To celebrate all thats good about Bestival 2008: A new 2CD compiled by Rob da Bank: With previous outings from Annie Mac, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis and The Cuban Brothers, Sunday Best’s sublime A-Z series returns on 1st September.

 This latest 2CD instalment has been compiled by Sunday Best top-man, BBC Radio One DJ and Bestival curator himself, Rob da Bank:

“This new Bestival compilation is just the mental jukebox that exists in my head - some of my favourite ever records from Carl Craig, The Human League and Aphex Twin balanced out with people I’ve been supporting like Micachu, Black Kids and Zombie Zombie. And the best bit is they’re all playing at our big crazy party!”

The double album kicks off with a stone cold classic; ‘Analogue Bubblebath’, which was the debut release from the ever innovative electronic enigma Aphex Twin, who will be headlining The Big Top on Saturday at this year’s Bestival.  Indie dons du jour Black Kids’ breakthrough single ‘I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You’, Carl Craig’s cascading ‘At Les’, the title track from dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip’s stunning debut album ‘Angles’ and acid house legends 808 State’s sublime ‘Pacific 202’ all follow as Mr da Bank crams in boundless quality cuts. 

Appearances from Oxford’s Foals, enigmatic genius Gideon Conn, synth pop doyens The Human League, one-man-riot anti-hero pop star Kid Carpet, soultronica trailblazer Jamie Lidell, raucous rock’n’rollers Kitty Daisy & Lewis and the blissful folk of Lucky Elephant lead on to the leftfield pop brilliance of Micachu who rounds off the first part of this A-Z in some style.

Danger Mouse produced ‘ones to watch’ The Shortwave Set open up the action for disc two on the letter ‘N’ with ‘Now Til 69’. The 8-bit grooves of thecocknbullkid’s ‘On My Own’, the punky pop of Pete & The Pirates ‘Come On Feet’ and Christopher D Ashley’s ‘sluttish warehouse electro’ on ‘Sugar Coated Lies’ keep the pressure on before Roots Manuva’s timeless ‘Witness (1 Hope)’ makes its presence felt.

The unhinged bleep-pop of Slagsmalsklubben’s ‘Sponsored By Destiny’, Transglobal Underground’s majestic ‘Temple Head’, Underworld’s immortal ‘Cowgirl’ and Pendulum’s colossal ‘Visions’ bring things into the home straight that sees Little Dragon, Sunday Best new boys The Ghost and the throbbing Yacht providing a superlative closeout that leaves Zombie Zombie’s epic psychedelic wig-out ‘Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free’ to bring the A-Z of Bestival to an emphatic end, well and truly whetting the appetite for Bestival’s 5th birthday bash at Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight this September.

 
‘A-Z OF BESTIVAL 2008’ – FULL ALBUM TRACKLIST:

CD1

A.         Aphex Twin                              Analogue Bubblebath                                                

B.         Black Kids                                 I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You          

C.        Carl Craig                                At Les                                                                          

D.        dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip     Angles 

E .        808 State                                  Pacific 202       

F.         Foals                                         Red Sox Pugie (Henrik Schwartz mix)

G.        Gideon Conn                          Trademark        

H.         Human League                       Love Action (I Believe In Love)    

I.          Kid Carpet                               I Don’t Want to Fall in Love With You    

J.         Jamie Lidell                              Another Day     

K.         Kitty Daisy & Lewis                   Going Up The Country   

L.          Lucky Elephant                        Edgar  

M.        Micachu & The Shapes            Golden Phone  

CD2

N.         The Shortwave Set                   Now Til ‘69 (Aeroplane mix)

O.        thecocknbullkid                       On My Own      

P.         Pete and the Pirates                Come on Feet  

Q.        (Quick, put another record on…)

Christopher D Ashley                Sugar Coated Lies       

R.         Roots Manuva                         Witness (1 Hope)           

S.          Slagmalsklubben                     Sponsored By Destiny   

T.          Transglobal Underground        Temple Head

U.         Underworld                              Cowgirl           

V.         Pendulum                                Visions

W.        Little Dragon                            Wink    

X.         The Ghost                                 Superhero (Xclusive unreleased track)     

Y.         Yacht                                        The Summer Song  

Z.         Zombie Zombie                        Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free