Saturday 14 July 2012

47: Annie - Songs Remind Me Of You (2009)

Summer has come. Time to refresh our minds and bodies in a cool country, Norway, full of cool people, like this beautiful Annie, born in Trondheim in 1977 -a cool year-. With two albums and numerous singles in her career, the blond Norwegian delights the ear with a powerful, sweet and joyful dance-oriented synthpop, with the typical Scandinavian style. Phrasing the song, we could also ask how does it feel to hear your songs?. Great, no doubt!


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Friday 6 July 2012

48: Peaches - Fuck the Pain Away (2000)

Coming from Canada (although living in Berlin), let´s welcome one of the most controversial musical and performance artists of the electronic scene: Peaches. Merrill Beth Nisker began her career in a folk band in 1990, turning soon to the electronic sounds that have made her so popular. This song is a dirty example of good electroclash with horny lyrics and a simple but great tune. As a curiosity, this track has been used in two films and three television series, guess which.


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Monday 2 July 2012

49: Última Emoción - T.V. Pasión (1983)

We now visit Spain, the recent UEFA Euro 2012 winner. The short-lived Spanish synthpop band Última Emoción was composed by Alfonso Aguado -singer of famous fun rock band Los Inhumanos-, José Luis Macias and Julio Nexus, well-known by his sucess in Interfront and Megabeat, prominent bands in Valencia techno scene in early nineties. They only released two albums: a mini LP in 1983, Dos Minutos de Odio, and an LP in 1984, Máquinas Románticas. The last track of the former was T.V. Pasión, powerful synthpop song with a joyful tune and excelent lyrics about the fatal attraction of the TV set and the hypnotic passion of the viewer. So please turn off your TV and listen to the music!


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