"Dwrcan" opens with a modest, sad-elephant shuffle bass & break then takes a turn toward a nice half-time glitch groove.

This one come courtesy of Roger O'Donnell, former keyboardist for The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs, Thompson Twins and more.

The Thrush sounds like a mixtape made by the dude down the hall with the ill Krautrock collection who's dating a dancer into Afrobeat and old UK downtempo.

Stone's Throw often relishes in mixing the new with the old but few of the venerable label's artists sum it up as well as Koushik, the eponymous moniker of Koushik Ghosh.

For music lovers, we often can pinpoint a particular person or moment that set off the chain of events leading to obsession. One such point in my life was a semester overseas in '96 to London, where I met some equally insane maniacs who also loved weed, beer and music as much as I.