Here’s Four Of My ‘Most-Played’ Albums

Here’s four albums that have been clogging up my ‘most-played’ listing lately… Some new some old.

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Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours (2008)
It feels as if aussies Cut Copy picked up where pop music as a genre ’stopped’ in the late eighties. All songs will remind you of gone gods from gone times; Fleetwood Mac, Roxy Music, Human League, Erasure, etc. Not blatantly copied but mixed up with current vibes and production techniques. A step forward from its predecessor Bright Like Neon Love.

Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (2008)
Typical 8-bit synth pop. Although I’m recommending this album I don’t like all 100% of it (skip that distorted shouty stuff like XXZXCUZX Me and Love and Caring) - but there certainly are some great tunes on this album. Recommended if you like that SID chip sound from the Commodore 64 - which was the sountrack to my youth, basically.

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Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)
OK so it’s not very exotic to name an album that must be on just about everyone’s favorite list. But its such a great album I just have to list it. Saw them playing a two+ hour set yesterday here in Amsterdam. Thom Yorke’s amazing voice, the tightness of the band playing together (studio as well as live), its all just incredible. Their best album so far.

Fabric Live 29 - Cut Copy (2006)
IMHO still the number one release on the best ‘commercial mixtape series’ out there: Fabric Live. This has got the best of everything, which makes it quite hard to label; maybe ‘An Eclectic Mix Of Electropop’ will do. Some great lyrics on here - like Munk’s Disco Clown and Whomadewho’s Hello, Empty Room. Not to mention Tiga’s crazy mix of Soulwax’s E Talking. Really can’t recommend this album enough.

July 2, 2008 | Tagged Music, Mixtapes 

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2 Responses to “Here’s Four Of My ‘Most-Played’ Albums”

  1. Woes on July 2nd, 2008 6:47 pm

    Nice, mate. Thanks for keeping me updated…..for bringing the heat…for serving good flavour for the ear….You’re the Paul Bocuse of the music industry. Big up from Woestafa of the Roquefort crew!

  2. yacco.vijn on July 7th, 2008 11:39 pm

    Cheers. And thank you for that sweet mixdisk!

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