'FROM STARLIGHT TO SENTIENCE' - BANJO OR FREAKOUT (HIGH PLACES COVER)

Things have really been haeting up for out good friend Banjo or Freakout recently, and last I heard he was locked away in the studio putting the finishing touches to his debut album. This cover of High Places' amazing 'From Starlight to Sentience' which appeared on his blog brushes the original with understated grace, a little bit of feedback and totally and utterly rules.

Download: 'From Starlight to Sentience' - Banjo or Freakout (High Places Cover)

BANJO OR FREAKOUT

Banjo Or Freakout is the brainchild of 28-year-old Alessio Natalizia from Turin, although now he resides in London. My friend told me that he used to be in a post-punk band called Disco Drive who are ridiculously popular in Italy, but he jacked it all in when he discovered how to play around with found sound on his girlfriend’s laptop one night and decided it was much more fulfilling sounding like the natural midpoint between Arthur Russell, Animal Collective and High Places and supporting bands like No Age and Atlas Sound - a no brainer really when you look at like that.

Click the link below to hear his cover of Burial’s ‘Archangel’.

BANJO OR FREAKOUT - ARCHANGEL (Burial cover)

There's also loads of other cool tracks on his blog so go figure.