Not exactly that we had tremendous releases of fresh and new sounds.But we had pleasant surprises from older artists and groups that came back after a long time and really breathtaking débuts that set new co ordinations to already known genres (post punk mostly).
Also some excellent compilations of historical value and only one that defines the best area of electronic pop that may cause intense inner vibrations and excessive heartbeats.
But there were a lot of songs that '' map'' , ''design'' or ''redesign'' music territories that will be paced in the near future. For this little review on the first half of 2013, I picked 16 albums with no effort but for the five ones that had to make it to the top-5 it was really hard.
1. MELT YOURSELF DOWN - MELT YOURSELF DOWN
An intense,cheerful and virtuoso musical battle full of air,fire and earth elements .You are experiencing the sound of nature in Spring!
2. PRESENTE - BAJOFONDO
Rio del Plata masters of Latin America's contemporary music scene return with a gigantic,rich album that wraps up their music aesthetic. A passionate musical trip to the music of the soul,the sentiments and the love of music.
3. PHANTOMIME - DOUBLE ECHO
Storming bass grooves,crystal guitar lines,capturing and haunting melodies.A master work of post post dark wave supremacy that put my senses on fire and my nostalgia in the deepest blue . Irresistible, flaming,sensational,poetical and dreamy....
4. PSYCHOTROPICAL BERLIN - LA FEMME
They are scoring before they enter the field ,with that outrageous cover and the genius surf riff through the hellish post punk/disco stomp of the opener song ''Antitaxi''..Then it's easy to take over our souls with this stylish French spoken groovy,sensational hard to define in one word music...
5. SILENCE YOURSELF - SAVAGES
It's the rage feeling of the decent human being who cannot tolerate the loud decadence of this western/free my ass society. Anger is an energy.Especially the sober and cold blooded one.It looks straight to the eyes of the Beast.This is a fearless band,making concentrated music,eager to ignite boredom and dumbness to the core. A call to the arms ? A wake up call at least ! Still sleeping after listening that ?
..And the compilation I was mentioned a few lines up :
- V.A. - AFTER DARK 2
As in the first part ,this new part defines and suggests at the same time the side of electronic pop of this decade that wins the throne without dragons,spells,corruption or dire wolves.
Johnny Jewel and all the artists that are involved here contribute with top tunes and place the Italians do it better label at the top rank of today's pop.
Also some excellent compilations of historical value and only one that defines the best area of electronic pop that may cause intense inner vibrations and excessive heartbeats.
But there were a lot of songs that '' map'' , ''design'' or ''redesign'' music territories that will be paced in the near future. For this little review on the first half of 2013, I picked 16 albums with no effort but for the five ones that had to make it to the top-5 it was really hard.
1. MELT YOURSELF DOWN - MELT YOURSELF DOWN
2. PRESENTE - BAJOFONDO
3. PHANTOMIME - DOUBLE ECHO
4. PSYCHOTROPICAL BERLIN - LA FEMME
5. SILENCE YOURSELF - SAVAGES
..And the compilation I was mentioned a few lines up :
- V.A. - AFTER DARK 2
Johnny Jewel and all the artists that are involved here contribute with top tunes and place the Italians do it better label at the top rank of today's pop.
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