Warren Ellis makes me listen to music from the 21st Century. He tells me it's good for me. Given my druthers, I'd be listening to novelty cowboy music, heavy on the zither and slide-whistle, but I indulge Ellis, because he's a damned good writer, and because the tracks he sends me often kick azz.
These days, I'm obsessed with Ambulance's "Hey! Beat Takeshi," a crazy Jap-Brit techno track with a singsong quality layered over the drum-machine and the Japanese flutes, off their debut EP, also called "Ambulance." I just spent the last twenty minutes looking for a place to buy the whole EP, and I found one: £5, including shipping to the US. (Damn, I wish I had a sample of the track to link to).
