LCD Soundsystem - Yeah (Pretentious Version)

James Murphy is co-founder of the influential dance music label DFA Records and the man behind the project LCD Soundsystem. These days he's known for putting his stamp on Arcade Fire's new album Reflektor and as remixer of David Bowie, among other things. His fabulous Steve Reich-inspired remix of "Love Is Lost" from Bowie's forthcoming The Next Day Extra album is about to be released, and so I needed to hear some old LCD Soundsystem, which is more than ample explanation as to why he's so sought after. "Yeah", here in its 11 minute "pretentious version" is as cool as they come, a hypnotic piece of dance music that owes a huge debt to fellow Newyorkers Talking Heads. It was featured on the eponymous first LCD Soundsystem released in 2005.

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