Goldfrapp 'Utopia (Live Session)' (Mute, 2000)

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Exquisite live version with some of the squiggliest synths outside of the Radiophonic Workshop.

From a promo CD that must have been made available to radio stations so they could pretend Alison and Will were live in the studio.

'Utopia' is a highlight of the fantastically elegant Ennio Morricone-meets-Delia-Derbyshire sound of 'Felt Mountain'. The cinematic feel of Portishead, the Moog-y wonderland of Stereolab allied to a soaring Wagnerian swoop.

Also features the line "my dog needs new ears" which is pretty cool, though the song seems to be about the idea of the supermensch and maybe even eugenics.

You don't get that from Kasabian.

Download Goldfrapp 'Utopia (Live Session)' (electronica mp3 download) (Mediafire)

Download the whole Goldfrapp Live Session over on Archive:Live+Rare