“Electronica sucks!” We’ve all heard it. Hell, at some point, we may all have felt it. But every once in a while, you hear, ahem, sorry…every once in a while you feel electronica in your heart and soul.
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Costa Music
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"Lighter Subjects"
(Stilll)
Released April 1, 2008
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Do you remember the first time you heard “Firestarter” by Prodigy, “Around The World” by Daft Punk or “South Side” by Moby? Sure you do. Now those are just the tracks that the mainstream allows you to hear. Regardless, electronica is one of those genres of music that evolves more than guitar bands. Maybe it’s the technology and its self-awareness within the genre that makes it flourish as one of the types of music that still sells through. How? The world has no idea, but it’s grateful it exists.
And since every once in a while there’s some music that truly moves the masses, it’s only fair to put the guitars to the side for a while, and expose some of the best in electronica coming down the pike. First off is Costa Music.
Joseph Costa’s previous efforts with L’Altra were moody neo-pop non sequitors filled with sexual tensions between exes. With the debut of Costa Music, only the ex has been let go. While some may consider this repetitious, others may go deeper to find the furthest from “lighter subjects” on Joseph Costa’s first solo effort.
“Lighter Subjects” strays from the ambient nature of L’Altra, while keeping with its dark and androgynous soundtrack. While “Subjects” is not so much an electronica record, it gives programming a run for its money. More along the lines of Portishead and Radiohead, Costa Music leads with the right foot in the realm of surrealism in a genre that can become too comfortable in its own niche that it sometimes grows stagnant.
This incredible debut leads off with the track “As I Go Beneath” that haunts as much as it entertains. The ethereal soundscape of guitar strums and thick beats is something to be envied, while Costa’s voice lends a subversive skew to the norm, yet surprisingly has filled in all the puzzle pieces with nothing but an inclined, and possibly genius collection of tracks. Ambient has a new direction, and I believe it is Costa Music.
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incredible album
Written by Guest on 2008-04-18 16:57:36
bought it yesterday, it is just amazing. Thank you. |
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