Kaya Project - Elixir
North African tinged electronica. One of the few things that will get me dancing in the street. OK, it was midnight and the street was deserted.
Steely Dan – Aja
Although it’s a 70s album, it sounds 80s. Not a great time in human history and fashion, this stands out like a beacon. Sassy and slick.
Pink Floyd - Relics
This is a funny album. Not a greatest hits but it has nothing new on it. My iPod played me Richard Wright’s Paintbox.
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
I first heard Children of the Grave on the sampler that launched the Roger Dean-designed Vertigo label, Suck It And See. Driving, thunderous, fresh even now.
Imagined Village – Empire and Love
Folk reinvented and refurbished. Worth it just for Martin Carthy’s rendition of Cum On Feel The Noize, but there’s much more.
Peter Gabriel – Scratch My Back: Special Edition
His first album in seven years. A set of covers recorded with no band, just an orchestra. It gets better every time I hear it.
Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
A triple album, which is ambitious enough, of songs of between 5 and 11 minutes long, which may seem crazy. The whole thing hangs together wonderfully.
Bruno Sanfilippo & Mathias Grassow - Ambessessence Piano & Drones
Drifting ambient, treated piano. Great for late night walking when the weather’s cold.
Wire – 154: Remastered
A great classic from my student days. Wonderfully bleak.
Burial – Burial
Very fashionable. But for once, worth it’s reputation.
Air – Pocket Symphony
Consistant quality over a number of albums. Does lounge electronica exist?
George Benson – Give Me the Night
Oh those disco days!
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