Thursday 24 May 2012

58: Superjams - Lëtzebuerg (2011)

We visit a really tiny country now, Luxembourg. There we find Superjams, a young band which has the honor of having one of the very few electronic songs that can be considered a hit in their country. Please forget the embarrassing video clip and the simplicity of the lyrics, just enjoy the great tune.


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Wednesday 16 May 2012

59: Haim Saban & Shuki Levy feat. Memo Aguirre - Ulises (1981)

We reach track 59 to visit Israel. Time to dream, to remember a fantastic sci-fi animated TV series from the 80's, Ulysses 31, with a clever script mixing greek mythology and space travel. It also included a wonderful soundtrack by Israeli music composer Shuki Levy and millionaire Haim Saban, with synthetized landscapes and great technopop songs, such as the main title, Ulysses, which was originally sung in French (Ulysse) by Lionel Leroy but later adapted to other languages (English, Spanish,...). I personally enjoy most the Spanish version (Ulises), sung by Memo Aguirre -specialized in singing animated TV series themes in Spanish-, bringing me good memories back from my childhood.
 

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Friday 11 May 2012

60: Adri Vainilla - Te creo (2011)

Let´s come back to Spanish language, and let´s do it in Peru. Adri Vainilla is a young singer and actress who was first known as member of a rowdy electro-pop band called Pestaña. Later, she started her solo career keeping her interest for electronic sounds, but in a more pop and stylish sound. A good example is this song, which we can enjoy together with a really sensual video.


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Sunday 6 May 2012

61: Pedicab - Ang Pusa Mo (2008)

We continue our journey visiting a country of Southeast Asia. From the Philippines the dance-punk band Pedicab, formed in 2004 in Manila, offers vibrating joyful songs, as this Ang Pusa Mo, included in their second and latest album, with playful attitude in their sounds, confirmed in the funny video showing the band members being abused by lovely girls.


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Wednesday 2 May 2012

62: Vision System - Olympus Mons (1994)

We travel now to one of our favorite countries, a paradise for pop lovers: Sweden. There, it was formed in 1994 Vision System, a two members band, Per Arenö and Gustaf Hansson, who started to show that there is something in the water supply in this country that provides its residents a knack for synth-pop creation. This great song belongs to their first reference which, according to the little information available about this band, received excellent reviews from several Swedish and European music-magazines.

Civ