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Chris Joss is self-taught multi-instrumentalist/DJ, from France. Personally, I believe some of the best and most interesting DJs are from France (you know the more famous ones like Air, Dimitri From Paris, Sébastien Léger, etc). I think perhaps it's because they're isolated some of their music choices to French-released vinyls, or their idea of 60s lounge and funk. Also to be fair, although I group Joss with the DJ crowd, I don't believe his latest album Sticks uses any samples. The majority of the album are all written and performed by Joss, with the one-time exceptions of Saxophones by Praful and Vibraphone by Alexander Von Mehren.

I don't actually own 2007's White Chalk by Polly Jean Harvey, or better known as PJ Harvey, but I do have her latest 2-track single called The Devil. This was released last month on iTunes as well as 7" and CD single from Universal Music. I can't say that I like the new song, it doesn't quite have her poppier/guitar pop of "Good Fortune" (from Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea) or her debut single of "Sheela-Na-Gig" (from Dry). Instead, "The Devil" is a falsetto-ey song, backed with some piano. I think they were going for eerie or creepy, and I am not sure what to expect of it. Perhaps if you're in the mood, this might be a great song... otherwise, I suggest checking out her earlier albums.

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