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Dead Dance

by Opez

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plasticseahorse Dancing skeletons in the desert Favorite track: Carlos Primero.
there!
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there! Downbeat, morose Mex-Morricone. Favorite track: Carlos Primero.
john greenwood
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john greenwood this is one of those albums that explaining would probably ruin it. Music is so organic and personal, write it in your heart and make your own story, but listen....The Vinyl copy is really really good. This is an excellent recording that plays very well on a decent system. The tone and the color of the sound is great. It is somehow even more on Vinyl. Get it on Vinyl and enjoy! Favorite track: Dead Dance.
Phantom Wang
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Phantom Wang I feel like I have been looking for this record for a long time but did'nt know it. Sounds like driving a vintage convertable through the desert at night . Favorite track: Dead Dance.
michael rütten
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michael rütten "Latin Desert & Funeral Party" they say. super laid-back and a bit of Guerrero style i would add. music i'd like to hang out and skate to. produced by Andrea Benini, super señor ! or: a White Russian to accompany….simple as that.
Jeremy / HI54LOFI
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Jeremy / HI54LOFI Just listening to the trailer/sampler has already got me thinking about buying a poncho. I worry what will happen once I listen to the album in full. UPDATE: I did not buy a poncho, but I do love this record. Favorite track: Carlos Primero.
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Malinco 03:54
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Estelita 04:40 video
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Adriatica (free) 03:30
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Libre 04:39
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Dead Dance 03:15
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Diavolanza 04:13
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Sangoda 02:39
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Tristu 03:04
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Corolla 03:02
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AR059CD | AR059VL
Agogo Records
EAN 4260130540593
release date: 05. June 2015

Describing their style as „Latin Desert & Funeral Party“ music, Opez clearly go their own special way. But listen to the debut album „Dead Dance“ and you will find that this path is quite an exciting one. Set in a haunting environment of acoustic instruments and an expertly stylish production, the twelve songs recorded by duo Massi Amadori und Francesco Tappi are a journey into a twilight world of emotion and imagination.
If you take an off-road trip to the region north of Perugia and south of Firenze, west of Livorno and east of San Marino you will find a number of little recording studios. This is Italy’s heartland you pass through when you travel down from Milano towards Rome. It is exactly here where multi-instrumentalists Massi Amadori (guitars, slide guitar, percussions, ukulele, freeze sound & harmonium) and Francesco Tappi (double bass, bows, whistle) recorded „Dead Dance“. Les Paul or Django Reinhardt immediately come into mind during a first listen, even the Mississippi Delta blues sound or Billy Vaughn’s happy orchestral sound being turned completely upside down. But “Dead Dance” has its own individual melancholy, a lonely sound supervised by Italian afro-jazz-fusion expert Andrea Benini of Mop Mop, not too far away from Angelo Badalamenti’s mysterious soundscapes for David Lynch’s „Twin Peaks“ series, especially on the dark and entangling “Sanfisa”.
With additional musicians like the two percussionists and drummers Fabio Paglierani, an expert in dub who brings a echoing twist to the sultry groove of "Adriatica" and the first single and video "Carlos Primero" or Fabio "Mocambo" Tozzi who puts "Estelita", "Diavolanza", "Malinco" and "Libre" into an authentic Fifties environment “Dead Dance”
is a band affair. The vocals of Annalisa Bartolini ("Carlos Primero" and "Sangoda") as well as Dimitri "Didi" Mazzs ("Malinco") add to the complete picture. As Opez have been very strict about their acoustic appearance, the more they are happy now about the result, „Tristu“ with its folk textures followed by the near tex-mex balladry of „Corolla” are two of the many highlights on “Dead Dance”. They were cut directly to tape, no overdubs or long mixing sessions involved. This is why “Dead Dance” sounds very spiritual, almost out of the real world: „To be honest, we would love to play our music in churches. We are not your normal type of rock band, you know“, says Massi Amadori, who is the main songwriter in the duo and responsible for all compositions on the album. Although “Dead Dance” sometimes feels reminiscent of the Cowboy Junkies’ romantic Americana or Los Lobos’ truthful adaption of traditional cumbia or bolero, “we see ourselves as very Italian, very local.”
The stunning artwork and the accompanying video were created by Aimone Marziali who is also one of the producers responsible for the sonically enhanced “Balera Del Mar”, the closing tune on the album. Creating a mixture of the classic pre-Raphaelite drawings by 19th century painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti and what George Yepes did for Los Lobos on their „La Pistola Y El Corazón.“ album, Marziali is an integral part of the Opez cosmos. „Of course, the artwork is a crucial to what we want to achieve,” adds Amadori. “Our music is very visual, very sensual and emotional. It is not only about an acoustic experience but it appeals to all senses.”

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Describing their style as „Latin Desert & Funeral Party“ music, Opez clearly go their own special way. But listen to the debut album „Dead Dance“ and you will find that this path is quite an exciting one.

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