Antena: New Wave meets Brazil ..
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Artist:
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Album:Versions Spéciales - Camino del Sol
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Track:Camino del Sol (Todd Terje Mix)
.. and gets remixed.
As promised here's another discovery from my raid of the Permanent Vacations website. And the article on Antenas biography is so good, that I have nothing to add here.
(from the Permanent Vacations website)
"At the beginning of the 80s „New Wave" reached France - the country, where since primeval times King Chanson ruled over pop music. Infected by Kraftwerk, Human League and Ultravoxx, Pascale and Sylvain moved from South France to Paris. There they met singer Isabelle, who was fluent in English with a slight French accent. Pascale, Sylvain and Isabelle experimented with simple analog synthesizers and rhythm machines, even though they knew that in 1981 it wasn't about reinventing "neon lamp pop". The new wave was rolling to long for that. Therefore they bethought themselves of their second musical passion: the feathery Latin-Sounds of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto. Luckily the drum-computer had a "Samba"-program and on that basis they arranged repetitive Synthesizer melodies, which reminded of Suicide in its simplicity, but of course sounded a lot sunnier. After their first gigs in subway stations, they sent demo tapes to several foreign labels - in France the music market wasn't interested in their sound. The Belgian Label Crepuscule, where among others Tuxedomoon released their avant-garde sounds, were thrilled at once and offered the three young French artists a contract. "... > continue reading ":http://www.permanent-vacation-records.com/sites/antena/antena_bd.php
Comments (3)
Antena - Joppo + Eno (Pink Alert Re-rub)
After listening to this, all I want to do is lay on a beach back home, roast under the sun, sip a cocktail, and let the world burn for all I care.
Nice idea. I listened to it while driving back from London on a sunny (!) Sunday afternoon. That also fits quite well - but there definitvely has to be sun. I could imagine lying on the top of a skyscraper in the sun .. . Never did that due to the lack of skyscrapers in my recent surrounding.