The new Sketch Show album, LOOPHOLE, has been on fairly heavy rotation in my iTunes and iPod of late. It’s not a totally new album as it features a few tracks from their recent EP, but how can you fault something that’s still very good (and that EP, TRONIKA, was also excellent). A few tracks also re-team the two YMO members with Ryuichi Sakamoto, which makes it sort of a YMO reunion. I think I mentioned the fact that they played a couple of Sketch Show videos at the Resfest this year, and it’s nice to see them still experimenting with sound and visuals. I remember seeing them on the NHK show TOP RUNNER last year, and their performances were very cool, surrounded with lights and screens showing interesting imagery. Definitely something to pick up.
Loophole
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