#Alex Anwandter

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My Top 5 Albums of 2023

↳ "El Diablo en el Cuerpo" Alex Anwandter Favorite song: "Unx De Nosotrxs"

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diciembre 2022

q lindo fue ver al alex en vivo !!

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AMV // Kamen Rider Kuuga (2000) - Nuestra Vida Juntos (Alex Anwandter) // yt

translation below

What do we do with this life of ours,

that today hangs by a thread?

What do we do? Do we stop the river?

Or do we let it flow?

If I pull the thread by one of it's ends

I set off, romance of the century

If I tug from the other end

The rope starts to bite in

Our life together, always by a thread

I want to be next to you by the river

To distinguish gold from glitter

I want to be with you in the depths

and it's of no importance that you love me, I drown

I swim to the brink and follow you

I look at you drinking coke

and never before, have you looked so pretty

The millennia wanted to watch us get together,

And perhaps, see us off today

The oldest poetess tells me,

That everything, we were everything

Your hand freezes above mine

It's something, something so special

Our life together, always by a thread

I want to be next to you by the river

To distinguish gold from glitter

I want to be with you in the depths

and it's of no importance that you love me, I drown

I swim to the brink and follow you

ps: tl done by me

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Every single song on this album is stellar and a love letter to the gay experience, be it happy, sad, sensual, etc. Y'all need to get on this!!!!

English translation under the cut:

I follow you like April showers

With just a bit of wrath

And I hope you're thinking of me

On the weekends

And every morning

I hope you (I) feel alone

I ask you in secret

What are you going to do without my love?

I know where you go

I know what you're thinking

You're in the doorway

Don't regret it

You say you love me

I know what you say

But

What are you going to do without my love?

I changed my whole life for you

What rage in the thought of it

How could I have made you happy

When you're the devil and I'm the devil

Give me your hand

Answer to my heart

What will you do if I'm not there?

I know where you go

I know what you're thinking



You're in the doorway

Don't regret it



You say you love me

I know what you say

But

What are you going to do without my love?

I know that you love me

So I can't understand it

And it makes me hopeless

(With my heart)

If you ask me

I repeat it in my mind

What are you going to do without my love?

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FANTASMAS EN LA DISCOTHEQUE, PT. 1

En el disco “Dime precioso” de Álex Anwandter una pista de baile se abre, una bola de disco baja del techo, el estéreo suena a todo dar, pero algo falla, una cinta suena desperfecta, la conexión eléctrica falla. La música que ambienta la fiesta ochentera tiene la cinta gastada de tanto tocar el cassette. Es una fiesta espectral, no pasada, no futura, tan presente como el instante que existe y se va inmediatamente, como el segundo que acaba de pasar. La voz que abre “Perdido” es la de un fantasma que tiñe de negro las luces de neón de la disco, y su letra, amenaza con caer en la oscuridad para siempre, arruinando la fiesta para siempre. La voz oscurecida y la distorsión del sonido perturban ese sonido ochentero pulcro que ha dominado las listas de éxito anglo contemporáneas.

En “París, tal vez”, Álex busca a un amante que se fue, lo evoca, no tiene idea de su paradero, como el momento parece perdido en el tiempo. Un fantasma de lujuria que traspasa y se confunde con el instrumental, inubicable, inrastreable. Existe algo siniestro en esta recapitulación del pasado, en esas postales retro que parecen darles la razón a los fetichistas de la nostalgia; pero ¿cómo puede alguien que no vivió la época, advertir sobre los peligros de remontarse ciegamente a los momentos muertos? Hay un efecto específico de ralentización al final de “Tu nueva obsesión” y al principio de “QTDE” que captura esta idea perfectamente: el momento se siente glitcheado, perturbado, y, sin embargo, bailamos y cantamos.

Su disco anterior “El diablo en el cuerpo” conjura una fantasía similar, un synthpop ochentero con más refinaciones técnicas que su sucesor, un sentido del ritmo más fijo y controlado. Pero los espectros ya están presentes: en “Pueblo fantasma” Álex evoca el vacío emocional del rechazo por el círculo familiar, un desierto antes florido por amor. Pero el pueblo fantasma es también el tiempo en que ocurrió esta revolución musical y cultural, la pista de baile a la que entramos es un eco, una repetición de las que cuatro décadas atrás poblaban las ciudades. El futuro de una vida juntos, tan imaginable como invisible, no-presente, impenetrable, atrapado entre la desesperanza y el optimismo, y en un punto medio, el letargo, la depresión.

Temáticamente, Álex también abandona las postales brillantes ochenteras a su propia manera; en “No me molesta”, el brillo del éxito o la cúspide es rechazado, lo importante es la diversión y lo auténtico. El deseo por lo humano es el foco, “Ave del campo” y “Gaucho”, emociones exaltadas y genuina pasión. Pero también los fantasmas del pasado tienen sentimientos humanos, susurran o gritan por comprensión, amor, entendimiento. Las fotos en que están atrapados pueden ser contestadas desde el futuro, evocar imágenes y transportarse a los sonidos de entonces para completar el ritual, romper la maldición y arreglar los errores de la línea temporal.

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Infinite Playlist 2023 | Canción

1. Loading, James Blake

2. Weightless, Romy

3. Not Strong Enough, boygenius

4. Despierta, pablopablo

5. Qué piensas hacer sin mi amor?, Alex Anwandter

6. Live For Me, Omar Apollo

7. Tormenta (ft. Bad Bunny), Gorillaz

8. Will Anybody Ever Love Me?, Sufjan Stevens

9. Moonlight, Kali Uchis

10. MOJABI GHOST (ft. Bad Bunny), Tainy

11. Cool, Daniel Caesar

12. Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey

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Alex Anwandter 02/09

Teatro Caupolicán, Santiago - Chile

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Alex Anwandter - Shanana

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Maricoteca - Alex Anwandter (2022)

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LISTEN TO THISS NOOOW!!!!!

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Yo sé donde vas

Yo sé lo que piensas

Ya estas en la puerta

No te arrepientas

Sé que me quieres

Sé lo que dices

Pero

Que piensas a hacer sin mi amor?

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2023 Year End List - #11

El Diablo En El Cuerpo - Álex Anwandter

Main Genres: Synth Pop, Dance Pop

A decent sampling of: Electro-Disco, Synth Funk, Electro Pop

Yet another entry on the list that I discovered this year while looking for records from outside the Anglosphere. And again, it's another artist from Latino-America.

I already said this in an old review, so I'm just gonna reiterate my stance briefly again - the 21st century 80s synth pop revivalism wave has been very hit or miss. And I'm mostly talking about the stuff that very clearly is actually paying homage to 80s music, not just any artist who happens to make bleeps and bloops.

But yeah, hit or miss. Some of it is frankly very dull and uninspired, and makes me wanna just put on some classic Depeche Mode or Strawberry Switchblade instead.

But when it hits, it hits hard, somehow managing to justify this ""trend"" that's been going on far too long to even be considered a trend anymore. Let's face it - the whole 80s synth pop / synth funk / sophistopop sound is here to stay forever, and I think that's for the best, even if occasionally I get a little exhausted from the over-saturation.

Anyways, moving on to the artist.

Álex Andwandter is a queer Chilean alternative pop artist and director based out of Santiago. He's collaborated with one of my own favourites, fellow Chilean indie/alt pop artist Javiera Mena (who makes a guest appearance on this record!). The dude has been active for over a decade now, so again, I'm a bit late to the party. Cut me some slack; I'm a gringo.

Álex himself sings in a bright, chipper, falsetto-y tenor full of sunshine and rainbows, sounding every bit as colourful as the classic synthesizer sounds that he incorporates into his music, though he also has a more dark and seductive register that he often injects into his steamier dance songs.

El Diablo En El Cuerpo ("The Devil in the Body"), his latest offering and my first introduction to his discography, is classic dancey, funky synth pop with a lot of sincerity and a few pinches of homoerotic mystique sprinkled in here and there. A very indulgent record for you to just lose yourself in the glitter and glam of it all. Basically, this is some utopian gay space shit (shout out to those who get the meme) and I am here for it.

Nothing could prepare me for the tantalizing and straight-up badass electro-disco thunderstorm that is "Qué piensas hacer sin mi amor?" ("What do you think you will do without my love?"). Anwandter channels Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, and Donna Summer all at once on this fierce juggernaut that's absolutely soaking with erotic tension. Puts me right in the middle of the dimmest, sweatiest fucking over-crowded dancefloor in some sleazy ass gay bar on a goth night at 1:00 am, and I'm too drunk to feel anything except the pounding pulse of the rhythm and the arousal of strangers rubbing up against me....ahem, is it hot in here? Anyways, eat your heart out Troye Sivan ("Rush" is great too, I'm mostly just memeing).

In contrast, the following track "Precipicio" ("Precipice") gives off a very 'classy' vibe - more cocktail dresses and glowing white LED dancefloors, less BDSM goth fetish gear and sweaty dankness. Some nice, sexy funky horns on this one that really brings the whole thing together. I also LIVE for Álex's sassy twink diva vibes all over this track; gets me almost as h-word as the previous track.

"Toda la noche" ("All Night") is anthemic synth funk that's giving a little bit of INXS. Groovy and life-affirming feel good shit that I would snort if I could. I want this to be the soundtrack of my own silly little 80s romance that's all about being young in the big city.

"Vamos de nuevo" ("Let's Go Again") is less of a nocturnal dancefloor number, and more something you might skip along to down the sidewalk on a sun shower summer's day with your hot pink Sony Walkman. Gorgeous upbeat vibraphone and detuned synth keys providing a backdrop for foolishly lovesick lyrics. My other favourite cut off the album, after the obvious one.

At the end of the day, the record is definitely a bit frontloaded, and it wears me out a little bit with its sixteen tracks in total. I understand this is probably meant to be the kind of record you play late at night when you're ready to get wasted and dance your heart out until you pass out; I just think it could be sequenced to have more of the outright bangers towards the end. But putting that aside, this was my second favourite dance record in a very stacked year for dance records, and it's certainly my favourite on the more disco/house/funky/electro-y end of the spectrum. El Diablo En El Cuerpo is simple, hot, memorable fun with a lot of exquisite taste. I can't imagine anyone in my own life that I couldn't successfully recommend this album to. So go on, embrace your inner gay synth pop twink.

8/10

Highlights: "Qué piensas hacer sin mi amor?", "Vamos de nuevo", "Precipicio", "Toda la noche", "Tienes una idea muy antigua del amor", "prediciendo la runa", "Unx de nosotrxs (feat. Javiera Mena)"

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Infinite Playlist 2023 | Álbum

1. Playing Robots Into Heaven, James Blake

2. the record, boygenius

3. Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds), Yves Tumor

4. El diablo en el cuerpo, Alex Anwandter

5. Laugh Track + First Two Pages of Frankenstein, The National

6. Javelin, Sufjan Stevens

7. Mid Air, Romy

8. UTOPIA, Travis Scott

9. Luna, ¿Téo?

10. Girl in the Half Pearl, Liv.e

11. Lahai, Sampha

12. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, Mitski