Monday, November 28, 2016

November 28 - Shimmering, Warm, and Bright

In the mid 1990s, you couldn't go anywhere without hearing the voice of Anneli Drecker, who was the female voice in the Norwegian duo Bel Canto. The other half was Nils Johansen, who was responsible for the programming - and while they did have a couple of other musicians helping them out, they were predominantly the two people heard on today's song. They came from Tromsø, way up north, past the arctic circle, which clearly influenced their music. It has an icy and cold quality to it, but they were not afraid to bring in other influences, like the clear eastern scales on the song selected for today, and the result was magic, even for a grumpy antipop person like me. The song is incredibly danceable, yet it has a tonal and melodic quality that really draws me in and intrigues me. Shimmering, Warm, and Bright brought Bel Canto to the top of the Norwegian charts in 1992, and it is not without reason...


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