21 Saturday Aug 2021
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cpop, 鄭秀文 (Sammi Cheng), 鄭秀文 (Sammi Cheng) - Listen To Mi (Album), Mandopop, music, Musica, Sammi Cheung (鄭秀文)
“Listen To Mi” is the new EP by the singer 鄭秀文 (Sammi Cheng).
Release Date: 2021-08-12
Tracklist:
1.万物有时
2.如何忍眼泪
3.新造的人 (feat. SHIMICA)
4.无人岛
5.萤
6.重生的心声
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars
21 Saturday Aug 2021
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and More (EP), Come & Get It, music, Musica, Selena Gomez, Selena Gomez - Love You Like A Love Song
“Love You Like A Love Song, Come & Get It, and More” is the EP by the singer Selena Gomez.
Tracklist:
01.Love You Like A Love Song
02.Come & Get It
03.The Heart Wants What It Wants
04.Who Says
05.A Year Without Rain
06.More
07.Slow Down
08.Naturally
OVERALL RATING: 5 stars
21 Saturday Aug 2021
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The Body Remembers is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson, released on August 20, 2021, by her own label Stargirl Records. It is her first studio release to feature original songs since her 2001 album M.Y.O.B.
Tracklist:
01.One Step Closer
02.Runway
03.Love Don’t Care
04.The Body Remembers
05.Lost in Your Eyes, The Duet
06.Strings
07.Legendary
08.Freedom (feat. ASHBA)
09.Girls Night Out
10.Dance 4U
11.What Are We Gonna Do?
12.LuvU2Much
13.Red Carpet Ready
14.Tell Me Love
15.Me Not Loving You
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars
21 Saturday Aug 2021
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There aren’t any easy definitions of ARDEN’s music. The singer-songwriter has come a long way since her years as the idiosyncratic pop artist, Marie Marie back in 2014, a path filled with innovation and transformation – both to her music and personality. In the sea of changes, one thing has been a constant in Arden’s career; her voice and its relationship to the harp. If anything, Arden’s latest, self-titled album is an acknowledgment of that very constant, an acceptance which has allowed the songwriter to reach new heights with old-tools.
‘ARDEN’ marks a homecoming in a few fronts for Arden. Firstly and more obviously, it was the first album the songwriter recorded and produced herself entirely from her home, shortly after the birth of her second child, “This allowed me to combine my work as an artist with my motherhood and I was able to devote myself to music without the time and cost pressures of a large studio,” recalls Arden. Stripping down her production immediately meant the harp gained a larger prominence than ever in Arden’s music. Every track on “Arden” is an experiment with both, harp and voice tampered sensually with loops and layers, mallets and mufflers. The Faroese electronic artist Janus Rasmussen, who co-produced and mixed the album, complements the sound with subtle electronic textures. At times the chords played on the instrument only subtly accompany the vocals, barely noticeable, at other times every pluck gains an irrefutable presence and life of its own. “The harp has a warm, earthy sound with a very little treble. This doesn’t fit into every context, it often won’t project well, but what I previously saw as a deficiency, I now try to use as a strength,” says Arden.
There’s a sense of confidence in Arden’s nine tracks. While harp and vocals give way to a gentle and delicate mood, there’s an undeniable maturity to the overall sound that manages to show dare without having to say too much. Opener, ‘Azaleas’ embodies much of the originality that permeates the whole album; a track filled with plot twists, cycling through vocal octaves and timbres but that still feels genuine and uncomplicated somehow, “Up until now I had often found the creative process to be a struggle, with myself, with my abilities and with my doubts. This time I wanted to work out of the joy of creating. To let these little plants of ideas to grow without bending them,” explains Arden. By allowing the music to bloom naturally, Arden’s sound acquired imperfect edges and experimental qualities which only add to its uniqueness. From the slow, vocal-driven start of ‘Open’, it’s impossible to predict its percussive unravelling. Even ‘Waves’ , one of the more straightforward tracks on the album manages to send chills down the spine when a sudden cascading, elysian harp melody breaks through a wafting sky of strings.
In interpreting her own album, Arden says she thinks she has come closer to her “female musical side”. This newfound perspective seems to reach beyond the obvious understanding of the female energy as softer and more delicate, although both words can be used to describe Arden’s music – to something more akin to an intuitive kind of creativity, “I wanted to develop my musical vision independently, and trust my own ideas. I just wanted to follow my way of working, at my own pace, sometimes late at night, sometimes early in the morning, sometimes for hours, sometimes just minutes,” says Arden “I wanted to not look for perfection but to create from the moment, with joy and to have the courage to let imperfection become part of my expression.”
Tracklist:
01.Arden: Azaleas
02.Arden: Waves
03.Arden: Birds
04.Arden: Eden
05.Arden Walker: If You Care
06.Arden: Silence
07.Arden: Snow Mountains
08.Arden: Open
09.Arden: Like a Wing
OVERALL RATING: 5 stars
21 Saturday Aug 2021
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With ‘Open’, Arden presents her fourth single from the upcoming album of the same name, which will be released in August. From the slow, vocal-driven start of ‘Open’, it’s impossible to predict its percussive unravelling. This makes the track an interesting contrast to previous singles such as ‘Waves’ or ‘Eden’. The initial calm of the intro gives way to electronic textures that shape the soundscape on ‘Open’. The harp sound, which is distinctive for Arden, also finds its moments and thus creates an overall musical experience that puts the listener in a dreamy state.
Tracklist:
01.Open
02.Eden
03.Waves
04.Azaleas
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars
21 Saturday Aug 2021
Luminous Dreaming (꿈을 꾸는 루미너스) is the first EP by LUMINOUS. It was released on August 19, 2021 as a pre-debut album ahead of their official debut on September 1. “Dreaming LUMINOUS” serves as the album’s title track.
The album consists of five songs in total, with four of the songs being self-composed solo songs by the members. “ROD (Ride Or Die)” was composed by Suil, “Up All Night” was composed by Steven, “Star” was composed by Youngbin, and “Orbit” was composed by Woobin.
Tracklist:
1.”Dreaming LUMINOUS (끔루 (꿈을 꾸는 루미너스))”
2.”ROD (Ride Or Die)”
3.”Up All Night”
4.”Star (별)”
5.”Orbit (여행)”
OVERALL RATING: 4½ stars
21 Saturday Aug 2021
“はじまりの唄” is the digital single by the singer JUNNA.
Release Date: 2021.08.20
Tracklist:
1.はじまりの唄
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars
21 Saturday Aug 2021
The Awakening : Written in the Stars is the first full-length album by CRAVITY. It will be released in two parts with the first part being released on August 19, 2021 with “Gas Pedal” serving as the album’s title track.
Tracklist:
1.”Intro : New Horizon”
2.”Gas Pedal”
3.”Veni Vedi Veci”
4.”Chinga-Linga”
5.”Celebrate”
6.”Grand Prix”
7.”Divin'”
8.”Go Go”
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars
21 Saturday Aug 2021
Posted in Musica
Dream-pop indie star, Angel Olsen, is releasing her new EP, Aisles, via the label Jagjaguwar. Aisles is a five track collection of covers of 80’s & 90’s hits, close to Olsen’s heart. Angel Olsen has kept the integrity of each song, while folding in her own cosmic inspiration for a new emotional experience in every note.
Tracklist:
1.Gloria
2.Eyes Without A Face
3.Safety Dance
4.If You Leave
5.Forever Young
OVERALL RATING: 4½ stars
21 Saturday Aug 2021
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“悠長假期” is the album by the singer 陳粒.
Release Date: 2021-08-15
Tracklist:
01 – 魔鬼辣
02 – 玉人歌
03 – 早上好
04 – 比如世界
05 – 大裂縫
06 – 巨霧
07 – 游魚
08 – 實用音樂
09 – 悠長假期
10 – 雨燕
Bonus track
11 – 研山圖
12 – 從頭
13 – 影響
14 – 四海
15 – 無所求必滿載而歸
16 – 圓形的海
17 – 多多流意
18 – 地球巡邏小分隊
19 – 世界正中
20 – 短歌
21 – 河馬
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars
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