Noble and No Bull.

Sea Dreamer
Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale, Featuring Sting
Breathing Under Water
Manhattan Records : 2007
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I Want You
Common
Finding Forever
Universal : 2007
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Television Rules the Nation [Live mix]
Daft Punk
Live Mixes [Bootleg]
2007
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The Wrath of Marcie
The Go! Team!
Proof of Youth
Sub Pop : 2007
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Complicated
Paul van Dyk, Featuring Ashley Tomberlin
In Between
Mute : 2007
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Class of 73 Bells
Prefuse 73 Featuring School of Seven Bells
Preparations
Warp : 2007
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Satisfaction
Uberzone
Ideology
Nitrrus Records : 2007
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It's Friday afternoon. Load up your playlist for that drive out of the office parking lot that you've been thinking about all morning...

Today's tracks are varied - but that's what I've been known for posting.

Anoushka Shankar has teamed up with Karsh Kale on an excellent album of chill and upbeat tunes pulling influence from the Indian sub-continent, elements of Rock and downtempo relaxation. Sure it might be a little 'adult contemporary' - but it's a slick production. They were HOT live.

Common's most recent album was okay - nothing blew me out of the water, but 'I want you' won the game of playlist-survivor - as far as that album is concerned. Put it on and rub up against someone in that forthcoming brisk autumn air.

Daft Punk's live show at Coney Island over the summer was pretty sick. The light show was amazing and and the tunes were solid. It was essentially the same style of set that they performed at Coachella last year - not that there's anything wrong with that. This remix of 'tv rules the nation' is very much in vein with that show. Say what you want about them, they're decent DJs. I can't wait for Electroma to finally drop on DVD

The Go! Team's recent album is a lot of what you'd expect. It's upbeat rock with elements that you'd want to say maybe came from somewhere in the '70s. The whole thing is a lot of fun to listen to - I favor it while driving.

Paul van Dyk's recent album is a little strange - it's still undeniably a PvD production - but it's missing that progressive quality that's indigenous to his German push-forward style. I still like it. It's a great one to have on your running playlist, but I don't know if I'd be including this one in any set lists any time soon.

Prefuse 73's new effort is another solid production. It's not going to blow you away like 'Uprock' did - but it's got it's moments - in fact, there are a whole helluva lot of them here. 73 bells was a no-brainer for sharing here.

The new Uberzone album is a breakbeat gem. While waiting for more remixes by Hybrid and the Stanton Warriors, you should definately pick this one up. It might be restricted to the 'Only for the Headstrong' category - but that's where a lot of us live anyway. Enjoy these beats - they be HEAVY.

Enjoy these taste tests. Buy the albums if you dig it all - you know how it works. I'm gonna go pick some apples or something.