Sound Mirrors.

Dig this - almost at the other end, I stumbled across one of the finest releases of 2006, music wise. And it was an early release... clearly missed it. Call me Miss Bunka, if you like :o)) However, I'm talking about Coldcut's Sound Mirrors, a 12 track CD / double vinyl on Ninja Tunes. They write "Let’s just say it right at the start. In Sound Mirrors Coldcut have made the best album of their long and illustrious career. It’s not something you can state lightly, but there you are. Their production has never sounded better, their ideas have never been more various or interesting, they’ve never had such a great cast of guests and then integrated them into their sound so well. Yes, it’s a record that is deeper, funkier, cleverer, more engaged and more engaging than anything they’ve done before. And, it follows from that, it’s deeper, funkier and cleverer than just about anything else around right now." That, my fellow reader, is absolutely correct (here's the record's press release page). Not just because of the brilliant cover version of Joe South's 'Walk A Mile In My Shoes' which features Robert Owens (!!). Meet Roots Manuva, Annette Peacock (yes!), Saul Williams, Fog and many others - you'll find no filler material: 56 mins of pure quality! When was the last time you witnessed me raving like this?