Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap Artist_The Strokes La Dusselford and Beggars Opera

La Dusselford and Beggars Opera

“This is Ekstasis” contains a bass line built from a medieval isorhythm technique

" Smith's vocals

But is the beautiful strings that really turn this tune into something special

"Mantra" and "Tantra" were recorded separately in 1982

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap Artist_The Strokes La Dusselford and Beggars OperaThe Boy With The Arab Strap followed on from the wonderful If You're Feeling Sinister and a series of impeccable EPs, bringing the band to the point of commercial breakthrough and all round crossover appeal. To this day you still hear the title track an awful lot, largely thanks to it being used as the theme tune to TV show Teachers, but the truth is, it's hardly one of the better songs on the album. Although TBWTAS features a higher profile presence