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Who is that man behind the colorful dots and recently featured in Forkcast? Why it's Adem Ilhan, Kieran Hebden's Fridge bandmate and releaser of solo albums under his own first name. Thanks to the folks at Domino, the third of Adem's solo albums will arrive quite soon. The label will issue Takes in Europe on May 12 and in North America on June 3.

Takes is a covers album collecting Adem's, ahem, takes on some of his favorite tunes released between 1991 and 2001. This includes tracks by Björk, Yo La Tengo, Aphex Twin, Smashing Pumpkins, Low, Tortoise, PJ Harvey, and the Breeders, to name just eight of 12.

Providing an even niftier listening experience, the instrumentation on Takes is typically unusual. There are sounds on the record from an Appalachian dulcimer, an EBow, harmoniums, glockenspiels, a banjolele, an autoharp, and found items such as cups and bike locks. There are also pianos, violins, and acoustic guitars.

Takes' tracklist, complete with original artists in brackets, lies after the jump.

Adem has a handful of shows scheduled this month in support of Takes, all in his native England.

Takes:

01 Bedside Table [Bedhead]
02 Oh My Lover [PJ Harvey]
03 Slide [Lisa Germano]
04 Loro [Pinback]
05 Hotellounge [dEUS]
06 To Cure a Weakling Child / Boy/Girl Song [Aphex Twin]
07 Tears Are in Your Eyes [Yo La Tengo]
08 Starla [Smashing Pumpkins]
09 Gamera [Tortoise]
10 Unravel [Björk]
11 Invisible Man [The Breeders]
12 Laser Beam [Low]

Adem:

05-17 Minehead, England - Explosions in the Sky ATP
05-20 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club
05-24 Brighton, England - Komedia
05-25 London, England - Union Chapel
05-27 Liverpool, England - Sound City