Blog: Little White Earbuds

[ Syncrophone ] ( buy vinyl ) Whether out of self-censorship or plain old yacht rock ignorance, almost none of the press surrounding Anthony "Shake" Shakir's Frictionalism 1994-2009 has mentioned that "Arise," one of the retrospective's standout inclusions, is basically just a beefed-up edit of the closing drum break from Steely Dan's "Aja." That's right, techno brethren: Shake just made you listen to Steely Dan. Featuring the percussion acrobatics of legendary session drummer Steve Gadd (who, rock 'n roll lore has it, pulled off his contribution to the eight-minute [...]