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Julio Iglesias - Noch
Dde Cuatro Lunas (Sony Music)«««
Julio Iglesias has
enjoyed an extraordinary recording career, with an unmatched list of
achievements. With over 250 million albums sold worldwide, Julio is
back with a much anticipated 77th album. Titled Noche de Cuatro
Lunas, the album is one of the most significant discs in his music
career. To make this piece even more spectacular, Julio has teamed up
with some of the prominent music personalities, which include
Eestefano, singer/songwriter Rubber Blades, composer Robi Rosa of
Ricky Martin’s Maria, La Copa De La Vida and Livin’
La Vida Loca fame and Alejandro Sanz who released the smash hit Carazon
Partio in 1997. The album offers some appetising grooves from
Spain, Hispanic Carribean and the USA. Apart from collaborating with
young producers, Julio has composed songs for the first time in 20
years. The entire song list gives a pleasing contemporary feel. Julio’s
interest in creating a broader musical base has paid off here, with
most of the tracks leaning towards Spain and Carribean, hitting a
good-natured carnival spirit. Elsewhere, Julio offers romance (No
Es Amor Ni Es Amar, Dos Carazones, Dos Historians and Noche
De Cuatro Lunas) and treats the format to a series of exuberant,
acoustic guitar-led excursions. The notable tracks include Gozar La
Vida, Te Voy A Contar Mi Vida, Seremos Libres and Mal
Acostumbrado. Performed with fire and panache, Julio offers
welcome proof of his music’s continuing good health.
DJ Empire - A Tribute
To Giorgio Moroder
(BMG Crescendo)««
One of the principal
architects of the dance sound, composer and producer Giorgio Moroder
recorded his debut single Looky, Looky in 1969; his first LP Son
Of My Father was released in early 1972. He was introduced to
fellow aspiring musicians Pete Bellotte and Donna Summer, with whom he
formed a production partnership and instantly shot to fame. With this
partnership, Giorgio released hit albums about once every six months.
In 1978, Morodex made his foray into film music, winning an Academy
Award for his score to Alan Parker’s Mignight Express. Award
after Award, he won his second Oscar in 1983 for his hit Flashdance
(What A Feeling) performed by Irene Cara. Later his
contribution to the soundtrack of 1986 mega-buster Top Gun
proved that Moroder was a music genius.
In the years to
follow, Moroder gave out more hits, more film soundtracks and more
remixes. This compilation is just a fraction of that. Nevertheless it
covers some of the biggest hits. The album kick-starts with Jam and
Spoon’s The Chase, that builds-up the tempo. It is followed
by Talla 2XLC’s E=MC2. Other club fillers include Flashdance
(What A Feeling) featuring Sarah Abdallah, Eric D. Clark’s From
Here To Eternity, Take My Breath Away featuring Diana
DeWitt, Never Ending Story featuring Paul Engemann, DJ
Shahrokh’s Hot Stuff, Roger Sanchez’s Evolution and
Last Night featuring Gloria Gaynor. Re-live the disco era —
this one’s from the Guru.
Album
of the month
Duran Duran - Pop
Trash (Sony Music)
All these years you
are considered Pop icons and one fine morning you call it all Trash?
Pop Trash—
their twelfth album looks beyond the glossy-glam world. As the band
members confess, this is the most honest work they have done so far.
The starter Someone Else Not Me is accompanied by
acoustic guitar chords, talking about freedom of letting someone fade
out of your life. The track gives a feel of a recycled version of Ordinary
World, their 1993 super hit. Lava Lamp, Pop Trash Movie
and Lady Xanax are guitar-fuelled sonic busters, while Hallucinating
Elvis’s spiky glam-rocking could easily be mistaken for a
product from 20-something rockers. Last Day On Earth
recalls the Tin Machine’s stilted hooks. Mars Meets Venus and
Playing With Uranium could very well fit into an alternative
dance compilation.
Utilising their savvy
sense of classic songs like Rio, Hungry Like The Wolf, Reflex,
Wild Boys etc., Duran Duran successfully step onto another
music level. Despite many splits, the band has managed to shine bright
even with frequently changing trends and this is why, while other
contemporaries faded away, Duran Duran is counted amongst the
strongest pop bands even today. Here’s to our good ‘ol pop folks!
— Saurabh &
Gaurav
The Grrr
eat Music Zone
Quiz
1. Name Marvin
Gaye’s only double studio album?
2. Art Garfunkel
recorded under two other names. What were they?
3. Which band sung
the 1999 hit track Steal My Sunshine?
4. Before joining
Lemonheads, lead singer Evan Dando was a part of which band?
5. Which famous
rapper starred in the movie Deep Blue Sea?
6. Which country
artist sang My Kind Of Woman/ My Kind Of Man with Vince
Gill?
7. For which
famous musical did Ian Gillian sing on the soundtrack?
8. In which
Canadian TV show did Alanis Morisette star in as a child?
9. What was band
Madness earlier called?
10.Kula Shaker got
its name from which song of the band?
Answers
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1. Here, My Dear
2. Artie Garr and Tom Graph
3. Len
4. Laughing Away To The
Cleaners
5. LL Cool J |
6. Patty Loveless
7. Jesus Christ Superstar
8. You Can’t Do That On
Television
9. The North London Invaders
10. The Cowboy Stars |
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