Musical distractions

One of my favorite tracks on my iPod right now is “All Around” from the new Jel album, “Soft Money”. As it turns out, Jel’s official website has made this track available to download for free.

Got your headphones ready? jel-allaround.mp3 [4.6MB]

Man, that’s addictive. By the way, that’s Steffi Böhm of Ms. John Soda doing the vocals. If you dig this stuff, you’ll probably like Lali Puna as well [Flash, sound].

Ooh, tangent: you can hear the wonderful title track of Lali Puna’s “Faking the Books” during this fun slideshow of their Japan tour [more Flash].

Jel probably fits into the category of “instrumental hip-hop”. For more in the genre, take a look at RJD2.

As for the Jel album itself: “All Around” is outstanding, but the rest of the tracks don’t quite stack up (some may disagree with me on this one). Still, it’s definitely worth a listen.