On our recent trip to London, Bruna and I were lucky enough to squeeze in Adem's concert at the lovely Union Chapel. It was a happy coincidence as he is a mutual favourite of ours. Suffice to say, he was excellent in his natural setting, acoustically that is, as were we, not as religious folks but as puritans, enjoying the smoke, alcohol and div free environment. Adem's latest album, Takes, is composed of twelve covers of his favourite songs from 1991 to 2001. It is tremendous collection, with just the right balance of old favourites (Bjork's Unravel), forgotten gems (The Breeder's Invisible Man), the obscure (Pinback's Loro), the uncool (lisa Germano's Slide) and the surprising (Aphex Twin's To Cure A Weakling Child + Boy/Girl Song). This last song is the standout, a fantastic and catchy rendition. Singalong-a-Aphex, who'd of thought it, eh?
Adem - To Cure A Weakling Child + Boy/Girl Song
The album never feels forced, you can tell that he chose these songs because he loves them, not because he wants to show off his record collection. There is nothing remotely hipster about it, which makes it fun for the rest of us.
And here, as an accompaniment, are the originals:
01 Bedside Table - Bedhead - 7” single 1992 (+the end of the day (beheaded1996))
02 Oh My Lover - PJ Harvey - Dry 1992
03 Slide - Lisa Germano - Slide 1998
04 Loro - Pinback - Pinback 1998
05 Hotellounge - dEUS - Worst Case Scenario 1994
06 To Cure A Weakling Child
Boy/Girl Song - Aphex Twin - Richard D James 1996
07 Tears Are In Your Eyes - Yo La Tengo - And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out 2000
08 Starla - Smashing Pumpkins - I am one 7” b-side 1992. (+Window Paine from Gish 1991)
09 Gamera - Tortoise - Gamera 12” 1995
10 Unravel - Björk - Homogenic 1997
11 Invisible Man - The Breeders - Last Splash 1993
12 Laser Beam - Low - Things We Lost In The Fire 2001
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1 comment:
Man, thanks for that, very nice song.
I'm killing for some of other albuns, haha.
Well, good stuff.
Cya ^^
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