Glitchy, playful, and weirdly adorable. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex's "be Human" album is all about the Tachikomas, those chatty little spider tanks. "tachikoma's runaway" bounces along with this childlike electronic energy that somehow fits a show about cybernetic espionage.
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"trip city" brings a downtempo electronic groove that feels like cruising through a neon-lit future, while "bang bang banquet" cranks the tempo into chaotic fun territory. The whole album has this offbeat charm. Yoko Kanno does what Yoko Kanno always does, which is make something that shouldn't work together feel completely natural.
Jazz, electronica, goofy character pieces, all living side by side. If you ever wondered what sentient AI sounds like when it discovers feelings, this is your answer.