I never expected to find a Pizzicato Five CD for sale in Singapore. Was at Gramophone yesterday with Amanda when I saw Happy End of the World. It's the US release, but beggars can't be choosers.

Gramophone also has P5's first US release Made in USA. Since I already have that album, I can safely say that it is one of the two coolest CDs on the shelf. The other is Happy End of the World, naturally.

Also picked up Gotan Project's La Revancha Del Tango:

"La Revancha del Tango" by Franco-Argentine outfit Gotan Project takes tango away from the ballroom, the floorshow and the heavy nostalgia that lingers in every step of the dance. Acoustic guitar, piano, double bass and bandone�n (the plaintive button accordion vital to tango) are overlaid with dub treatments, screeching violins, fast trancey beats and speech samples. They are clearly on a mission to get tango into clubland......."

I first heard them on Verve Remixed 2, and fell in love with their tart, saucy remix of Sarah Vaughan's Whatever Lola Wants.