Description
Strangeloveの最新作『Electricidade Estética』は、1980年代ポルトガルのカウンターカルチャー音楽を鮮やかに映し出す。未発表音源を集めたDWARTの楽曲は、Ash-Ra風のバレアリックサウンドと鋭いイベリアのエレクトロニクスが融合し、特に「Mate」が初のヴァイナル再発となる。時代の音楽技術を積極的に取り入れたリスボンのアヴァンギャルドシーンの中で、TelectuのVítor RuaやJorge Lima Barreto、Nuno Rebelo、Bernardo Devlinなども参加。
A1. Aqua Alta
A2. Mate (Remastered)
A3. Synesthesia (feat. Nuno Rebelo)
A4. Electro Maga (feat. Bernardo Devlin)
B1. Opala (feat. Nuno Rebelo)
B2. Swing da Rocinha (feat. Nuno Rebelo)
B3. Pó das Estrelas (feat. Bernardo Devlin)
B4. Keep in Touch (Far East Mix)
B5. Electro Maga - reprise (feat. Bernardo Devlin)
Strangelove's latest release turns left somewhere near the edge of the Atlantic, with Electricidade Estética" documenting a vibrant window into the musical landscape of 1980's counter-culture Portugal. Compiling early un-issued works, DWART's organic Ash-Ra Balearics meld with spikey Iberian electronics, coalescing around the floating beauty of 'Mate', reissued for the first time on vinyl.
With emergent music technologies of the era enthusiastically adopted by Lisbon's avante-garde, there was a collective desire by DWART and their contemporaries to push existing sonic boundaries;- Post new wave sounds melded with distinctive local sensibilities. Vítor Rua & Jorge Lima Barreto of the legendary Telectu (whom Antoñio currently tours with) were regular collaborators while composer/ guitarist Nuno Rebelo and guitarist/singer Bernardo Devlin feature throughout.
Antoñio & Manuela Duarte's search for an artistic language melded a continuing curiosity with aural and physical dualities: experimental pop integrated with performance art, mathematics sound-tracked on canvas, organic found sounds at ease alongside synthetic drum machines. The 9 songs found here document the early emergence of their own 'Electricidade Estética'
(Big shouts to Invisible Cities & Steele Bonus- early champions of 'Mate')
