Author: MADEREUS

Format: Import

Release Date: 08-02-2016

Details: For those who are a little lost on the definition of the term "lounge", confused by a massive popularization, here is something to clarify things: Electronico . Derived, among other things, from the new age, the ambient was born in England more than ten years ago and in Spain with the so-called Balearic trend. However, all the artists who participated in this project can claim a direct affiliation with the ambient. As for fado, it is to the Portuguese what flamenco is to the Spaniards. The Electronico project is, in fact, a rereading of the fabulous work of Madredeus, THE voice of contemporary fado, by the cream of electronic music producers. It's hard to work on a raw material as pure as this voice, that of a diva, now popular all over the world, a true ambassador of traditional Portuguese singing. However, the result is surprising, both in the diversity and in the respect of the original emotion. So let's salute the efforts of our remixers, whom the honor bestowed upon them seems to have inspired.
Thus, when aerial layers, arrangements of symphony orchestra or acoustic guitars, trip-hop rhythms, dub, even experimental put themselves at the service of Portuguese folklore, it gives voluptuous atmospheres, both soft and surreal, crossed by this song crystalline which seems suspended in the air, in short, really endearing compositions. Because fado is not a simple vocal exercise, it celebrates the "saudade" (untranslatable expression) and when the "saudade" takes you, you fall in love with it and you never leave it. Throughout this timeless journey, we will find the deep house of Belgian Buscemi and his Latin guitar as well as many disciples of Massive Attack, not to mention some of their friends and label mates like Alpha or Craig Armstrong. Thus, several shadows hover over this collection, that of Massive Attack, in

UPC: 724353989521

EAN: 0724353989521

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New