Diandra’s 2015 in Music
Other notable work:
Swedish indie musician Jens Lekman had a Postcards series where he posted a little bit of music each week. The ones more towards my taste were the big sound of Postcard 8 [Soundcloud] and the disco fun of Postcard 29 [Soundcloud].
The video for Goodbye PMS has Lizzy, from After School and Orange Caramel, fighting and making friends with premenstrual syndrome personified.
For a definite tone change, here is this year’s video for Stromae’s earlier haunting track Quand c’Est [MV]. It also appears to be astounding live.
Via other media:
The Bombay Royale – The River
My brother introduced me to this Far Cry 4 track from an Australian band that, according to their website, “are originators of vintage Bollywood inspired sounds, from lonesome spaghetti to surf rock to spine-bending space disco.”
Cristobal Tapia de Veer – ANITA/MIA
Once again, Mr. Tapia de Veer appears on my year-end music list with yet another theme for a central female character (recall Where is Jessica Hyde? from Utopia). This track for AMC and Channel 4 sci-fi remake Humans incorporates the show’s main theme, Synthetic Humans [Soundcloud] within an introspective mood piece that crescendos with electronic emotion.
Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome – Chips and Ice Cream Reprise
Adventure Time blends the absurd and the strangely moving once again.
Mariam Wallentin and Ben Frost – Tainted Love
Foreboding, atmospheric cover that played during the credits of an episode of Fortitude.
Tang Wei and Eason Chan – Our Old Place (我们的老地方)
This is the best embed version I can find of this song from Johnnie To’s Office (華麗上班族), though it’s interspersed with preview dialogue and scenes [You can try this Xiami link for a clear version]. Also, the characters in this duet are a reall toxic duo in the movie, though Tang Wei won me over in this role.
