This is a tip-off from my pal Chuck, over at ace obscurist US reissue label Messthetics.
Columbian psychedelic pop, he calls it. I'm not sure I see so much evidence of the psychedelic - she has herself down as '2-step/acousmatic/tape music/melodramatic popular song', which seems to cover a handful of the bases. I don't know. It's ravishing. Chuck linked me to a video of Lido singing with looped accompaniment like Mr David Thomas Broughton underneath a very windy bridge, which you can watch here.
And he also linked me to this, a more rounded offering - I suppose it's dance music, but not dance music like Lady Gaga or The Pipettes would have it. The EP's called 'Color' and the music sure is colourful. Oh wait, this video is much more recognisably dance-orientated, with some smart post-Bristol beats and throaty brass backing up the rapid change of costumes and semi-aerobic, clumsy dance moves. Very sweet: I can even forgive her for wearing her tights as trousers. I'm reminded of New Age Steppers somewhere along the line.
The song is called 'Mueve', and it's really grown on me.
Great stuff ET. Can see the New Age Steppers/neneh/Ari thing but hope she's not heard of them!
ReplyDeleteHi Everett, she's also on this soon to be released track as well by Ninja Tune band Loka...
ReplyDeleteChris A's friend Ray D.
http://soundcloud.com/lido-pimienta/beauty-in-darkness-1?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=facebook&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Flido-pimienta%2Fbeauty-in-darkness-1
I love her and her music
ReplyDeleteI've just received Lido's CD EP 'Color' that I ordered through her MySpace page - and it's just as handsome as the pictures there, except that it's completely hand-drawn/painted/assembled/etc. To second Kevin, I hope she steers clear of the hipsters, too.
ReplyDeleteThe new song on soundcloud is, again, totally different...
(from Facebook)
ReplyDeleteSiddharth Pratap
i loved her! the way she sang that song humano ... thanks
24 July at 14:51 · Like ·