Alex Anwandter’s Odisea keeps surprising us, this time with the video for “Cabros” the first flat-out fantastic single from his equally interesting self-titled solo album. Last time we spoke with Alex he told us “Cabros” was the one different song on the album, which he felt was necessary to include so that it would be easier for all those Teleradio Donoso fans to jump into his new project. The songs in Odisea might be too long for many to handle, but this single took over our iPods the entire summer and now this video directed by Alex himself only adds to the addiction. It features very well known actors Jaime Vadell and Edgardo Bruna. Odisea is all about Chile, the cities, the nightlife and the traffic, all bundled up in some hysteric disco strings as hard to ignore as his Michael Jackson’s influence in the overall album, starting of course, with the album’s artwork.
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Video: Odisea - "Cabros"
Alex Anwandter’s Odisea keeps surprising us, this time with the video for “Cabros” the first flat-out fantastic single from his equally interesting self-titled solo album. Last time we spoke with Alex he told us “Cabros” was the one different song on the album, which he felt was necessary to include so that it would be easier for all those Teleradio Donoso fans to jump into his new project. The songs in Odisea might be too long for many to handle, but this single took over our iPods the entire summer and now this video directed by Alex himself only adds to the addiction. It features very well known actors Jaime Vadell and Edgardo Bruna. Odisea is all about Chile, the cities, the nightlife and the traffic, all bundled up in some hysteric disco strings as hard to ignore as his Michael Jackson’s influence in the overall album, starting of course, with the album’s artwork.
Odisea, the new project of Alex Anwandter
The single’s artwork is an absolute wonder; it frames what we’ve been saying about Alex Anwandter’s potential to become a legitimate Latin Pop icon. It’s an obvious homage to Michael Jackson and nigh club odyssey. The new song is titled “Cabros” and although it’s not as exciting as the artwork, it’s incredibly sexy and sweaty. Glad to see Anwandter’s characteristic vocal clauses intact, although he does sound more exotic than usual. Those following his career know he has been pointing to disco, glad to see him taking action, "tengo que correr o pierdo."
Me voy por unos días y Teleradio Donoso se separa.
It took me two weeks to get back to blogging, for those who don’t know I had a little incident with my laptop, not having any backup machine prevented me from coming back. I don’t have the cash to buy myself another laptop yet but I did convince the school’s tech department to allow me to access blogger through a school desktop, it took me a while to convince them all the music I post is actually here legally (they were concerned). For the meantime, my niece was nice enough to let me borrow her PC while she enjoys her fall break. So I’m still struggling a bit to run this show, I’m just happy to be here anyways. Mad props to Jean-Stephane for helping me out with our new compilation, which seriously is amazing and you’ll get to download it later this week.
Back to the post’s title, we learn Teleradio Donoso has quit, very sad news for this blog, we’re their biggest fans. Seriously, those guys are awesome, and Bailar y Llorar is full of SONGS, it’s so underrated. I can’t help but feel nostalgic even if they had a very short career, and yes, I pulled up their albums to remind myself of the good times. We’ll definitely keep an eye on their careers, particularly that of Alex Anwandter, who I’ve been claiming is Latin America’s most valuable male popstar, seriously, he could be our Justin Timberlake (minus charisma) if he wanted (I’m saying that on the nicest way possible). Hopefully he’ll be back soon, as we informed you, he’s teaming up with Gepe for an upcoming project.
Gepe + Alex Anwandter
The news of a project from Gepe and Alex Anwandter (Teleradio Donoso’s vocalist) make us really excited, they’re two of the most talented personas in pop and if you’ve been to one of their shows, or take a look at that picture above, you can already see this is going to be insane. Gepe is by now a well respected singer-songwriter who turns folk into pop in effortless beauty, while I’ve been saying that Alex Anwandter is the ultimate modern popstar of the Latinamerican song. I’m guessing we’ll have to wait a bit for an actual release, considering Gepe is ready to discharge hi latest LP which if the rumors are true, include several collaborators among them Pedropiedra, Francisca Valenzuela and Javiera Mena. Watch Gepe talk about his new album at Paniko.CL
Video: "Cama de Clavos", Teleradio Donoso
Need a distraction from this recession? Well, I’ve been saying Teleradio Donoso’s Bailar y Llorar is THE album to find such escapism, I can’t stress enough how brilliant their album is. Yes, it did come out on 2008 but it really had one of the sloppiest releases we’ve ever witness, and so the album never really settled a proper release until the end of 2008, when we finally had a chance to hear it, and so we’re cheating a little bit considering it a 2009 album. “Cama de Clavos” is a song about a certain fetishist, I mean, a dance style, which has been getting thousands of plays on our playlist. It's the album's fourth single following the catchy teenage-in-love “Amar En El Campo”, the year’s anthem “Bailar y Llorar”, and the nostalgically brilliant “Eramos Todos Felices.” The video is directed by Alex Anwandter and Diego Adrian, once again, making these 3 guys look like true pop stars.
Feeling Donoso...
by Jean-Stephane Beriot
I had commented in my first days at the blog how Javiera Mena, Adanowsky and Teleradio Donoso are Chile’s most valuable acts, and I stand by it. And believe me, I’ve listen to a whole lot of bands from a country I truly feel as my own, whenever I go back to my country (France) or with my family (in New York) I always want to go back to Santiago and enjoy every minute of it. I was recently chatting with Carlos (Carlinhos, Charlitos, Carlitos, or however you want to call him), and we were discussing how much we appreciate Teleradio’s Bailar y Llorar, we like it as much as that beautiful 2008 rock album by Prietto Viaja al Cosmos con Mariano, except that this one is full edgy pop. Their music is the overall theme of our Rocola #8 and at least for me, the second best album of the year so far (although many see it as a 2008 release, which it is, but not for us). These first two months have been truly wonderful for our music, Juan Son released what’s probably the very best album of the year already but please don’t forget about this amazingly epic hour. It’s actually Chile’s best album since Esquemas Juveniles, so perhaps Javiera Mena herself will come to power one more time as she’s got all her songs ready to bring us her sophomore set, can’t wait!
Watch the following videos, the first one it’s a rough draft at the studio for my personal favorite track “La niñas de la cuadra”, followed by the official video for "Bailar y Llorar."
JANUARY. BEST ALBUMS & SONGS
The best music of 2009 so far: Part of December ('08) & January Releases:
ALBUMS
01. ALIDA ST. Y LA BAMBA (REVIEW)
02. BAILAR Y LLORAR. TELERADIO DONOSO (REVIEW)
03. KATY. MR. RACOON (REVIEW)
04. RUDO Y CURSI SOUNDTRACK. VARIOUS
05. NEGRO FLU0. NEGRO FLUO (REVIEW)
06. AI CON PERMISITO. MENUDA COINCIDENCIA
07. FAMILY REUNION. UNSEXY NERD PONIES (REVIEW)
08. EL FENOMENO. ARCANGEL (REVIEW)
09. YELLOW YESTERDAY. YELLOW YESTERDAY (REVIEW)
10. FUCK HER OR THE TERRORISTS WIN. FUCK HER OR THE TERRORISTS WIN
SINGLES
01. “AZUL”. NATALIA LAFOURCADE
02. “OTRA SUERTE”. ENTRE RIOS
03. “ALIDA ST”. Y LA BAMBA
04. “HIEDRA VENENOSA”. MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND
05. “ERAMOS TODOS FELICES”. TELERADIO DONOSO
06. “INGENUO”. EN VENTURA
07. “NADA”. ZOE
08. “LA LLUVIA”. NEGRO FLUO
09. “BAILE FRIK”. FRIKSTAILERS
10. “SON BEREJU”. CHOC QUIB TOWN
Bailar y Llorar, Teleradio Donoso
BAILAR Y LLORAR, TELERADIO DONOSO
Oveja Negra, Chile ****1/2
Rating: 93
By Carlos Reyes
To dance crying or to cry dancing, Teleradio Donoso makes a quick move releasing their sophomore album full of nostalgia and rhythm. In their latest album, The Killers talked about how America was raising a new generation of dancers, Teleradio Donoso’s approach to reach common ground inclines to individual change, about the joy of love and its painful desolation, and of course the physical manifestation of such broad feelings. They had shown signs of vanguard in their debut album Santiago, which placed them on a level of critical acclaim as high as that of fellow Chilean Javiera Mena, but I had no idea of this catatonic vision they now embody. From start, one must highlight the lead singer’s distinctive, arousing and affecting voice; coming from someone who sees voice as another instrument, leader Alex Anwandter is polishing his talent to create a real marvel. Bailar y Llorar is ultimately resonant to the idealism of gender and its urgent collision with age.
Captures the exceptional ideal to let feelings be known without regret, with such open margins, the songs expand to a range of pleasure and fears. It’s been a while since the first single “Amar en el Campo” hit the internet, it’s a touching piece that tackles on the moment one gets tired of humanity and needs to find some organic stability, one the metropolis can’t offer and so camping is the way to go. The trip might take a while, but life and everything has a cycle, eventually reaching the right moment to embrace a relationship. There is a great sexual vibe in “Cama de Clavos”, which associates a dancing practice, the rollercoaster of feelings love evokes, to the metaphysics of the supposedly magical trick of a bed of nails: where the body stands lay down on top of it, the nails are not able to penetrate the body as the weight is distributed throughout.
The album gives plenty of chances to exhilarate your pain or happiness, but most especially, it whispers into the ear that it is perfectly okay to let those feelings invade the body. In “Eramos Felices”, it warns the listener that this in fact is a “delicate balance” and remembers the beautiful moments of an unspecified past. It’s quite cynic and tragically honest, in stressful conditions like those of today, why not look back into a time of joy? The next track “Las niñas de la cuadra” resolves that question but unfortunately outcomes a depressing realization of time and gender. The song tells how as kids, it was perfectly fine for girls to come over to a boy’s house, as they grew up older, they become ghosts as the fathers and morality get in the way, “Era hora de olvidarse de los niños que son tristes.”
No one should ever make perfect songs, and no one should ever call on them, but “Granada” merits this distinction as it is a jaw-dropping hunting song I can hardly get out of my head. Here it goes: Get intoxicated until you see Jesus Christ, confront him, see if you can get over the ghosts you’ve been carrying around, dance along, cry along, destroy yourself, solve the puzzle, be a star and fly, if nothing soothes the pain get yourself a grenade and kill the fucking ghost with it, free yourself. This second half of the album is pure bohemia, like a healing process that concludes with “Yo no se nada del mundo”, the moment to put everything together, moment of realization before a new cycle of crying and dancing.
This album might be hard to get physically, it took long enough to get a proper release in Chile, the single was out about 6 months prior to the album’s release, which was officially presented last month, which in music blogging culture transcends as a 2009 album, and it’s THE pop-rock album to beat this year. We’re hoping a label somewhere in North America picks it up, it’s worth it.
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