Tuesday 26 February 2013

6: Club 8 - Missing You (1998)

Sweden had to be in our top ten, and Club 8 had to be in one of our blog adventures. Formed in 1995 and consisting  of Karolina Komstedt and Johan Angergård, one curious point about this band is that their musical career started when they were signed to a Spanish record label (Siesta). Since then, their thrilling and beautiful pop songs have accompanied us throughout seven excellent albums. This track was their second single and shows their most electronic side.


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Sunday 17 February 2013

7: Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (1990)

 Groove Is In The Heart was an original song, a hit there in the early nighties. The US band Deee-Lite, formed in New York, offers an interesting mixture of funk, house, disco and dance-pop sounds, with wind instruments, guitar and even rap parts. Lady Miss Kier's voice and the funny video totally makes us travel back in time to the colorful sixties.


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Friday 8 February 2013

8: Amon Tobin - Chronic Tronic (2002)

This is a cyberpunk week, so it´s a good chance to travel to Brazil (maybe to New Rio de Janeiro?). There we find Amon Tobin, one of the most interesting and surprising electronic musicians I have ever enjoyed. When I first listened to his album “Out from Out Where” in 2002, it really shocked me. All that mixture of sounds and tunes… I could imagine hundreds of futuristic scenes in my mind, it was an incredible experience. It was music from a dark future. And future is now.


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Saturday 2 February 2013

9: Texas - Getaway (2005)

 Texas is a well-known Scottish synhtpop band, everybody has enjoyed more than once their international hits I Don't Want A Lover, Say What You Want, Black Eyed BoySummer Son and probably my favourite: Inner Smile. Well, maybe that's not right. Recently I have changed my mine and I prefer a song released as a single in 2005 that should have been paid more attention to. I'm talking about a tender song, a classic and joyful tune full of romance and dressed with Sharleen's elegance (this girl is so cool!). I'm talking about Getaway.


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