Jan Jelinek + Computer Soup - Straight LifeSomewhat reminiscent of the stuff Madlib did with the Blue Note catalog, or even close to Flying Lotus's "Cosmogramma," but calmer, way calmer. This is the back-room stuff, the after-party. Grab a beer or a tonic, sit down, enjoy, this is just for fun. I like that the vibe of this is basically: "who the fuck knows what's going to happen?" Equally likely that the collaboration would result in something raw and new and musical as it would result in something limp, boring, inert, dead. Records like this are inspirational in the way they nudge you towards just sitting down and executing your ideas, e.g. maybe you have some vague ideas of combining your love of pottery with your love of videogames--listen to this record and soon enough people will be playing "Kilnmaster" on their phones and tablets everywhere.[Buy Improvisations Edits, Tokyo 26.09.2001]