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I'm looking for some new music. Something along the same lines as 1 of the following groups...

Gotan Project
Go Lem System
Kevin Johannsen
Jarabe de Palo
Zero 7
Thievery Corporation
Jack Johnson
Devendra Banhart
Peter, Bjork and John
Fat Freddies Drop
Koop
Willy Mason
Cinematic Orchestra
Kruder and Dorfmeister
Razorlight

Cheers,

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Kruder & Dorf. shall lead you to "Deep Dive Corp". Download it
now or get it at amazon.com

Jarabe de Palo??? Please 😞

Get "La Barranca" ASAP and emtpy that space for the mellow,
empty sound of Jarabe 😉

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Originally posted by Ragnorak
I'm looking for some new music. Something along the same lines as 1 of the following groups...

Gotan Project
Go Lem System
Kevin Johannsen
Jarabe de Palo
Zero 7
Thievery Corporation
Jack Johnson
Devendra Banhart
Peter, Bjork and John
Fat Freddies Drop
Koop
Willy Mason
Cinematic Orchestra
Kruder and Dorfmeister
Razorlight

Cheers,

D
http://www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2005/10/13/ArtsLiving/Weekender.This.One.Time.At.Pep.Band.Practice-1491641.shtml?norewrite200609261701&sourcedomain=www.tuftsdaily.com

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Originally posted by catfoodtim
Gilles Peterson would play a lot of similar music to those - I used to use his programme to find new stuff.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/gillespeterson/index.shtml
Sweet. I saw Koop live a couple of weeks ago, and they were tops. I'll have to listen to his show tomorrow.

Thanks for other peoples recs until now as well. Will check them out tomorrow.

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Originally posted by Ragnorak
I'm looking for some new music. Something along the same lines as 1 of the following groups...

Gotan Project
Go Lem System
Kevin Johannsen
Jarabe de Palo
Zero 7
Thievery Corporation
Jack Johnson
Devendra Banhart
Peter, Bjork and John
Fat Freddies Drop
Koop
Willy Mason
Cinematic Orchestra
Kruder and Dorfmeister
Razorlight

Cheers,

D
Have you heard Fear Of Pop (vol 1) by Ben Folds?

It's comes highly recommended - especially if you're after something random and ambient...

... and you like William Shatner 😲

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Originally posted by Hindstein
Have you heard Fear Of Pop (vol 1) by Ben Folds?

It's comes highly recommended - especially if you're after something random and ambient...

... and you like William Shatner 😲
Ben Folds Five?

I used to like them a few years ago. They grate on me now though.

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Originally posted by Ragnorak
Ben Folds Five?

I used to like them a few years ago. They grate on me now though.

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Nah, it's nothing like the Bands' 1995-1999 output.
This was a 'concept album' of sorts much in the same vein as the Cinematic Orchestra or Zero 7... but perhaps a little less commercial.

Plus, it was created by the lead singer only as a side project and is also far removed from his recent (and IMHO inferior) solo projects. It
features the venerable William Shatner in a couple of tracks and could be responsible for his turn towards the music business.

Worth also checking out 'That's me Trying' by Ben Folds and Aimee Mann - also featuring William Shatner....

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radiohead, radiohead, radiohead. give them a chance and you'll love them, they sound simple at first but they arent

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Try Bonobo - Days to Come.

It's absolutely brilliant. Best thing I've heard this year.

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Originally posted by catfoodtim
Gilles Peterson would play a lot of similar music to those - I used to use his programme to find new stuff.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/gillespeterson/index.shtml
I do the same with Charlie Gillet and some of the other World Music shows on BBC online.

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Originally posted by Palynka
Try Bonobo - Days to Come.

It's absolutely brilliant. Best thing I've heard this year.
I have Dial M for Monkey, but never really gave it a chance. Listening to it now again.

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Originally posted by mazziewag
radiohead, radiohead, radiohead. give them a chance and you'll love them, they sound simple at first but they arent
No thanks. I like them, but I don't go out of my way to listen to them.

I saw them live once and it was probably the worst concert I was ever at.

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Originally posted by Ragnorak
I have Dial M for Monkey, but never really gave it a chance. Listening to it now again.

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I love Dial M, but they're quite different albums. This one is more jazzy chill-out with smooth vocals.

I'd say that if you like Thievery, Zero 7, K&D and Gotan Project or a less weird Amon Tobin, you'd like this album, whilst Dial M is more along the lines of Four Tet.

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Originally posted by Palynka
I love Dial M, but they're quite different albums. This one is more jazzy chill-out with smooth vocals.

I'd say that if you like Thievery, Zero 7, K&D and Gotan Project or a less weird Amon Tobin, you'd like this album, whilst Dial M is more along the lines of Four Tet.
Cool, will give it a go. Have you heard of Koop? Top, top band. They have a new album coming out soon as well.

I saw Four Tet "live" last year. It was pretty shocking, but I guess he is always going to struggle for a live show. Kid Koala was there as well, mixing four decks with no headphones. It was unreal.

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