Two of the most imaginative and mold-breaking musicians on the planet, Kottke and Gordon follow up their first collaboration, Clone, with an album that pays homage to and is an experiment loosely involving island rhythms. Sixty Six Steps is a mixture of originals and interpretations performed in ways that are vaguely familiar yet largely without precedent. For instance, you"ll find a cover of Aerosmith"s Sweet Emotion" sung in a deadpan monotone and performed on baglama (a Turkish banjo / mandolin type instrument), guitar and bass. Then there"s a twisted Gordon original, "Stolen Quiet" which professes mock gratitude for a partner"s exodus from their shared abode. RCA. 2005.