The sideburned hero returns and shows us the many and marvellous facets of his two tunes, ‘Fair Weather Friends’ and ‘Touchtone’ with his love of wordplay and a finely crafted pun.

‘For Withered Friends’ features the voice of the Michael Johnson (he of the previously brilliant ‘Make It So’ single). And then there’s ‘Far Weathered Friends’ that’s the Death Set’s take on the Daedelus original - a cover version which kicks out the jams whilst they also turn out an electro mix of the original.

‘Touchtone’ featuring the rapping talents of Paperboy and Taz but Jimmy Edgar strips out the original’s psych-rock drones and takes it into slowjam territory. Kypski speeds things up and ‘Neptunes’ it all to the max. Thavius Beck slathers the drums in reverb and manages to double up tempos, throw in arcade symphonies and make a miniature epic.

So 12”, 7”downloads galore to enjoy and coming off the back of last months’ gig at the Big Chill House (with Plume see review HERE) and his album of the year, Love To Make Music To, 2008 has been very Daedelus; get ready for next year when it’s Mr. & Mrs D as The Long Lost.

Reviewed: Daedelus - Touchtone & FWF Remixes (Ninja Tune) Cat. No. ZEN12225 Release date: 24th November 2008
Tracklisting (12”):
01 Touchtone
02 Touchtone (Kypski Remix)
03 Touchtone (Jimmy Edgar Remix)
04 Fair Weather Friends (The Death Set Reset)
05 Touchtone (Thavius Beck Remix)

ZENDNLS225 MP3:
01 For Withered Friends (Deadelus feat. Michael Johnson)
02 Far Weathered Friends (The Death Set)
03 Fair Weather Friends (Death Set Electro Remix)
04 Touchtone
05 Touchtone (Thavius Beck Remix)
06 Touchtone (Jimmy Edgar Remix)
07 Touchtone (Kypski Remix)
08 Touchtone (Album Instrumental)
09 For Withered Friends (Sonshine Radio Version)

Links
www.daedelusmusic.com
www.ninjatune.net