Our Lives Are Too Short
Outlines
Our Lives Are Too Short, 2007
Sonar Kollektiv
Outlines are a French Trio who have a studio in Clignancourt, just north of Paris (according to this bio). I first heard them on Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Exclusives compilation that came out in 2004. Their song “A Matter of Time” has these somewhat unnatural sounding off-beat piano stabs (2:20) that I was really impressed with so when I saw this album online in the Piccadilly Records’ new releases back in 2007, I was excited to click through and listen to the snippets. “Our Lives Are Too Short” was the first snippet and I liked it so much that I downloaded it (the snippet) and listened to endlessly for a few weeks. I picked up the song a few months later and have been playing ever it since. This track starts out with some similarly manipulated/off-kilter keyboard/synth chords.
I recently got the whole album and it does not disappoint. Other standout tracks include “Just A Lil’ Lovin’”, “Back To 1984″, and “I’m In Love.”
Songs are available for two weeks.
