Tuesday, March 2, 2010

THE DECADE IN SONGS 70 - 61

70 - UNA MÚSICA BRUTAL - Gotan Project - timeless track from this perhaps slightly overplayed tango-reinventing collective

69 - FRANK SINATRA 2001 - Miss Kittin & The Hacker - the decade's most brazen lyrics and underground club scene's cult tune, no ifs ands or buts about it;-)



68 - GAMIL - Y.A.S. - between Y.A.S. and Soapkills, Yasmine Hamdan's sensual vocals grace not any less than 4 songs in my top 200, ARABOLOGY was without any doubts my favourite album of last year



67 - I BELIEVE - Simian Mobile Disco

66 - LUCKY STAR - Basement Jaxx Feat. Dizzee Rascal -

65 - SEVEN NATION ARMY - White Stripes

64 - DECLARE INDEPENDENCE - Björk - musical artistry, inventiveness, creativity and unclassifiable sounds - they are all Miss Guðmundsdóttir's synonyms. Here's one of her most radical (both musically and lyrically) achievements 2 date, particularly moving with all the Tibetan flags in the audience of Parisian Olympia... Extraordinaire:



63 - PRENZLAUERBERG - Beirut - stunning and emotional interpretation of Balkan Folk from Beirut's breathtaking debut GULAG ORKESTAR, apparently majority of its material was recorded in the musician's bedroom, piece of art...



62 - CRUEL INTENTIONS - Simian Mobile Disco Feat. Beth Ditto - it was love at first listen...



61 - BAMBOO BANGA - M.I.A. - magnificent mash up of Indian Tamil movie sondtrack samples and dancehall, KALA's opening track, a sonic feast 4 Orientophiles like me:-)