Best albums of 2008....SO FAR!

Ok, so The Dream was released last Autumn but it's such a great comeback for The Orb it shows that genius transcends time. 15 years after inventing the ambient house genre, Alex Paterson has made a new album that shows the new pretenders on the block how it should be done.

The trademark dubby base and understated rolling beats sound just as good as before, the production is topnotch, but for me what makes this album stand out are the sonic experiments and choice of samples. The Dream is a psychedelic dub trip without the fear. Perfect.

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Best albums of 2008......SO FAR!

For Portishead to disappear for 10 years and come back with this is totally amazing. Third is not an album to be sampled in 30-second bites or to be heard on shuffle; unless you sit down and listen to it, you'll miss it. This music is so original, it's scary.

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Best albums of 2008....SO FAR!

Australian indie electronic trio Cut Copy hit the groove in a similar style to Air, Daft Punk, and LCD Soundsystem, but they do it in pop fashion - back when pop was good (60s, 70s some 80s...) Their new album, In Ghost Colours, is a glorious mix of hazy voices, carnival keyboards, acoustic guitar licks, indie pop vocals, dance-rock groove, electro-disco synths and swirling Caribou-style psychedelics. And they manage to squeeze that all into one song! "Feel the Love" and half the album are destined to be global summer anthems.

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The Original Song

Ever wondered where Happy Mondays, got the groove for 'Step On'? Where 2pac got the riff for California? Sampled (Vol 4) collects the original source of great songs by Moby, Beck, Fatboy Slim, Jay-Z, Paul Oakenfold, Black Eyed Peas, Prince, Chemical Brothers and a whole lot more. If you want to look really cool at parties, or just need some fresh tunes for your iPod - look no further.

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Top 100 songs of all time!

This is a selection from what Rolling Stones magazine deemed 'The Best Songs Ever Made'. There are a lot of 60s and 70s soul and rock classics (Motown, Hendrix, Dylan, Kinks, Beach Boys, Dusty Springfield, Al Green, James Brown,Sly Stone, Funkadelic). But the 80s are also well represented (punk, disco, Prince, Michael Jackson). The 90s and OOs are represented mainly by hip-hop / rap masters (Public Enemy, Tupac, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Outkast) as well as modern legends such as Radiohead, Beck and SInead O'Connor. 100 tracks here - a real treat :)

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