“The tricky thing is the arrangement, the trimming of all the unnecessary fat. Do you stop, or do you continue; or is this too crazy, or is this fun?,” says Stanier, “Those are all afterthoughts after everything is thrown into the pot. We have these giant charts on the wall where we name the parts, and they take on a life of their own.” – Battles, interview.

” Summer ’07, best of ”

01. Venetian Snares – Electric Funeral
Black Sabbath 10″ (Planet Mu, 2007)
02. Fridge - Clocks
The Sun (Temporary Resident, 2007)
03. Shellac Of North America – Boycott
Excellent Italian Greyhound (Touch and Go, 2007)
04. Battles - Leyendecker
Mirrored (Warp Records, 2007)
05. The Nels Cline Singers – Confection
Draw Breath (Cryptogramaphone, 2007)
06. Kieran Hebden And Steve Reid – Brain
Tongues (Domino, 2007)
07. The Tuss – Last Rushup 10
Rushup Edge (Rephlex, 2007)
08. Trolle Siebenhaar – Sweet Dogs
Sweet Dogs (2006)

Note: Best of ’07 so far? I have no idea, but these songs are truely superb. They can’t possibly exist even 5 years ago. There are simply too many new ideas and instruments. Mostly IDM, math-rock and collisions of the two, there be no cute singing in it. No 60′s retro rock, no metal from the 70′s or danceable house. This is pure rhythm construction build like a a phd thesis on fluid dynamics modeling. (ie. it’s not pretty.) Please, the time signiture has to have at least an odd number bigger than 7 in it. The people’s metric! On serious side: you think this is the shape of music to come? Come on they are quite delicious and charming. Almost danceable even.

image: gas flow model [1]