Revealed in 2019 by the ingenious This Is How You Smilethe American multidisciplinary artist of Ecuadorian origins Roberto Carlos Lange is curious by nature, you can hear that on PHASOR, his eighth album. Think of a sort of Beck put on a strict diet of tropicália, the famous Brazilian psyche-pop-rock musical movement born in the 1960s. Helado Negro sings here about the vital need to create bonds (love, especially) with those we love. deprived themselves during the pandemic, with songs that are simple at first listen, incredibly complex when we focus on the orchestrations. Each song has its own impressionistic electronic ingredients and elaborate rhythm patterns — plus pop-soul flowing on I Just Want to Wake Up With You and the precious Best for You and Memore destabilizing on this famous pair of songs in the middle of the album, Echo Tricks Me And Out There, which leads us towards a finale as captivating as it is risky. The kind of album that reveals something new with every listen.
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