Martin
Dosh, a frequent collaborator with Andrew Bird and a member of his
live band, makes electronic music that doesn't sound the least bit
electronic.
Yes,
there are recognizable synthesized and loop elements and ambient
textures, but with live drumming (instead of a drum machine) and
breathing cohorts, it comes off as personal instead of mechanized.
Its pulse is certainly stronger than most music of any genre composed
to a formula.
"It's
still at the base rock and roll," Dosh said last week in a phone
interview. "It's not somebody with a laptop on stage ... ."