trademarks, here the common threads of improvised chaos, masturbatory experimentation, and authentic moodiness take a far different shape. The duo effortlessly entangles the bare bones of reverb-heavy vocals and snarling electric guitar to churn out exquisitely raw, heavy noise in a form that is less amorphous and more distinctly rock. Catchy, albeit incredibly dark guitar hooks underscore the majority of the album, with expansive stretches that propel forward with such grungy angst you'll find it nearly impossible to sit still at times. Songs are prone to evolve organically into new rhythms and contortions. You could sum Vizusa's music as hard, minimal, and addictively repetitive, but indulging in the full album will reveal a more complex, satisfying mix of styles. Though the record has an overwhelmingly tough feel (at rare intervals, even verging on metal before backtracking to psychedelic), Cook's airy recitations certainly build upon the spectral environment in which it was recorded. For the past two years, Vizusa have been living in Mathew Brady's old daguerreotype studio, in which grim, wiry American legends such as Abraham Lincoln and Edgar Allen Poe met to pose for the legendary photojournalist who spent ample time knee-deep in corpses on Civil War battlefields. All in all, one wishes Vizusa's eponymous album was longer, but the record provides a clipped hypnotic experience which will impel the listener to seek out live performances, where abundant repetition and schizophrenia can fully unfurl. A wide range of listeners will go ape for Vizusa, from fans of Earth and Southern Lord's heavy rockers to devotees of Magik Markers and the lo-fi Brooklyn underground. (Preview sound clips on Other Music Digital.) [KS]


	$15.99 CD		ETHIOPIQUES 23 Orchestra Ethiopia (Buda Musique) "Hode" - Metche Medale "Goraw" - Alemayehu Borobor Thanks to the Ethiopiques series, the fiddle-like one stringed wail of the surprisingly multi-toned messenqo, the deep buzzing of the 10-stringed beguna harp, the thinly rhythmic six-stringed banjo-esque krar as well as various flutes, trumpets -- and of course drums -- have found their way into film soundtracks, hip-hop samples and the international consciousness. Along with the trills and vocal twists of words sung in Amharic, Ethiopian music seems to have unlimited uniqueness. For the twenty-third installment of Ethiopiques, the focus is on Orchestra Ethiopia, an ensemble that began in the mid-'60s. Combining traditional songs with modern, original compositions, the 23 selections here range from jovial to dramatic, minimal to full on orchestral. Themes are revisited from previous editions of the series, like the low vibrations of the beguna accompanied by high-pitched singing on "Keto Ayqerem Motu/Death Is Inevitable," first introduced on Ethiopiques 11: The Harp of King David. On "Goraw/Brave Warrior," a call-and-response from singer Alemayehu Borobar and washnent (flute) and krar harken to the shellela song form, a "shouted litany of boasts and threats" also found on Ethiopiques 14: Negus of Ethiopian Sax. Shining through are gems unique to Orchestra Ethiopia, including "Aba Balano Shanka," a multi-layered vocal, washent and kerabe drum ensemble dotted by muted blasts of the tchetchazye, a large horn from Wolayta. The most memorable, however, is "Sheb robe," a flute, trumpet, drum and hand-clapping piece that conjures the wonderfully metallic melodics of swing sets in use. The last track, "Semesh man new?/What's your name?" also uses this technique along with the next dying to be sampled rhythm of the deepest kebero drum. I could go on, but it's best to crack open this CD -- if not only for the photography, lyrical translations and accompanying PDF document with loads more information. Essential to the collection! [LG]


	$14.99 CD $9.99 MP3		MATANA ROBERTS The Chicago Project (Central Control) "Exchange" "Love Call" As a mainstay of the Chicago and now New York jazz/improvised music/performance scene for many years, saxophonist/composer Matana Roberts has consistently pushed the boundaries of each of her chosen disciplines in ever more challenging and engaging modes. As comfortable with Duke Ellington's brooding landscapes as Albert Ayler's gospel fire and Nina Simone's urgent testimony, Roberts is at once rooted in the tradition, and free from it. In her various incarnations over the years (the trio Sticks and Stones and most recently the mesmerizing Coin Coin performances, to name a few) has continued the history of storytelling through her singularly unique voice. A tribute to her hometown, The Chicago Project features the talents of bassist Josh Abrams (Town and Country, Sticks and Stones, Prefuse 73), guitarist Jeff Parker (Tortoise, AACM), and legendary reedsman Fred Anderson (AACM co-founder) and was recorded by John McEntire (Tortoise, the Sea and Cake). Opening with "Exchange," a lyrical kind of blues is laid out and set to low boil, and meanders lazily this way and that before building in tension and urgency. Shards of saxophone and distorted guitar fragments soon scatter upward and outward before comfortably bringing us back down. "Thrills" is just that, a push and pull of Roberts and Parker, creating interlocking and divergent lines of joyful noise -- at once optimistic and challenging. Interstellar space is explored in "For Razi," where large expanses of carefully constructed sound are placed into an anti-gravity world of electronics, plucked bass, shakers and hollowed-out saxophone lines that drift about. Matana Roberts' Chicago Project is a confident continuation of African American folklore and proof that "New Music" can still be new. [GA]


	$14.99 CD $9.99 MP3		BIRIGWA Birigwa (Porter) "Okusosola Mukuleke" "Lule Lule" A teenage recording artist in the sixties, the Ugandan born Birigwa found himself in Boston at the start of the next decade, studying at the New England Conservatory. It was there that he recorded this exceptional -- sometimes even stunning -- collection of African acoustic soul jazz-tinged tunes, which originally found release on the local Seeds label. Self-penned and emotive, Birigwa's skilled acoustic guitar playing is supported by polyrhythmic time signatures and a stellar backing band that includes members of Stark Reality. It's a pretty unusual sound, and reminds me a bit of Caetano Veloso's Tran Sa or any stellar Brazilian Afro-acoustic records from that time period for that matter. Highly Recommended!! [DH]


	$14.99 CD $9.99 MP3		NATURAL FOOD Natural Food (Porter) "Granny on the Gramophone" "See See Rider" One of two strong reissues from the new Porter Records imprint. Like Birigwa, Natural Food was released on the teeny Boston-based Seeds label (whose owner, Mait Edey, takes the lead role as songwriter and keyboardist), and features contributions from Stark Reality members. The similarities end there though, and this record is probably closer to the jazz-funk-fusion that S.R. is known for...sort of. Natural Foods deftly touches upon boogie rock, Bay Area brass funk, Tapestry-esque folk-pop, free jazz and blues, and the strong, soulful, female led vocals of lead singer Brenda James is the glue that binds all of these disparate ideas together. It's "fusion", if you will, before it was even a coined term. Fans of Julie Driscoll, Chris McGregor and the like will also find much to connect with here. [DH]


	$13.99 CD $11.99 MP3 Crossfaded $11.99 MP3 Unmixed		VARIOUS ARTISTS Living Bridge (Rare Book Room) "Byegone" - Theo Angell "Lightning Song" - Blood on the Wall Living Bridge is a sprawling, 25-track mixtape of a compilation, featuring a vast variety of bands who've recorded at Brooklyn's famed Rare Book Room studio. With exclusive material (minus the Silver Jews track,) from established artists such as Avey Tare of Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Blood on the Wall, Black Dice, Rings, Enon, Tara Jane O'Neil, and a host of other people who deserve to be established, including Charles Gansa, Palms, the Naysayer, La Lus, and the always amazing Telepathe. Throw New York's most dangerous rock band, the Jewish, into the mix and you have what is pretty much an essential compilation. The CD version of Living Bridge comes subtly crossfaded (trust me, it works) but for those of you who prefer to hear the songs unmixed (or buy the tracks individually), we have an unmixed version as well as the proper mixed version of the comp. available on our download store. (Preview all the tracks on Other Music Digital.) [BC]


	$14.99 CD		PEANUT BUTTER WOLF Ladies First: A Female Rap Mix (Stones Throw) "Make It Mellow" - Missy Mist "Roll On Over" - Ms. Melodie Stones Throw honcho Peanut Butter Wolf assumes his primary position as beat wizard and represents for the female constituency of the rap game on Ladies First, a new mix featuring thirty tracks that you've likely never heard before. Far from a novelty, Ladies First features old-school rhymes that still sound fresh and at times pack more punch than many of today's big name rappers, male or female. The feel of the mix is not confined to retro jams though, and the wide range of beats -- bouncy electro, funky disco, junky slammers, and more -- match the diversity of the girls' flow. There are too many winners to mention, but a couple of standouts include the hard funk of "I'm a Pioneer" by Queen Lisa Lee, the spare but heavy hitting "L.A. Gear" by L.A. Star, and the unstoppable "Step Above" by Lady Love. [JW]


	$14.99 CD		JAMES PANTS Ice Castles Coming of a New Age (Stones Throw) "Minotaur" - Dick Hyman "La Grange Point Five" - Patrick Gleeson I'm officially cashing in my cool chips right now, because I'm about to recommend a "new age" mix to Other Music customers. I never thought it would happen to me, but new Stones Throw signee James Pants has made me contemplate making an appointment to get an aromatic rubdown just so I can listen to this mix in headphones...yikes! OK, I'm exaggerating a bit. I doubt you'll mistake any tunes on this mix for some ancient Windham Hill sampler, and OM faves such as Bruce Haack and Yellow Magic Orchestra are represented here. But the Ice Castles spoken word intro, healthy doses of Weather Report, Mort Garson and Tonto's Expanding Headband definitely move this out of "hip" territory and into something else. Thank God! If you've been blown away by the recent Professor Genius, Glass Candy and "Cosmic Disco" comps, this is probably the next logical astral level for you. Don't be frightened, it won't hurt you. It's beautiful here! [DH]


	$14.99 CD $18.99 Deluxe CD w/DVD		GOLDFRAPP Seventh Tree (Mute) "Happiness" "Eat Yourself" The town of Bath is home to many treasures including ancient Roman relics and the electro-pop duet Goldfrapp. The baths in the town were dedicated to the Roman goddess Minerva, considered to be the virgin goddess of warriors, poetry and wisdom and, in ancient plays, a character who was filled with tragedy, love and death. All of these themes are mirrored in Goldfrapp's new album, Seventh Tree. For those of you already familiar with Will Gregory and Alison Goldfrapp, their sixth full-length will be a delightful surprise, and for those of you who are new to them this is an equally great place to start. You will not find the cabaret loving Goldfrapp here. She's hung up her cat outfit and this tender piece shows Alison in a vulnerable light where she is shy and distant, playing with the metaphorical myths and magical elements of her hometown, and making them personal. The record has a fantastic cinematic sound that personifies the drama in the delivery of her vocal melodies. Seventh Tree is a mature, organic record but with plenty of pop qualities to make it the easily palatable and sweet album that it is. [KP]


	$13.99 CD		EARTH Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (Southern Lord) "Rise to Glory" "Engine of Ruin" Given the obvious influence they've had on a whole new generation of drone metallers (including Sunn O))), their one-time tribute act), Earth's eventual resuscitation seemed like a foregone conclusion. What could not have been predicted, however, was the wholly new direction Dylan Carlson and his cohorts would take upon their reactivation. Rather than continue to crank the high-intensity, slow-motion riffage for which they became revered, post-millennial Earth instead chose to explore stark, languid textures that called to mind grim spaghetti western soundtracks of the likes of Ennio Morricone as opposed to cough syrup-addled Sabbath sludge. Back again with the excellently titled The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull, Earth continues on much the same path mapped out on their first two Southern Lord releases. Expanded to a quartet now with bassist Don McGreevy and Zombi's Steve Moore on keys, Earth remains every bit as heavy as they once were. Now, however, they deploy their crushing weight through droning guitar lines and simple keyboard figures as drummer Adrienne Davies sticks to a slow motion beat on tracks like "Rise to Glory" and the Southern-fried "Miami Morning Coming Down II (Shine)." Elsewhere, guitarist Bill Frisell checks in to add some gauzy texture to album opener "Omens and Portents I: The Driver," while playing off Carlson's distended leads to great effect on "Omens and Portents II: Carrion Crow." While these tracks may be a far cry from the glory days of Earth 2, what The Bees... lacks in distortion and ferocity it more than makes up for in its ability to sustain and further a singularly ominous mood. [MC]


	$14.99 CD		APES & ANDROIDS Blood Moon (Apes & Androids) "Golden Prize" "Imaginary Friends" The debut album from Apes and Androids, Blood Moon is far advanced in sound and scope for a first full-length, reaching the same harmonic heights and deep pulsating rhythmic punches that have earned them favorable mentions in the direction of bombastic pop masters such as David Bowie and Queen. Indeed, Brooklyn's Apes and Androids heed classic rock mastery more so than many of their contemporaries, but these grandiose and theatrical rock hooks are shifted alongside beats and blips that reference the hottest hip-hop and electronic music of recent creation. All of this is done with a sense of humor, and shallow sonic referents, whether past or present, do not abide the charm of a diverse but well crafted record that rocks with a futurist agenda. [JW]


	$17.99 CD		JOE HIGGS Life of Contradiction (Pressure Sounds) "Come on Home" "Song My Enemy Sings" While he is generally unknown to most casual reggae fans today, singer, songwriter, and guitarist Joe Higgs nevertheless made his indelible mark on the genre. Starting out as a songwriter for the likes of Toots and the Maytals and Delroy Wilson, Higgs slowly began his own solo vocal career in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His greatest impact, however, came with the role he played in shepherding the development of one of the most commercially successful reggae groups in the world: Bob Marley & the Wailers. Not only did he act as a vocal and guitar coach to Marley, but he also assisted with the Wailers vocal arrangements and even stepped in to tour in place of Bunny Livingstone in 1973. Outside of his work as a teacher, Higgs released a few gems of his own. Recorded in 1972, his debut Life of Contradiction languished in record label limbo until its eventual 1975 release. It's tough to figure why the album wasn't more celebrated upon its release. Backed by the tight Now Generation, Higgs leads his band through beautifully forlorn originals like "There's a Reward" and the haunting title track, offering up his soulful pipes in the service of a batch of great mid-tempo numbers that share an obvious commonality with Wailers' tracks from the same period. Though at times dour, there's still a sweet playfulness that permeates tracks like "My Baby Still Loves Me" and "She Was the One," blending Higgs' mid-range croon with the New Generation's solid rhythms to excellent effect. Though it may never get mentioned among the pantheon of classic reggae albums, Life of Contradiction still has plenty to offer even a passing fan. [MC]


	$15.99 CD		JAN JELINEK Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records (~scape) "Rock in the Video Age" "Drift" Back in print! Recent albums from Jan Jelinek have found him exploring kosmische musik with stellar releases like Tierbeobachtungen and Kosmischer Pitch. Seven years ago, however, the German producer was deconstructing jazz records into dubby loops, and thereby turning in this truly incendiary record, which to this day, still stands as one of ~scape's finest releases. Here's what we wrote seven years ago when Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records was first issued: In this lethal slim digipak, Jan Jelinek reveals his true identity. He's recorded at least four singles as Farben, and the brilliant, overlooked Personal Rock album under the pseudonym Gramm. I mention these because you'll want to own them after hearing Jelinek's finest work to date. This is a story of Jelinek hunting down jazz records to loop up for his new record -- hence the title. But don't worry, this is in no way a "jazzy dub" record (a phrase that would send most ~scape label fans screaming for the door). It is a dub record, however, with the echo chamber catching the detritus as the barely discernable jazz fragments fall away. Because there really isn't any jazz on this record, just the ghosts of its absence. "Rock in the Video Age" is a heavily reverbed dub track with a lithe, fast-moving bassline and a strangely filtered kick drum, while "Tendency" (the recent single) bristles with impatience as the clunky percussion tries to keep up with the bassline's powerful undertow. Though Pole heads up ~scape, and a dub motif runs through the label's catalog, it does so in a variety of subtle ways -- and nothing yet on the label sounds like Pole's own dubscapes, which is a testament to his good 'A&R' work. [TH] (Reissued 2008)


	$14.99 CD $9.99 MP3		PERCEE P Perserverence: The Madlib Remix (Stones Throw) "No Time for Jokes" feat. Chali 2NA The man with the golden touch returns...only to remix an album he produced! Sounds like sheer lunacy but when you're Madlib, it all makes sense. Paired with the hardest working man in hip-hop, Percee P, he concocts an entirely new take on Perseverance, while leaving Percee's vocals pretty much intact. The samples and instrumentation are all new, as Madlib weaves the jazz and the funk and the boom bap into a brand new record. Very nice.


	$14.99 CD		GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY Robotique Majestique (Trashy Moped) "Dancing on My Grave" "Holy Ghost White Noise" The upwards trajectory of Austin's Ghostland Observatory will no doubt continue with Robotique Majestique. The band's dramatic and sleaze-infused combination of new wavey electrofunk and rock 'n' roll -- the vocals do sound like Freddie Mercury at times -- is incredibly infectious, and when the duo really nails it ("Free Heart Lover", "Dancin' On My Grave") there's not much one can do but surrender and dance the night away. Let the good times commence!


	$14.99 CD $9.99 MP3		BRETHREN OF THE FREE SPIRIT - JAMES BLACKSHAW & JOZEF VAN WISSEM All Thing Are from Him, through Him and in Him (AudioMER) Although I've loved just about every single thing I've heard from these guys singly, I'll admit I wasn't quite prepared for how incredible this new collaboration between twelve-string guitarist James Blackshaw and Baroque lutenist Jozef Van Wissem was going to be. I've been told secondhand that these pieces were devised as a kind of endurance test, if that's actually true then these guys are like the freaking Lance Armstrongs of acoustic string music. The thing is though that these four long tracks don't just drone on and on, each player is exceedingly sympathetic to the other and provides a muscular counterpoint that I didn't even realize was needed in their respective solo works. The compositions are consistently engaging and play to the strengths of both instruments. The first track is a colossus and worth the price of the album alone, 45 strings in dialog conjuring an ever-shifting array of tonalities and patterns that will no doubt stand as one of the most powerful pieces of music I'll hear all year. A high watermark in both men's discographies. (Preview songs on Other Music Digital.) [MK]


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