(Photo by Lowell Abellon; used with permission)Dosh (with Mike Lewis) - 2007 February 01The Echo - Los Angeles, CA01: (intro)02: One Through Seven03: The Lost Take04: Steve the Cat05: A Ghost's Business06: I Call the Kettle Back07: Fireball08: O Mexico09: Um, Circles and Squares10: O Silent Bed (feat. Pedestrian)Gig rating: 7.6/10Recording quality: B+Source: Digital (audience recording) See below to downloadFamously "born to an ex-Catholic priest and an almost-nun mother outside of Los Angeles," Martin (Luther King Chavez) Dosh's provenience makes for great copy, if not an entertaining answer to be questioned on Jeopardy. Evocative of µ-Ziq, Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin, Dosh is nevertheless relentlessly his own man and a talented multi-instrumentalist ... the night of this show orchestrating drums, a xylophone, a Fender Rhodes and various samplers and sequencers, practically without breaking a sweat.Adding to this mix was the jazz stylings of the Happy Apple's Mike Lewis. Hailing from Minneapolis, Lewis' saxophone is prominently featured (along with "Whistling" Andrew Bird's violin) on Dosh's most recent full-length album, The Lost Take (which fared quite well on Pitchfork). Live, the duo vibed like peas-in-a-pod, their crowning achievement being "Um, Circles and Squares" (version from the incredible new Triple Rock EP). Featuring a plodding 4/4 beat, the tune's marching orders are bookeneded by an infections sine-wave "blip" which makes room here and there for Dosh's xylophone and Lewis' sax. It's hard to imagine how this song could have been rendered better, even if Dosh's Rhodes hadn't crapped out just prior to its performance.Neck-in-neck for top honors of the evening is "A Ghost's Business," which gloriously spotlights the ill-fated Rhodes. Like an all-instrumental version of Peter Gabriel's "San Jacinto" mashed with Mamadou Diabate's "Dagna," it's the kind of melody equally at home in a movie soundtrack or in a newborn's mobile. Whereas Dosh's ghost seem to get right down to his business in this song, other tunes, like "The Lost Take" and "O Mexico" can be a third of the way through before even finding their groove. Just the same, the joy of these songs is as much in their journey as it is their destination.A final note should be made of the cameo by Anticon co-founder James Brandon Best, aka Pedestrian. MCing a minimalist version of his "O Silent Bed," Best dedicated the song to recently deceased author, Molly Ivins. It's completely unlike the track's studio version - and perhaps fits less well into one's ear - but it's hard not to respect the veritable antidisestablishmentarianism of label and labelmates, both in terms of what and whom each represents.(Yes, it's the longest word I know, too. And no, I didn't use it properly.)Currently on tour:03 Feb: San Franciso, CA04 Feb: Eugene, OR05 Feb: Portland, OR07 Feb: Seattle, WA09 Feb: Denver, CO10 Feb: Lawrence, KSDownload the gig: mp3 format at multiply.com (personal listening only) CD-quality flac format at Dimeadozen (for trading / seeding)Buy Dosh's recordings: iTunes | AmazonNote: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License.