Fell in love with music through Genesis in 1994. Preferences: I'm convinced there are worthwhile artists outside the US and UK too. Anglophone countries are just the ones that culturally colonized us. So I also love pop, rock and folk from Japan, France, Spain, former Yugoslavia, Poland, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Israel, Indonesia, Central America and more besides.Favorite anglophone artists:David Bowie, Yes, Kinks, David Sylvian, Prince, Tom Petty. Favorite Italian artists:Lucio Battisti, Franco Battiato, le Orme, Gabriella Ferri.Rest of the world:Luis Alberto Spinetta, Gustavo Cerati, Kino, Jacques Brel, Indochine, Antonio Vega, Ekatarina Velika, Republika, Marek Grechuta, Caetano Veloso, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Tatsuro Yamashita, los Prisioneros, Caifanes, Silvio Rodríguez, Shalom Hanoch, Abdel Halim Hafez.Favorite genres:progressive rock (70s), glam rock (70s), post-punk/new wave (80s), indie rock [UK and non-anglophone countries] (90s-00s-10s), country (from the 20s to the 70s), hard rock (70s), yacht rock/arena rock (70s), video game music (80s-90s-00s-10s), funk and soul (60s-70s), synth funk (80s), classic pop and rock (60s), techno and house (80s-90s), folk rock (60s-70s), a bit of avant-garde metal.Not my cup of tea:noise, industrial, American and Italian indie rock, reggae, hardcore hip hop, post-rock, ambient and drone, hardcore punk, the most extreme metal, most of today's mainstream pop (with some notable exceptions), and 99% of what Pitchfork hypes up.
Alice Cooper
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Camel
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Charly García
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Deerhunter
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Emerson Lake & Palmer
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Gabriella Ferri
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Gustavo Cerati & Soda Stereo
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Héroes del Silencio
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Horrors
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Indochine
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Inspiral Carpets
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Kino
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A tribute to the artist who has just passed away, through a handful of songs worth rediscovering
Too new for the old guard, too old for the new one: 15 often maligned albums, caught between pop turns, synths, new wave and a progressive identity that somehow survived
When producer Mauro Malavasi bridged Bologna and Mexico City with a memorable song
The brilliant elder statesman of Argentine rock reworks one of his own songs with Sting's help, and the result is surprising
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