Monday, July 12, 2004  

Wibutee, "We Are in Space, So Are You"
from Playmachine (Jazzland, 2004)
Eivind Aarset, "Electro Magnetic in E"
from Connected (Jazzland, 2004)

I got a haircut on Friday. Now, instead of looking like a man with shrubbery on his head, I look like a 12-year-old, 17th-century Dutch boy. Thx, Lady of the Woodmoor Hair Choppery.

Since the land of Dutch is close enough to the land of Norway, here are two tracks from Jazzland Records. While the label is owned by keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft---who has managed to convince a few older but still open-minded jazz critics that he's Tha Future, even though it's obvious that said older but still open-minded jazz crtics never bought any deep house records---the Talent Twins on the label are the quartet known as Wibutee and the guitarist known as Eivind Aarset. If you're a fan of Amon Tobin, you'll likely enjoy these tracks. If Amon Tobin sounds like a restaurant dish, you may still enjoy these tracks. Stream the whole Wibutee album at their Web site.

If you have the hair of a young Dutch boy, and enjoy shake shake shakin' it to the Norwegian music, head over to the tres fine Scissorkick, scroll down, and grab some Jaga Jazzist. While you're there, don't skip the Seam, one of indie rock's finest. About 10 years ago I never left for a road trip without Seam and Swervedriver. Oh, how 'bout that: Two full Swervedriver concerts available for download right hurr.

My man at the Ja Observer, Mike E, gives my JazzTimes jazz/ska article some promo ink, straight outta Kingston.

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