Modapop
by VARIOUS ARTISTS
Geoffrey Smith
Geoffrey Smith
I'm listening to this compilation a lot. It shows just how much depth there is in the elefant catalogue.
Favorite track: Sin Respiración.
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NOSOTRÄSH - Arte
01:50
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Durmiendo la siesta
Bailando en la fiesta
Nadando en el mar
Fumando después del café
Fumando después de
Después de la tarde
Cuando se enciende la noche en el monte
Cuando cruzamos mi ciudad en coche
Mientras que suena el cassette
Con su voz ronca de Jacques Brel
Mirarme en tus ojos
Oírte charlar
Dejar que me peines en vez de pensar
Dejarme abrazar por cualquiera
Que sepa mentirme
Que bese con fuerza
Volver a tus brazos
Sentir tu rechazo
Gritar hasta quedarme afónica
Llorar hasta que me entre la sed
Beberme un buen vino
Y poderme comer un bistec a la plancha
Dormir cien mil horas
Soñar que me quieres
Y no hacerme daño el pellizco
Volver a encontrarte a mi lado
Volver a abrazarte y desayunarte
Esto sí que es ärte
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For your birthday she sent you a card
She didn’t sign her name she gave an autograph
Now she’s trying to call your bluff
Is she your true love?
We knew the boy who went from Mod to Ted
She asked matter of fact had he gone off his head
He was uncomplaining as a tree
Not a thing like me
You’re not a teenager
So don’t act like one
Sure she’s a heartbreaker
Does she have one?
Is it down to me, down to me we both rarely speak?
I went for a stroll after dark
I thought of you with her while staring at the black
I didn’t have you down for being easily led
Or the girl well read
I went for a stroll after dark
I thought of you and her, I think I’m going mad
Can you help me to see where I’m going wrong?
Help me finish this song
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Buenos días corazón
¿Cómo de triste estás hoy?
¿Te has levantado bien?
¿Te trata el mundo mejor?
Si me quisieras contar
Por qué te sientes mal
Quién te ha hecho tanto daño
Que es tan profundo tu dolor
Qué cosas te han pasado
Que no me quieres confiar
Buenos días corazón
Yo no te sé consolar
Bajo un rayo de sol
Me siento a oírte llorar
Quién te ha hecho tanto daño
Que es tan profundo tu dolor
Qué cosas te han pasado
Que no me hablas... corazón
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KAMAMURI - Andrómeda
02:30
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Voy descubriendo en el pálpito de cada estrella
El lenguaje cifrado de quien la mira
Desde algún lugar, algún lugar
Atrapando lo eterno de cada instante
De aquel que sabe como abrazar
Mensaje codificado de curva tan melódica
Si es cierta la lluvia que trae el lamento de mi soledad
Tan cierto es el ruido que trae el silencio desde algún lugar
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ENTRE RÍOS - Si Hoy
02:42
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Si hoy tal vez te sigo
Con la misma ansiedad que ayer
Es mejor, no sé
Despedirme de la propia mirada de mí
Verso aquel
Así todos los días
Me dejarás de ayer
Que hoy no dirás: estoy extraño entre las paredes
Mi cielo de contraluz
Destrozado ir dentro
De este lado que no rosa
Acostado donde cantan las espinas que ahora duelen
Así todos los días
Me dejarás de ayer
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NOSOTRÄSH - Mejor
01:05
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A veces sólo hablo de todo lo que hago
Para poder olvidarte mejor, mejor
Y si hoy estoy contenta con todo lo que tengo
Es porque te recuerdo un día sí, un día no
Y así pasan los días
Y así pesan las noches
Oigo pasar los coches
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Hoy después de tanto tiempo
He visto por fin la claridad
No sabes que pienso
Las cosas que siento
Piensa que jamás te ha olvidado
Pero lo que pasamos
No se repetirá
Mira sé que parece extraño
Todo lo que he cambiado y tú sigues igual
Y ya nada me hace daño
Y ya nunca miraré atrás
No sabes que tengo
Las cosas que quiero
Piensa que jamás te ha olvidado
Pero lo que pasamos
No se repetirá
Mira sé que parece extraño
Todo lo que he cambiado y tú sigues igual
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En noches como la de hoy vuelvo a brillar
Cuando en el club suena ese hit de los In-Crowd
La gente baila y no puede parar
Todo vuelve a parecer genial
Y me imagino que hoy vendrás sin avisar
Sé muy bien que te gusta hacerte de rogar
Y entrar pletórica a lo Barry White
Una auténtica superstar
Tan frágil y tan fría
Engañosa introvertida
Cómo quisiera saltar a bailar
Si supiera cómo hacerte reaccionar
Hermética, te exhibes tan hermética
Niña triste hiperestésica
En tu forma de mirar
Sintética, entre la multitud mimética
Resultas tan eléctrica
Que sin quererlo yo me vuelvo a enamorar
Y sé que puedo hacerlo
nada lo impide todo es perfecto
Sé que puedo hacer que aceptes una cita en el mar
Y sé que voy a hacerlo,
nada lo impide hoy es el día perfecto
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Van más de 6 semanas, quizá 10 meses que estamos juntos
Y el tiempo va lento o muy deprisa no se qué es!
Siempre que me levanto o que me acuesto no sé que pasa
No tengo sueño si pienso en ti no puedo dormir
No me digas que me quieres. No me lo quiero a creer
No no me digas nada
No... no me digas nada
No no me digas nada
A veces cuando me hablas yo no te entiendo
Que a mí me gusta estar en silencio si estás conmigo, es lo mejor!
Medio millón de libros no es suficiente, y si me miras es evidente
Es bien sencillo somos tú y yo
No me digas que me quieres. Sé que va a ser lo mejor
No no me digas nada
No... no me digas nada
No no me digas nada ahh ahh
No me digas que me quieres. Sé que va a ser lo mejor
No no me digas nada
No... no me digas nada
No no me digas nada ahh ahh
No lo digas... no lo digas no lo digas no!
No lo digas... no lo digas no lo digas no!
No no no lo digas... no no no lo digas no no no lo digas no!
No lo digas... no no no lo digas no no no lo digas no!
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Esto no marcha nada bien
Esto no es como debe ser
Llevamos mucho tiempo esperando
Soñando con la revolución
Para que acabes en un minuto con nuestra ilusión
Esto no puede funcionar
Esto se tiene que acabar
No entiendes lo que pasa en las calles
Ya te has cansado de resistir
Y vamos a tener un disgusto, lo veo venir
Llevamos mucho tiempo esperando
Soñando con la revolución
Y te has quedado fuera de juego, sin respiración
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Ha llegado la hora de mirar para adelante
Agarrar el volante, de saber que ser feliz
Sólo va depender de mí
Nunca de ti
Ahora estoy más segura que nunca
Hoy brilla el sol encima de mi nuca
No caeré en el juego de nadie
Sonreiré
Me he dado cuenta de que no sirve de nada
Vivir todo el día engañada
Me he dado cuenta de que no sucede nada
Estando todo el día enfadada
No he tenido tiempo de pensar ni un instante
Hace sólo unos días era una pobre ignorante
Todo me parecía totalmente excitante
Ha llegado la hora de mirar para adelante
Agarrar el volante ,de saber que ser feliz
Sólo va a depender de mí
Nunca de ti
Me he dado cuenta de que no sirve de nada
Vivir todo el día engañada
Me he dado cuenta de que no sucede nada
Estando todo el día enfadada
Me he dado cuenta de que no sucede nada
Con la cabeza tan desordenada
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Cuanto más te observo, más pareces cambiar
Y si no te miro, no sabré dónde estás
Demasiada incertidumbre en nuestra relación
Hago conjeturas sobre tu situación
Amor cuántico (amor)
Amor cuántico (amor)
Amor cuántico (amor)
Amor cuántico
No sé qué hacer, ni qué medidas tomar
Cuándo voy a verte ¿qué me puedo encontrar?
¿Estás vivo o estás muerto, o ambas cosas a la vez?
Al abrir tu puerta, yo lo descubriré
Amor cuántico (amor)
Amor cuántico (amor)
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El amor se va
Sobrevuela nuestras vidas sin piedad
Y qué más da
Si todo pasa deprisa
Y nada vuelve a comenzar
Así que agárrate a mi espalda, vamos a volar
Recorreremos la ciudad
Como gotas de lluvia
Tan sólo quiero ir a bailar
Y entregarte mi vida y flotar
Y otra vez te irás
Puede que me extrañes hasta el martes
Pero no más
Soy demasiado aburrido
Para tanta actividad
Pon en marcha el tocadiscos
Vamos a volar
Recorreremos la ciudad
Como gotas de lluvia
Tan sólo quiero ir a bailar
Y entregarte mi vida y flotar
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Un poco de sed una espiral una pared
Como la araña tejo redes
Que me atrapan y me dejan
Colgada desde este rincón te atraparé
Por casualidad
Por más que quiera, por azar
El laberinto es el destino
Que me importa si te nombra
Tus palabras suenan tan lejos de mí
Otro es el reflejo
Que arrastra cielo, sueño
Otro es el espejo
Que llena el suelo, al cielo
Suelo, al cielo
Un poco de sed una espiral una pared
Por casualidad
Por más que quiera, por azar
Por casualidad
Por más que quiera, por azar
Un poco de sed una espiral una pared
Como la araña tejo redes
Que me atrapan y me dejan
Colgada desde este rincón te atraparé
(Te atraparé... te atraparé)
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METRO - Sun
03:16
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Spring of grey
I’ve been living sort of lonely
Looks so nice with sunset
Spring of grey
I’ve been wandering through lovely skies
And getting this mind
Under the shade of trees
Go back to places we just found
Only I see just to be
Some days are like
All the colours
Looks the rainbow
Here and then disappear
Some days are like
As we wore a good old starfish
Can’t she gift in his mind
Under the shade of trees
Go back to places we just found
Only I see just to be
Tell me some day
Give Seymour
Caressing your time left
Gift missing more
More and under the sun
I ran a lot
To know all my mind
I will see the sun
Besides me
Spring of grey
I’ve been wandering through lovely skies
And getting this mind
Spring of grey
I’ve been living sort of lonely
All that can’t also let go
Tell me some day
I’ll be wanting full of palm trees
He can mount on the sunbath
Tell me some day
All that shade in my eyes
Won’t die please my hand
Over the rainbow
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You bruise like a cherry my darling girl
Words can mean nothing to some in this world
I want you to know I thought about you last night
I cried
Play indie rock if that’s what you want
Quote Mike Leigh films it will turn them all on
I heard you were going on a first date
That’s great
Don’t apologise
Try your best not to disguise
To get misty eyed at times is fine
Sometimes it feels like you’re the only one
A freckle appeared on your lip from the sun
Those kids that you run with, they put you down
Make no sound
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Instrumental
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NOSOTRÄSH - Tanga
00:55
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Lentas pasan las horas sueltas, rompen las olas rompen a solas
Mientras me enredan tus latidos busco en el frío calor
Y con calma me haré una manta para arroparme este crudo invierno
Venderé nuestros caros besos a aquél que sea el mejor postor
Y quedarme en el malecón
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Suelo pensar a veces
Qué bien estoy en casa
Cuando no estás
Si nuestra buena suerte
Vino a quedarse en nada
¿Por qué no te vas?
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Todas las formas de conseguirlo
Son suficientes para que sonrías
Las pequeñas cosas del día a día
Melancolía, proporcionable a tu manera
De querer
Si es fiel, si es fiel
Sé que tu alma no es de papel
Ni de cartón, ni de cartón
Porque yo oigo latir ese corazón
Cada mañana de cada día
Y cada noche, de cada luna, aunque esté escondida
Y aunque esté escondida
No importa, porque los días
Que no han pasado son suficiente para reír
Y es fiel, y es fiel
Tú sabes que mi alma no es de papel
Ni de cartón, ni de cartón
Tú oyes latir mi corazón
Uh...
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Toutes mes amies ne souhaitent qu’une chose
Trouver un honnête garçon qui soit riche et beau
Je veux plutôt un vrai raskolnikov
Qui m’aime au dessus toutes les choses
Un vrai raskolnikov
Je songe qu’il me réveille
Tous les matins
Avec de tendres mélodies à la guitare
Et qu’il me dise tout à coup que je suis
Sa princesse
Toutes mes amies ne souhaitent qu’une chose
Trouver un honnête garçon qui soit riche et beau
Je veux plutôt un vrai raskolnikov
Qui m’aime au dessus toutes les choses
Un vrai raskolnikov
Je m’en fiche s’il n’a pas de sous
S’il n’a pas une bagnole de luxe
Ou s’il n’a pas un appart sur la plage
Mais je veux qu’il soit tendre
Je songe qu’il me réveille
Tous les matins
Avec de tendres caresses et des jolis mots
Et qu’il me dise tout à coup que je suis
Sa princesse
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COOPER - 747
03:00
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Perdidos en el aeropuerto
Oyendo aviones despegar
Buscando un poco de silencio
Para poder solucionar
En dos minutos lo que necesita más
Como siempre, como siempre
Mentiras de sala de espera
Retrasos en el monitor
Un último deseo
Mientras te llaman por el altavoz
Y repetimos cosas que no son verdad
Como siempre, como siempre
Boeing 747 que te vas sin dirección
Hoy no voy a decirte adiós
Los dos sabemos qué podemos esperar
Lo de siempre, lo de siempre
Perdidos en el aeropuerto
Oyendo aviones despegar
Te vas volando por el cielo
Me quedo en tierra una vez más
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NIZA - Parasol
03:31
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Mírame
Llevo ese jersey
Que me compraste tú
En aquel viaje
Y quizás en nuestra cita hoy
Ni siquiera verás ese detalle
Y así cansada de esperar
El tren que te haga regresar
Los días ya no pasan
Enero llega a la ciudad
Y por qué siempre me pasa a mí
Ya no puedes fingir
Al abrazarme
Ya lo ves es mi forma de ser
Sé que no está muy bien
No puedo mejorar
Y así cansada de esperar
El tren que te haga regresar
Los días ya no pasan
Enero llega a la ciudad
Y ¿por qué?
Y ¿por qué tú me los dices?
Siempre me pasa a mí
Antes éramos felices
Ya no puedo fingir al abrazarte
Ahora quiero que me expliques tu razón ya lo sé
Ya lo sé se pasa el tiempo
Es mi forma de ser
Tuvimos buenos momentos
Sé que no está muy bien
Puedes verlos en las fotos del salón
No puedo mejorar
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FAMILY - El Bello Verano
02:21
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Tengo ganas de fiesta
De que acabe el invierno
De volver a nadar en el mar
De soñar el verano
En el que fuimos novios
Y poderle cambiar el final
Tengo algunos poemas
Que escribimos entonces
Y ahora te harían reír
Han pasado tres años
Desde aquel verano
Y sigo enamorado de ti
Tu cara triste
Mi amor de plata
Podemos volver a empezar
Seremos delfines o ballenas azules
Viviendo en el fondo del mar
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about
Here is a new Elefant compilation: 25 songs including songs taken from our newest releases, juicy advances from forthcoming records that will cause a commotion during the following months (CAMERA OBSCURA, LE MANS, LA CASA AZUL), and, of course, more than one unreleased treat for collectors and pop lovers in general (ANA D, ENTRE RÍOS, NOSOTRÄSH, COOPER, METRO, LES TRÈS BIEN ENESEMBLE and NIZA). From acoustic pop to naïve electronics, from sixties beats to avant-garde experiments; an exciting combination of very well-known names. Here are these 25 reasons to be happy:
01-NOSOTRÄSH "Arte"
06-NOSOTRÄSH "Mejor"
Taken from ER-1091 "Popemas" CD
NOSOTRÄSH have created a risky, incredibly special album: twenty short songs that preserve the melodic immediacy and usual freshness of this girl band, but that also reveal new facets (acoustic moods, sound games) thanks to an imaginative, exquisite production signed by Ibon Errazkin. A giant leap forward full of small great songs featuring lyrics that combine sensitiveness with irony in a quite unique way.
02-CAMERA OBSCURA "Teenager"
17-CAMERA OBSCURA "A sisters social agony"
Taken from ER-1104 "Underachievers please try..." LP/CD
The new album of this Scottish band features the virtues of their successful debut album and announces a new stage full of great achievements and unforgettable moments. With good taste and hard work, CAMERA OBSCURA have reached an enviable cult status that is getting closer and closer to massive. Little by little, CAMERA OBSCURA's songs conquer the audience little by little with each new listen: we're in front of an example of classic pop with that "special thing" so difficult to define. Would it be Tracyanne's vocals? Or maybe the wide range of influencies covering from vocal girl-groups from the fifties to sixties soft-pop or country pop? Or maybe it's simply that songs like "Teenager" are merely perfect?. CAMERA OBSCURA know how to reach the hearts with sweet melodies intelligently dressed with delicate arrangements and bittersweet lyrics.
03-LE MANS "Buenos días, corazón"
Advance from ER-1112 "Aquí vivía yo" CD Reissue.
At the end of the year we'll reissue the fourth and last album of this band from San Sebastián. LE MANS' swansong is also one of the key albums to understand the best Spanish pop ever. Worldwide known, LE MANS won the hearts of the whole planet and managed to be the most international act in our small label. Their songs were released in half the world (Japan, Usa, Argentina, México, Germany, Uk, France...) and they still are a reference for the best international pop. With "Aquí vivía yo", LE MANS reached their highest peak, an album full of astonishing song structures, Majestic arrangements, exquisite samplers and lyrics filled with the romanticism, fragility and melancholy of its small day-to-day stories of love, unrequited love, boredom and weariness. All these qualities are present in LE MANS since the days of AVENTURAS DE KIRLIAN. But they were never displayed in such a transparent and definite form. The result is one of the best albums (if not the best) coming from Spain in many years (decades?).
04-KAMAMURI: ANA D "Andrómeda"
UNRELEASED.
This is the new project of ANA D with Sergio Fernández, who had already accompanied Ana during her last U.S. tour. The great melodic space diva, more magnetic and wavier than ever, transmitting from her satellite again, she delights our senses with this husky , cosmic delicatessen . It's impossible not to surrender to her charms. A chilling, nimble, moving new song by ANA D...
05-ENTRE RÍOS "Si hoy"
Taken from ER-1103 "Sal" CD
Second album of this Argentinian threesome. Electronics are getting more and more important in the band's creative methods, and the result is an album with a wide range of registers, covering from wavy melodies and delicate pop landscapes, to clearly electronic and avant-garde languages. ENTRE RÍOS have created a record of emotional-electronic music, but always stepping on pop grounds and without losing that dreamy language featured in the band's debut "Idioma suave". They are among MUM, LE MANS, BJÖRK, ST ETIENNE, KOMEIT, LALI PUNA, DNTEL...
07-NIZA "Jamás te he olvidado"
UNRELEASED
Cosmopolitan savoir-faire from this two piece from Madrid, formed by Roberto and Silvia. Her whispering vocals feature day-to-day emotions served in a silver tray at a French cafe, with Claudine Longet y Jeanette sitting on a close table. The song is from the same sessions as the songs in their debut album "Canciones de temporada", produced by Ian Catt, a familiar name in the sessions of ST ETIENNE, TREMBLING BLUE STARS, ANOTHER SUNNY DAY or SHAMPOO.
08-LA CASA AZUL "En noches como las de hoy"
14-LA CASA AZUL "Vamos a volar"
ADVANCE FROM ER-1107 "Tan simple como el amor" LP/CD
Finally, here's the long-awaited long play by LA CASA AZUL.
Sunshine-pop producer Guille Milkyway found in the five members of LA CASA AZUL the perfect performers for his sunny melodies that mix the spirit of 60's A&M productions with 70's disco music and 90's most refreshing europop. Perfect pop artisans, we're talking about pop full of small details in the shape of arrangements, LA CASA AZUL have the knack to catch you at the first listen with their songs, making you play the main role in so many stories dreamt by all of us, where the main ingredients are love, happiness, friendship or even anger.
09-VACACIONES "No me digas que me quieres"
Taken from ER-1085 "Sonreír" LP/CD
If VACACIONES' early singles showed many points of interest, their long-awaited debut album reveal them as excellent instant pop composers, mixing sixties and the most charming indie pop: guitar pop, female vocals, tons of energy, teenage anthems. The final touch is given by the right production, signed by Carlos Hernández and the band in the studios LOS PLANETAS have in Granada. Vinyl version features an extra track and a sleeve different to the CD.
10-COOPER "Sin respiración"
UNRELEASED
Another unreleased track for our compilation; Alejandro Díez tele-transport us to the glorious days of his previous band LOS FLECHAZOS, with superb lyrics about teenage rebellion. After the release of his excellent debut album and his shocking live sets, COOPER has reached the first line as one of the biggest names in Spanish pop.
11-JUNIPER MOON "Sólo una sonrisa"
Taken from ER-1097 "El resto de mi vida" CD
Debut album from this five piece from Ponferrada, Spain. Punk-pop with female vocals, unforgettable choruses and tons of teenage energy. One of the funniest, freshest debuts in this decade, for fans of RAMONES, SHOP ASSISTANTS, STROKES, FASTBACKS...
12-TENDER TRAP "¿Cómo te llamas?"
ADVANCE FROM ER-354 "¿Cómo te llamas?" CD-Single
Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey played main roles in some of the best moments in eighties and nineties pop: TALULAH GOSH, HEAVENLY, MARINE RESEARCH... Now they come back -accompanied by Dj Downfall- with their new project TENDER TRAP. Imaginative pop with punk attitude featuring Amelia's unmistakable vocals.This new song, which has already been played live in Spain, has become an instant hit even before being released. An exquisite vocal duet with Lupe (PIPAS) which is also the first bilingual (Spanish-English) song of the band. A real treat for all their Spanish followers.
13-LA MONJA ENANA "Amor cuántico"
Taken from ER-347 " Un cadáver que abre un ojo" CD-Single
"Amor cuántico" tells the romance between two scientist which thickens due to the problems related to quantic mechanics. After a single of the week in "Melody Maker, a Russian tour and another tour around all Spain with EL AVIADOR DRO and L-KAN ("¡Qué mutada!") LA MONJA ENANA come back with their futuristic, bubbling techno and five new songs, included in their long-awaited new CD-Single.
15-ENTRE RÍOS "Un poco de sed"
UNRELEASED
Another treat for Elefant and ENTRE RÍOS fans, "Un poco de sed" is a track that could have been part of the Argentinian threesome second album: pop and electronics go hand in hand in an exceptional way in one of the most direct and ellaborated songs by this band.
16-METRO "Sun"
UNRELEASED
A delightful surprise coming from Japan: A two piece formed by Yuka (she; vocals and piano) and Shinsuke (he; guitar, bass, programming, backing vocals) recreating the most ethereal and elegant sounds of the sixties. A real exquisite thing, with some sexy lassitude supplied by Yuka's vocals. METRO had already released a single in our club and they will come back with a long-awaited debut album pretty soon.
18-IBON ERRAZKIN "Sunday sahara spain"
Taken from ER-1102 "Escuela de arte" CD
Second solo album by the always unpredictable and brilliant Ibon Errazkin (ex-LE MANS and producer of the latest albums by Carlos Berlanga, NOSOTRÄSH and ANA D). Instrumental pieces full of sounds, emotions and pop sensibility. The confirmation of all that was suggested in his debut album, but going beyond: this album features brilliant pop moments and a much more careful and detailed production. Tracks that surprise the audience at first and enrapture them in the subsequent listenings. The sleeve picture and design is signed by Javier Aramburu, who has created all his sleeves since AVENTURAS DE KIRLIAN.
19-NOSOTRÄSH "Tanga"
UNRELEASED
"Tanga" is a "Popema" that was kept waiting for the release of this
compilation; short but moving, with marine cabaret moods, is a new display of the ECLECTICISMO that characterizes the band's latest album. Produced by Ibon errazkin, "Tanga" was recorded in the same sessions of the songs included the extra tracks "Gloria/Corazón colilla", the first single taken from their successful "Popemas".
20-LE MANS "Catástrofe nº 17" ADELANTO
ADVANCE FROM ER-1105 "Catástrofe nº17" CD
"Catástrofe nº 17" is the compilation all the band fans were waiting for. An album that compiles all the singles released by the band throughout their career, released between 1995 and 1998; some of them had been deleted some time ago; some other were only available in vinyl versions; excellent songs that will delight their less early rising fans.
21-ME ENVENENO DE AZULES "Es fiel"
Taken from ER-1087 "1968" LP/CD
This song was included in their debut album"1968", which was highly praised by music press; acoustic, simple, shy folk-pop. The band's influences range from the sixties (Burt Bacharach, THE BEATLES, LOS ANGELES, bossa nova) to contemporaries such as BELLE AND SEBASTIAN or KINGS OF CONVENIENCE; influences always covered by a great personality, carefully crafted arrangements and delightful vocals.
22-LES TRES BIEN ENSEMBLE "En attendant Rascolnikov" UNRELEASED DEMO
After two excellent singles Suzette and company come back with a demo of one of their new songs, as an advance of their forthcoming debut album. They are still in love with sixties French pop, bossa-nova and American soul pop from the fifties, without forgetting their beloved master Serge Gainsbourg and their muse Françoise Hardy.
23-COOPER "747"
Taken from ER-349 "747" CD-Single
After a successful debut album COOPER come back with four new songs: "Yo sé lo que te pasa", "Lejos", "747" and "Hoy no"; All of them excellent, they all could be the main song in the single, they all feature an instant chorus excellently crafted and lyrics and melodies that could only be signed by Alejandro Díez.
24-NIZA "Parasol"
Taken from ER-1098 "Canciones de temporada" CD
Another display of the exquisite talent of this two piece from Madrid.
"Parasol" will be the first single taken from their brand new debut album "Canciones de temporada", which was recorded in Granada and mixed in London, produced by Ian Catt, one of the most respected producers in UK.
25-FAMILY "El bello verano"
Taken from ER-1109 "Un soplo en el corazón" CD Reissue
Coinciding with its tenth anniversary, we reissue one of the key albums in the history of Elefant. FAMILY is a classic name in the history of Spanish pop; and this status is reached with a single album, a timeless record to laugh and cry to; an example of good taste in 14 unforgettable songs. You are still in time to live it.
01-NOSOTRÄSH "Arte"
06-NOSOTRÄSH "Mejor"
Taken from ER-1091 "Popemas" CD
NOSOTRÄSH have created a risky, incredibly special album: twenty short songs that preserve the melodic immediacy and usual freshness of this girl band, but that also reveal new facets (acoustic moods, sound games) thanks to an imaginative, exquisite production signed by Ibon Errazkin. A giant leap forward full of small great songs featuring lyrics that combine sensitiveness with irony in a quite unique way.
02-CAMERA OBSCURA "Teenager"
17-CAMERA OBSCURA "A sisters social agony"
Taken from ER-1104 "Underachievers please try..." LP/CD
The new album of this Scottish band features the virtues of their successful debut album and announces a new stage full of great achievements and unforgettable moments. With good taste and hard work, CAMERA OBSCURA have reached an enviable cult status that is getting closer and closer to massive. Little by little, CAMERA OBSCURA's songs conquer the audience little by little with each new listen: we're in front of an example of classic pop with that "special thing" so difficult to define. Would it be Tracyanne's vocals? Or maybe the wide range of influencies covering from vocal girl-groups from the fifties to sixties soft-pop or country pop? Or maybe it's simply that songs like "Teenager" are merely perfect?. CAMERA OBSCURA know how to reach the hearts with sweet melodies intelligently dressed with delicate arrangements and bittersweet lyrics.
03-LE MANS "Buenos días, corazón"
Advance from ER-1112 "Aquí vivía yo" CD Reissue.
At the end of the year we'll reissue the fourth and last album of this band from San Sebastián. LE MANS' swansong is also one of the key albums to understand the best Spanish pop ever. Worldwide known, LE MANS won the hearts of the whole planet and managed to be the most international act in our small label. Their songs were released in half the world (Japan, Usa, Argentina, México, Germany, Uk, France...) and they still are a reference for the best international pop. With "Aquí vivía yo", LE MANS reached their highest peak, an album full of astonishing song structures, Majestic arrangements, exquisite samplers and lyrics filled with the romanticism, fragility and melancholy of its small day-to-day stories of love, unrequited love, boredom and weariness. All these qualities are present in LE MANS since the days of AVENTURAS DE KIRLIAN. But they were never displayed in such a transparent and definite form. The result is one of the best albums (if not the best) coming from Spain in many years (decades?).
04-KAMAMURI: ANA D "Andrómeda"
UNRELEASED.
This is the new project of ANA D with Sergio Fernández, who had already accompanied Ana during her last U.S. tour. The great melodic space diva, more magnetic and wavier than ever, transmitting from her satellite again, she delights our senses with this husky , cosmic delicatessen . It's impossible not to surrender to her charms. A chilling, nimble, moving new song by ANA D...
05-ENTRE RÍOS "Si hoy"
Taken from ER-1103 "Sal" CD
Second album of this Argentinian threesome. Electronics are getting more and more important in the band's creative methods, and the result is an album with a wide range of registers, covering from wavy melodies and delicate pop landscapes, to clearly electronic and avant-garde languages. ENTRE RÍOS have created a record of emotional-electronic music, but always stepping on pop grounds and without losing that dreamy language featured in the band's debut "Idioma suave". They are among MUM, LE MANS, BJÖRK, ST ETIENNE, KOMEIT, LALI PUNA, DNTEL...
07-NIZA "Jamás te he olvidado"
UNRELEASED
Cosmopolitan savoir-faire from this two piece from Madrid, formed by Roberto and Silvia. Her whispering vocals feature day-to-day emotions served in a silver tray at a French cafe, with Claudine Longet y Jeanette sitting on a close table. The song is from the same sessions as the songs in their debut album "Canciones de temporada", produced by Ian Catt, a familiar name in the sessions of ST ETIENNE, TREMBLING BLUE STARS, ANOTHER SUNNY DAY or SHAMPOO.
08-LA CASA AZUL "En noches como las de hoy"
14-LA CASA AZUL "Vamos a volar"
ADVANCE FROM ER-1107 "Tan simple como el amor" LP/CD
Finally, here's the long-awaited long play by LA CASA AZUL.
Sunshine-pop producer Guille Milkyway found in the five members of LA CASA AZUL the perfect performers for his sunny melodies that mix the spirit of 60's A&M productions with 70's disco music and 90's most refreshing europop. Perfect pop artisans, we're talking about pop full of small details in the shape of arrangements, LA CASA AZUL have the knack to catch you at the first listen with their songs, making you play the main role in so many stories dreamt by all of us, where the main ingredients are love, happiness, friendship or even anger.
09-VACACIONES "No me digas que me quieres"
Taken from ER-1085 "Sonreír" LP/CD
If VACACIONES' early singles showed many points of interest, their long-awaited debut album reveal them as excellent instant pop composers, mixing sixties and the most charming indie pop: guitar pop, female vocals, tons of energy, teenage anthems. The final touch is given by the right production, signed by Carlos Hernández and the band in the studios LOS PLANETAS have in Granada. Vinyl version features an extra track and a sleeve different to the CD.
10-COOPER "Sin respiración"
UNRELEASED
Another unreleased track for our compilation; Alejandro Díez tele-transport us to the glorious days of his previous band LOS FLECHAZOS, with superb lyrics about teenage rebellion. After the release of his excellent debut album and his shocking live sets, COOPER has reached the first line as one of the biggest names in Spanish pop.
11-JUNIPER MOON "Sólo una sonrisa"
Taken from ER-1097 "El resto de mi vida" CD
Debut album from this five piece from Ponferrada, Spain. Punk-pop with female vocals, unforgettable choruses and tons of teenage energy. One of the funniest, freshest debuts in this decade, for fans of RAMONES, SHOP ASSISTANTS, STROKES, FASTBACKS...
12-TENDER TRAP "¿Cómo te llamas?"
ADVANCE FROM ER-354 "¿Cómo te llamas?" CD-Single
Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey played main roles in some of the best moments in eighties and nineties pop: TALULAH GOSH, HEAVENLY, MARINE RESEARCH... Now they come back -accompanied by Dj Downfall- with their new project TENDER TRAP. Imaginative pop with punk attitude featuring Amelia's unmistakable vocals.This new song, which has already been played live in Spain, has become an instant hit even before being released. An exquisite vocal duet with Lupe (PIPAS) which is also the first bilingual (Spanish-English) song of the band. A real treat for all their Spanish followers.
13-LA MONJA ENANA "Amor cuántico"
Taken from ER-347 " Un cadáver que abre un ojo" CD-Single
"Amor cuántico" tells the romance between two scientist which thickens due to the problems related to quantic mechanics. After a single of the week in "Melody Maker, a Russian tour and another tour around all Spain with EL AVIADOR DRO and L-KAN ("¡Qué mutada!") LA MONJA ENANA come back with their futuristic, bubbling techno and five new songs, included in their long-awaited new CD-Single.
15-ENTRE RÍOS "Un poco de sed"
UNRELEASED
Another treat for Elefant and ENTRE RÍOS fans, "Un poco de sed" is a track that could have been part of the Argentinian threesome second album: pop and electronics go hand in hand in an exceptional way in one of the most direct and ellaborated songs by this band.
16-METRO "Sun"
UNRELEASED
A delightful surprise coming from Japan: A two piece formed by Yuka (she; vocals and piano) and Shinsuke (he; guitar, bass, programming, backing vocals) recreating the most ethereal and elegant sounds of the sixties. A real exquisite thing, with some sexy lassitude supplied by Yuka's vocals. METRO had already released a single in our club and they will come back with a long-awaited debut album pretty soon.
18-IBON ERRAZKIN "Sunday sahara spain"
Taken from ER-1102 "Escuela de arte" CD
Second solo album by the always unpredictable and brilliant Ibon Errazkin (ex-LE MANS and producer of the latest albums by Carlos Berlanga, NOSOTRÄSH and ANA D). Instrumental pieces full of sounds, emotions and pop sensibility. The confirmation of all that was suggested in his debut album, but going beyond: this album features brilliant pop moments and a much more careful and detailed production. Tracks that surprise the audience at first and enrapture them in the subsequent listenings. The sleeve picture and design is signed by Javier Aramburu, who has created all his sleeves since AVENTURAS DE KIRLIAN.
19-NOSOTRÄSH "Tanga"
UNRELEASED
"Tanga" is a "Popema" that was kept waiting for the release of this
compilation; short but moving, with marine cabaret moods, is a new display of the ECLECTICISMO that characterizes the band's latest album. Produced by Ibon errazkin, "Tanga" was recorded in the same sessions of the songs included the extra tracks "Gloria/Corazón colilla", the first single taken from their successful "Popemas".
20-LE MANS "Catástrofe nº 17" ADELANTO
ADVANCE FROM ER-1105 "Catástrofe nº17" CD
"Catástrofe nº 17" is the compilation all the band fans were waiting for. An album that compiles all the singles released by the band throughout their career, released between 1995 and 1998; some of them had been deleted some time ago; some other were only available in vinyl versions; excellent songs that will delight their less early rising fans.
21-ME ENVENENO DE AZULES "Es fiel"
Taken from ER-1087 "1968" LP/CD
This song was included in their debut album"1968", which was highly praised by music press; acoustic, simple, shy folk-pop. The band's influences range from the sixties (Burt Bacharach, THE BEATLES, LOS ANGELES, bossa nova) to contemporaries such as BELLE AND SEBASTIAN or KINGS OF CONVENIENCE; influences always covered by a great personality, carefully crafted arrangements and delightful vocals.
22-LES TRES BIEN ENSEMBLE "En attendant Rascolnikov" UNRELEASED DEMO
After two excellent singles Suzette and company come back with a demo of one of their new songs, as an advance of their forthcoming debut album. They are still in love with sixties French pop, bossa-nova and American soul pop from the fifties, without forgetting their beloved master Serge Gainsbourg and their muse Françoise Hardy.
23-COOPER "747"
Taken from ER-349 "747" CD-Single
After a successful debut album COOPER come back with four new songs: "Yo sé lo que te pasa", "Lejos", "747" and "Hoy no"; All of them excellent, they all could be the main song in the single, they all feature an instant chorus excellently crafted and lyrics and melodies that could only be signed by Alejandro Díez.
24-NIZA "Parasol"
Taken from ER-1098 "Canciones de temporada" CD
Another display of the exquisite talent of this two piece from Madrid.
"Parasol" will be the first single taken from their brand new debut album "Canciones de temporada", which was recorded in Granada and mixed in London, produced by Ian Catt, one of the most respected producers in UK.
25-FAMILY "El bello verano"
Taken from ER-1109 "Un soplo en el corazón" CD Reissue
Coinciding with its tenth anniversary, we reissue one of the key albums in the history of Elefant. FAMILY is a classic name in the history of Spanish pop; and this status is reached with a single album, a timeless record to laugh and cry to; an example of good taste in 14 unforgettable songs. You are still in time to live it.
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