An interesting foursome.......

DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo - Toh-Sui (From the album 'Krukok')



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Brilliant Japanese Hip Hop from DJ Krush, who never seems to put a foot wrong. A contemporary of fellow Mo Wax artist DJ Shadow, Krush's work tends to have a wonderful jazzy vibe, here accentuated by the accompaniment of Toshinori Kondo.

Battles - Atlas (From the album 'Mirrored')



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I discovered Battles after seeing them on 'Later With Jools Holland' (a cool music show hosted by the ex-Squeeze man). They performed Atlas live and it just blew me away. The studio recording is not as good as the live performance, but this track is still a fantastic achievement.


LFO - Freak (From the album 'Sheath')



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I already loved LFO for their brilliant self titled single way back in the day, but this track is a whole different beast. There's an amazing video to accompany it that's well worth searching out.

Vision - Lucifer's Friend



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Great synth pop track from 1982 that's rarely mentioned these days. I first heard it as a kid, but still think it sounds very fresh today. It's a shame that Vision didn't do anything else half as decent......but at least this is brilliant !
Whilst this is the original track, it appears here in a 'remastered' form, having been touched up for maximum sound quality by Tinderbox.