Dan Snaith is up to shenanigans

Dan Snaith, the only man I'm aware of to have carried out PhD research while on tour, has a few bits and bobs going on worthy of note. For those unaware, Snaith is the man behind Caribou, the act that gave us such glorious tracks as Melody Day on the 2007 album Andorra, which won the 2008 Polaris music prize. A classically trained pianist as well as a mathematics PhD holder, Snaith operated in a previous musical life as Manitoba, at which time he was also responsible for some acclaimed under-the-radar releases such as Start Breaking my Heart.
Apparently currently working on a new Caribou album, Snaith has also released a remix under the pseudonym Daphni of Cortney Tidwell's new track Watusii. It is, apparently, "a fourteen minute monster, a trippy techno bastard that sneaks up gently, growing relentlessly until it leaves listeners dizzy and euphoric". Can't wait to get my hands on it.

Along with this, a 14-piece band, named Caribou Vibration Ensemble, to play with the Flaming Lips in New York on Sept 13th, and a show at the Opera House in Toronto on Sept 10th.

Caribou Vibration Ensemble features Kieran Hebden (Four Tet, Fridge, Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid), Koushik (Stones Throw Records), John Schmersal (Enon, Brainiac), Kathryn Bint (One Little Plane), Ahmed Gallab (Sinkane), a four piece horn section, choir, four drummers, etc.This sounds incredibly exciting. However, whenever Kieran Hebden gets together with anybody, we get a bit jumpy around here, so we might be a little biased in saying this is the coolest thing ever like.