The La's Review / Bebel Gilberto Preview (Album 24)

(La's preview here) The La's (still no word on if it's the 'las' or the 'el-ays') was straight up 90s. I recognized the song "There She Goes" almost right away. Which is neither bad nor good. I guess if you are writing music then that's a good thing, definitely. It was so interesting reading about that band - which I did a tad of - and hearing how the main singer is a total perfectionist and how they never did anything after that. I didn't look up him specifically, but my gut tells me that he probably didn't go too far after that one album. I also watched the music video for "There She Goes" which isn't something that I do often, but the members are in their 20s, 30s at the very latest. Which strikes me as odd that they would get out of the game so fast. Or perhaps they didn't. Anyways. This is an album where that song will definitely get some playback, but that's the problem with a one hit wonder band. They had some other very good songs, and they remind me of Blind Melon, another 90s band who we may yet hear of.

Favorite Songs:
     Timeless Melody
     There She Goes
     Doledrum
     Failure

Album: Tanto Tempo

Artist: Bebel Gilberto

Release Year: 2000

"But it is Babel's voice - a chewy, purring, Marlboro-burnished voice that sings English in a pleasingly goofy Brazilian accent - that makes Tanto Tempo so compelling. Tanto Tempo went on to become the biggest-selling Brazilian album outside of Brazil. And although Suba's [the producer] innovations would be elaborated and superseded and outflanked by assorted sources - by Sao Paulo's drum 'n' bass jocks, by the experimental electronica boffins on Trauma Records, and by the "favela chic" of Rio's "baile funk" oddballs - Tanto Tempo remains a landmark in electronic music." - John Lewis

01 - Samba da Bencao

02 - August Day Song

03 - Tanto Tempo

04 - Sem Contencao

05 - Mais Feliz

06 - Albuem

07 - So Nice (Summer Samba)

08 - Lonely

09 - Bananeira

10 - Samba e Amor

11 - Close Your Eyes

Streaming: Radio3.net

iTunes: Tanto Tempo

Spotify: Bebel Gilberto

Hmm...Brazilian music you say? With Drum 'n' Bass and electronic roots? I'm enticed, to say the least. 

~mfm