Showing posts with label tropicalia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tropicalia. Show all posts

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Matia Aguayo: "Levantate Diegor"


The conceit for "Levantate Diegors"'s video is paper thin - Matia Aguayo attempts to rouse a lethargic sidekick to the English refrain of "get up!" - but the music itself is anything but, an affectionate blend of techno and Tropicalia that brings to mind Mala, though rhythmically a bit more hard hitting.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

KILLER COVERS || Beck: "Michelangelo Antonioni"

Beck has apparently discontinued his legendary Record Club series - wherein Mr. Hansen and a number of fellow luminaries reinterpreted, song by song, classic albums by the likes of Velvet Underground, Skip Spence and Yanni (!) - but he's not done channeling influences yet. The functionally titled A Tribute to Caetano Veloso comes out October 22 on Universal and features Beck getting all meta by covering a Brazilian singer crooning his own appreciation of famed Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni.