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lena d'agua - jardim zoologico - strangelove music - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Wave / Pop / Rock

1. Jardim Zoológico
2. Tao

Strangelove Music presents its first project: two songs from Lena d'Agua, one of Portugal's great musical acts of the early 1980's. Check!

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From the ashes of art pop band Salada de Frutas, Lena rose to prominence as the first stridently female bandleader in Portugal. Combining a siren presence and soaring vocals with songwriter Luis Fonseca and backing band Atlantida, together they released a series of records that wove in and out of the avante-pop sensibilities of the time.

Collected here are two of their more leftfield moments; 'Jardim Zoologico' compresses a beguiling mix of new wave, post punk and dub into a short sharp pop format, impossible to properly categorize, the dynamic composition sounding as fresh now as it did 35 years ago.

On the flipside, the calmer 'Tao' takes Fonseca's keyboards towards more eastern territory, conjuring up a dreamy synthesized new age vibe. Lena's beautiful fado hued notes hang poignantly across both songs