Little Boots – Magical Tropical Mixtape (MySpace)

Little Boots is a big anomaly. A Blackpool based kid of 90s, one minute she’s at the piano sounding like Kate Bush’s celestial daughter, the next she’s banging on a Tenori-on (techno keyboard/drum machine hybrid) and rattling off covers of Haddaway and Wiley, making them sound like genre classics, which – perhaps – they always were. Her new single Meddle is out on coloured 7” vinyl and, if you’re prepared to part with just your email address to join her mailing list, she’s put together this free 43-minute mixtape which will give you a pretty accurate feel for where she’s coming from. Or, for instant intrigue, check the videos and weekly cooky cover versions at youtube.com/user/littlebootsvideos.