Here's a track from some more Romanians. This time they're called Crush+ Alexandra. It's got 2.7 million views on YouTube so it's obviously doing alright. I don't know much else about this act apart from that I think the female singer looks a bit like Sarah 'Fergie' Ferguson! Enjoy!
Here's one of my favourite Italian acts. I love the fact that Gala dares to be different, and sticks by her music lyrics "I've never done as I've be told"! Her 'Tough Love' album showed a bit more of an edgy and rocky side to Gala. She performed in Beirut a few weeks ago and a radio station there previewed 'Lose Yourself in Me'. I don't know whether it will get an actual release, but it would be nice and an official video would also be great.
The video has since been removed from YouTube - Sorry!
I haven't really been a fan of Aqua's recent music, but I saw this video on YouTube earlier today and I quite like this one. It's a slow tempo track with some lovely vocals from Lene. This track reminds me a little bit of Lene's 'Pretty Young Thing', which isn't a bad thing at all. I wonder if Aqua plan to go global again. Check out her shoes...how somebody can even stand in those shoes is beyond me!
My favourite Swede of the moment is back with an awesome track. From what I've read it's already number 1 on Swedish ITunes, so looks like it's going to be a hit there anyway. I wonder if the UK will get a release? 3 Beat/AATW better start planning some good promotion if they are still working with Agnes.
Australia's very own Gina G is back with a new single. The song first appeared on her MySpace page some time ago (two years?) in a demo form, then it was released on ITunes three months ago and a video was shot in a club in Australia. There was also a performance on Australian TV. A remix of the song was then released (Loud Manners), and then the song disappeared from ITunes with the original video disappearing from YouTube! Phew!
But do not fear, the song has been remixed (yes...again) and now features a rapper called Vigilante, and there's also a new video. The song can already be pre-ordered from various legal download sites (ITunes, HMV Downloads...) and is due for release on 9th October. The track isn't quite as good as 2006's 'Tonight's The Night', so it will be interesting to see how it will do - I hope there will be some club and TV promotion to boost its profile.
Yep...another song called 'Vamos A Bailar'. This one is by an Italian duo Paola & Chiara Lezzi, who are sisters. They were discovered in 1996, and have been releasing music since 1997. They have also released solo material during their music careers. They have been quite successful in Italy, and 7 of their albums have made the Italian top 40. 'Vamos A Bailar' was a number one hit in Italy and reached the top 20 in several other European countries. There were plans for it to be released in the United Kingdom, but the release was unfortunately cancelled, despite new remixes being made by Almighty. There are also Italian and Spanish versions of this track.
Here's a song that was introduced to me about 10 years ago by a friend. I really do not know much about this act except that it was released in Germany in 2000. The vocals are by Spygirl. On the CD cover it actually says 'The Ze-Factory DJs Present Azuca'. I don't think it was a big hit but I still like it anyway! Sorry about the video quality - it's all I could find!
The Queen of Europop released a new single in June. Denmark's very own Whigfield aka Sannie Carlson has been working extremely hard in the Off Limits studio (in Italy) over the last 6 years, where she has composed some amazing songs for people like In-Grid, Benny Benassi, Benassi Bros, Spagna, Ann Lee, and most recently for herself ('To Feel Alive' with Oral Tunerz and 'C'est Cool').
'C'est Cool' is a quirky little dance number, which steps away from the typical bubblegum style Whigfield tracks, but still keeps hold of the catchy simplistic lyrics, which made Whiggy successful all those years ago...about 18 years ago in fact! We've been given two versions of the video, so you're bound to like at least one of them (the left version is a mirrored version of the right...clever!). How hot is Whiggy looking by the way? She could definitely give any bond girl a run for their money! And how cute is little Benito? Watch out for more Whigfield singles coming soon (hopefully) to ITunes and other legal download sites.
