2009. a chaotisch und charmant melodic retrospective

here's my top 50 songs of the year...
among them, you'll find:
- best guitar solo of the year: 'everything with you' from the pains of being pure at heart. from 1'59'' until 2'18'' you'll hear pure pure pure perfection.
- best song twist of the year: 'i don't want to dream' from the city and horses. from country-ish, pop-ish mood to twee-ish, rock-ish feeling.
- best song name of the year: 'it only takes one night to make a balloon your friend' from lunch money, that makes indie pop for kids.
- best anthem of the year: 'we're all the pirate bay' from montt mardié. (well, judging only the anthem, not its efficiency).
- and the best song of the year, of course, according chaotisch und charmant: 'je suis fatigue' a perfect pop song from the french group young michelin.
(perfect songs of the year that also should be mentioned: 'i lost my colour vision' from burning hearts and 'swans' from camera obscura).





01. young michelin - je suis fatigue
02. la bien querida - corpus christi
03. burning hearts - i lost my colour vision
04. camera obscura - swans
05. victory viii - i want to see everything
06. tada tátà - the brigade
07. joe crepúsculo - todo lo bello es gratis
08. moofish catfish - two of a kind
09. the city and horses - i love the girls
10. tada tátà - sticky dumb gum
11. the sound of arrows - m.a.g.i.c.
12. jj - from africa to málaga
13. the panduhs - county fair
14. la patère rose - decapote
15. lunch money - it only takes one night to make a balloon your friend
16. the pains of being pure at heart - the tenure itch
17. jonathan johansson - en hand i himlen
18. avner - bed för mig
19. afternoon naps - catholic school
20. south ambulance - davy crockett
21. dead man's bones - my body's a zombie for you
22. my robot friend - failure
23. the mary onettes - god knows i had plans
24. montt mardié - we're all the pirate bay
25. acorn boys - we'll always have each other
26. my teenage stride - weirder nightmare
27. hari and aino - on my usual catch up with cecilia
28. money can't buy music - we are all asphyxiate
29. moofish catfish - yours to share
30. the city and horses - i don't want to dream
31. tellus about the moon - hate
32. the panduhs - summer time
33. la patère rose - pacemaker
34. the pains of being pure at heart - higher than stars
35. hiawata! - that's the spirit
36. fun. - at least i'm not as sad (as i used to be)
37. jónsy & alex - boy 1904
38. washed out - new theory
39. delay trees - tarantula
40. my sad captains - great expectations
41. the pains of being pure at heart - everything with you
42. girl alliance - i wish i could tell you
43. oppressed by the line - one thousand red stars
44. the legends - over and over
45. knight school - you are the key
46. winterlish - greifswald
47. so cow - shackleton
48. syntaks - blue sunshine
49. the tremulance - we'll settle this on the dancefloor
50. victory xviii - on a plane at night

chaotisch und charmant is 1 year old

one year ago i started this blog because i had to express my love for music... the idea of gradually create a collection of good music (good music = very subjective, i know) is extremely exciting. so far, around 120 artists were featured on our blog. some appeared due to requests, others were recommended by you and others were part of the history of this music lover...
share obscure or new music is what keeps me excited and makes me feel like continuing this project. as far as i know, there'll always be good music being made in basements, garages or bedrooms around the world. that's the kind of music 'chaotisch und charmant' wants to continue to celebrate.
today we start a new year around here. hope you enjoyed what we did so far!
hugs and happy birthday!

ps: this week we start our 2009 musical retrospective! stay tuned!

1 boat. 8 dj's. no morals.

the boat that rocked (directed by richard curtis (uk, 2009))

if you haven't seen 'the boat that rocked', go watch NOW!


wonderful movie with wonderful cast and wonderful soundtrack. funny and so moving for those who have a romantic view on music...

winter

we & lisa ~ winter ep (independent, 2009)

here's the just received new ep/christmas gift from we and lisa... earlier this year we had 'summer' (just posted on the blog) and now the trio great us with 'winter'. two new songs and one remix, this time with some pet shop boys feelings...
'under my protection' is a-mazing! and we & lisa "ep-graphy" superb!




01. your indifference
02. under my protection
03. your indifference (doc ron remix)

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summer

we & lisa ~ summer ep (independent, 2009)

we & lisa are this 3 guys (4 when performing live) that met at a swedish football team called doolittle bk and started to create pretty pop gems with electronic elements...
the band consists of petter on vocals, ante on guitars and doc ron on keyboards and programming. johan joins them when playing live. (on his free time, doc ron creates remixes for acts like ladyhawke, cut copy, the teenagers among others...)
since 2003, they've released a lot of ep's... earlier this year a full lenght was released as a retrospective with songs from all those ep's. apart from that, in 2009 other two were also released: summer and the brand new winter.

the melodies are so effective that they still amaze me every single time i listen to it... hints of 70's black music (specially on some guitar hooks) and a breath of a twisted new-wavish synth mixed with very up to date arrangements that together create a very unique, contagious and accessible sound.
it is so pleasant to your ears... and so easy to listen... the kind of music you put on a weekend afternoon to dance while you organize the living room (or vice versa); or to cook and dance while you play with knifes, spoons and forks and wait your lunch get ready (or vice versa).
so easy to enjoy...



01. independence
02. i am you
03. independence (doc ron remix)

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ps: thanks to my last.fm friend mark for regularly presenting me with gems like this...