Manu Chao has always been an iconoclast, from his inclusive, multilingual blend of punk and world sounds to his tireless quest for spreading his ethos of justice and understanding via music-as-protest. But when we heard about his new project – recording an album with a bunch of psychiatric patients – we were understandably intrigued….

We already hipped you to the massive anthem potential of Alex Metric’s remix of “One More Chance” by Bloc Party – indeed, per our prediction it has proven to be a summer 2008 dancefloor mainstay. How, we wondered, could it get any better?