Scritti Politti - Anomie & Bonhomie11 years after the release of previous album Provision, Scritti Politti erupted back into life with 1999s Anomie & Bonhomie. Recalibrated, re evaluated, re imagined and, eventually, rewarded. Anomie & Bonhomie is the heady results of this artistic rebirth. Illuminated by the bands stylish pure pop spotlight, collaborations with Mos Def, Lee Majors and Wendy Melvoin give the record a neon lit, nocturnal shimmer. Hip hop flourishes sit side by side with

ticking off ideals of femininity and youth until the track's not-quite-resolution

Howlin Wolf

and His 'n' Hers has an immediacy that's apparent as soon as Joyriders kicks the album into gear with its crashing guitars

this is some of the Grateful Dead's best

Franz Ferdinand) and Peter Miles (We Are The Ocean

Again a unique compilation by Walhalla Records

After many years making more experimental

and electric violinists Don 'Sugarcane' Harris and Jean-Luc Ponty

and energetic ricocheting between myriad styles of music

Without effect pedals

Having struck gold as songwriter and vocal foil for Nancy Sinatra

while Chris and Cosey lullabied their son to sleep with Irena Xero and her interdisciplinary art collective Zip