Last
time we visited Sweden was summer, and now we go back there in the freezing cold of
December. Metropolitan was an unknown Swedish band that, according to the little
available information, only published one EP with two tracks. However, if all
the songs that were left in their rehearsal studio were like this one,
we certainly missed many good tunes.
Back to Europe, we visit Latvia in 1984, a country member of the USSR by then. Sung in Latvian, it makes use of childish voices, possessive synthetizer chords and typical instruments of the country, including the most popular of all: clapping hands!. Another time, another culture. Very nice, anyhow.
Back to Europe, German band Zwischenfall proposes an escape route ("flucht"), a liberation to our senses in this obscure synthpop track, with possessive melody and male dark voice, as it is customary in Germany. Close your eyes, let yourself be inevitably dragged into a trance. And, above all, enjoy this small electronic gem.
We stop this time in Scotland, where we find a band from Glasgow who can be considered as the true pioneers of synth music in their country. The overelaborated sounds of this track, Science, are a good example of their excessive and personal proposal, a New Wave style without complexes or fear of experimenting. A gift for discerning ears.Civ
