Balanço Cd's 2015

Posso só dizer que em termos musicais 2015 foi uma desgraça? Daquelas mesmo franciscanas? Vocês sabem que a coisa é uma desgraça quando o álbum da vossa banda favorita é uma verdadeira trampa. Sim Nightwish estou a falar de vocês.

Vocês sabem que a coisa é uma desgraça quando toda a gente vai aos arames com  o novo álbum da Adele, vocês ouvem aquilo e pensam "meh, been there, done that".

Vocês sabem que a coisa é uma desgraça quando a Ella Henderson não lança nada. Quando a Loreen não lança nada. Quando a Emmelie De Forest não lança nada.

Mas vocês sabem que valeu a pena ouvir estes álbuns todos quando:

Ouvem o novo álbum a solo do Brandon Flowers e da Marina & The Diamonds

Passam a conhecer a Bea Miller, a Halsey e a Bebe Rexha.

Se surpreendem com o álbum da Conchita, que é muito bom.

Os HURTS se redimem do seu último álbum e lançam uma masterpiece.

A JoJo volta a lançar material!

O álbum a solo da Samantha Jade vos surpreende pela positiva quando esperavam que fosse uma trampa.

Aí fica a lista do que convém recordar de 2015, podem tirar ideias caso não saibam o que ouvir na virada:

Adam Lambert - The Original High

Adele - 25

Alyssa Reid - Phoenix

Anastacia - Ultimate Collection

Bea Miller - Not An Apology

Bebe Rexha - I Don't Wanna Grow Up EP

Ben Haenow - Ben Haenow

Beyond The Black - Songs Of Love And Death

Bonnie Mckee - Bombastic EP

Brandon Flowers - The Desired Effect

Breaking Benjamin - Dark Before Dawn

Carrie Underwood - Storyteller

Cats On Trees - Cats On Trees

Collabro - Act Two

Colton Dixon - The Calm Before The Storm EP

Conchita Wurst - Conchita

Dark Sarah - Behind The Black Veil

David Garrett - Explosive

Edurne - Adrenalina

Fifth Harmony - Reflection

Fleur East - Love, Sax And Flashbacks

Gloriana - Three

Hailee Steinfeld - Haiz EP

Halsey - Badlands

Hilary Duff - Breath In, Breathe Out

Hurts - Surrender

Janet Devlin - Duvet Daze EP

Jess Glynne - I Cry When I Laugh

Jesse & Joy - Un Besito Más

John Newman - Revolve

JoJo - III EP

Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece

Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon

Leaves' Eyes - King Of Kings

Leona Lewis - I Am

Little Mix - Get Weird

Lucy Spraggan - We Are

Maddie & Tae - Start Here

Madilyn Bailey - Muse Box

Madonna - Rebel Heart

Marina & The Diamonds - Froot

Rachel Platten - Fight Song EP

Ryan Adams - 1989

Sabrina Carpenter - Eyes Wide Open

Samantha Jade - NINE

Selena Gomez - Revival

Sirenia - The Seventh Life Path

Will Young - 85% Proof

Xandria - Fire & Ashes EP

Zephyrium - Voyage

Se não quiserem ouvir nada disto, ouçam este remix de "Only Teardrops" que é awesome.

Introducing: Zephyrium

With the constant need to make everything avaliable for anyone there's an awareness of captivating larger audiences to listen to classical music.

Sadly most projects end up messing up the classics and there is too little of classic in them.

Zephyrium, a North-American two pieces duo consisting of Michelle Haché (vocals) and Derek Smootz (electronics)  one step back and two septs forward towards a million crossover projects and then there is Voyage, their debut album.

They went to the deepest of the roots of classical music when it came to choose the songs featured in "Voyage", as far as they cover a great bunch of classical composers giving them the ambiental vibe that i recall from Sleepthief's songs. Even though i have already listened to most of the songs there is no denying that they received some majestical touches making it feel like the first time when i listen to them. Is not it that makes music worth it? 

Michelle's one of the few singers in whom i truly sense the classical training which gives the listener the feeling of listening to some true gem and not some facade singer. (that already performed in several plays such as "The Sound of Music" and "Ida" ) Hands down to a singer who can perform in several languages with a proper diction. Expecting something in Portuguese on the next album. 

The ambience created around the songs by Derek's keyboards melts with Michelle's voice and as time passes the songs seem to fly by.

It is very interesting, from a listener's point of view, to recall the influces of different genres while listening to one single song and still feeling like they all come together to build a one-piece track. 

Such a brilliant surprise for which i thank Derek for giving me the pleasure of reviewing it.

For those of you who feel curious about this project, feel free to access their Facebook page as well as their official website. "Voyage" will be avaliable for purchase tomorrow.

Below there is a track from Derek's band Longing For Orpheus, "At Sea", the first collaboration he did with Michelle, that can give you a glimpse of what Zephyrium have to offer.

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Lançamentos De Fevereiro

Lançamentos De Janeiro

No seguimento do que fui fazendo ao longo dos dois últimos anos, aí estão os lançamentos do mês, singles incluídos.