Saturday, November 11, 2006

Radiodread



Easy-Star All Stars
Radiodread
Easy Star Records

As a song-for-song reggae translation of Radiohead's epic OK Computer, Radiodread delivers exactly what it promises. It's actually quite impressive that the Easy-Star All Stars manage to incorporate every element of the original recording using no samples, given the complexity of the album's chord progressions and structure. "Paraniod Android", for example, breaks from the traditional time signatures of the genre before progressing into a full-on heavy skank complete with stacatto horns in place of Radiohead's soaring guitars. Even the usually unsetteling "Fitter Happier" is interesting on a run when delivered in a thick rasta drawl.

Use for: LSDs, easy recovery runs