{"id":13142,"date":"2004-08-01T17:06:59","date_gmt":"2004-08-01T07:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuartbuchanan.com\/?p=13142"},"modified":"2021-01-31T05:11:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T05:11:32","slug":"biftek-bjork-cornershop-bebel-gilberto-go-team-polysics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/2004\/08\/01\/biftek-bjork-cornershop-bebel-gilberto-go-team-polysics\/","title":{"rendered":"Bi(f)tek, Bjork, Cornershop, Bebel Gilberto, The Go! Team, Polysics"},"content":{"rendered":"

BI(F)TEK<\/strong>\u00a0[AUSTRALIA]
\nunisex<\/strong>\u00a0mp3<\/a>
\nplayed a track today from\u00a0the experts<\/strong>, a collaboration between australian artists byron scullin and nicole skeltys from female duo\u00a0bi(f)tek<\/strong>. the album ‘electro city breaks’ seems to be a tie-in with the ‘lonely planet’ tv series, but there’s very little info online about the album (with the exception of\u00a0this page<\/a>). you can get an idea of what to expect by downloading this track from\u00a0bi(f)tek<\/strong>‘s 2003 album ‘frequencies will move together’ – australian electro pop at its finest. [site<\/a>]
\nBJORK<\/strong>\u00a0[ICELAND]
\nverandi<\/strong>\u00a0mp3<\/a>
\nget on google and try and find the track i played today – a preview remix (premix?) of ‘triumph of a heart’ from\u00a0bjork<\/strong>‘s new album ‘medulla’. to whet your appetite, this mp3 is an out-take from the ‘vespertine’ recording sessions, written with with the help of bollywood composer\u00a0jolly mukherjee<\/strong>.
\nCORNERSHOP<\/strong>\u00a0[ENGLAND]
\nlessons learned from rocky I to rocky III<\/strong>\u00a0mp3<\/a>
\nso maybe cornershop are back, maybe they’re not. the new single (from which i played both tracks today) is titled as ‘cornershop presents bubbley kaur’ and is two slices of wonderfully lo-fi pop layered with a gorgeous hindi vocal. track it down if you can. the above track is completely different in flavour, pop rock from their 2002 album ‘handcream for a generation’.
\nBEBEL GILBERTO<\/strong>\u00a0[BRAZIL]
\nsimplesmente<\/strong>\u00a0mp3<\/a>
\nas the daughter of ‘the man who invented bossa’, the weight of expectation lay heavy on\u00a0bebel gilberto<\/strong>‘s shoulder for many years. her album ‘tanto tempo’ surpassed most of those expectation, fusing traditional bossa groove with contemporary electronic production. a remix collection featuring the likes of\u00a0king britt\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0rae and christian<\/strong>\u00a0didn’t do any harm to her reputation either. her new self-titled album strips away most of the electronica in favour of more acoustic sound, and whilst that might disappoint some die-hards, it allows her voice to come shining through in a collection that’ll no doubt have wide appeal. tune into FAT PLANET on FBi on sunday 15th august for my interview with bebel (and hopefully if i find the time, i’ll post a transcript too). [site<\/a>]
\nTHE GO! TEAM<\/strong>\u00a0[ENGLAND]
\njunior kickstart<\/strong>\u00a0mp3<\/a>
\nplayed the track ‘the power is on’ from this uk group, released through memphis industries. there’s a quote on the label site which says the go! team sound like “the yeah yeah yeahs doing double dutch”. there’s a lot of seemingly contradictary info about the band online, but as far as i can see it’s centered around the brighton musician\u00a0ian parton<\/a>, who – in a scandanavian interview – namechecks mantronix and le tigre as influences, so now you get the gist, right?
\nPOLYSICS<\/strong>\u00a0[JAPAN]
\nmarried to a frenchman<\/strong>\u00a0mp3<\/a>
\ni first came across\u00a0polysics<\/strong>\u00a0on the sony compilation ‘japan for sale volume one’ a couple of years ago (the same album that introduced me to the glorious\u00a0puffy amiyumi<\/strong>). polysics are that wonderful blend of psych-out rock with sharp pop sensibilities, something japan does very well and very often. asianmanrecords.com describes polysics as “a less poppy\u00a0devo<\/strong>, mixed in with the aggressive sounds of\u00a0the bordeoms<\/strong>, trickle in the energy of\u00a0the dead kennedys<\/strong>, and topped off with the moods of\u00a0man or astroman<\/strong>“. which is quite something to live up to, but i think they’ve\u00a0nailed it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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