Yes, there really is a connection between Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges and club beats (well, at least in my mind, a dark and confusing place...) Borges once said "every writer creates his own precursors", meaning in one sense, you don't see the line of influence until you look back. Shrift seemed like an anomaly to me when the album "Lost in a Moment" was released in 2006, but now I can hear the connections with Bebel Gilberto, Imogen Heap and the whole Brazilian lounge scene. I first heard about Shrift via an article by Anoushka Shankar in the New York Times -- what a great tip!
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