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Frozen Pool
Christina Rosenvinge
Frozen Pool
Genre: International Music
 
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Pop performers often start out making probingly personal music, then regress into feeding the pop machine as the need to sustain a career takes precedent over purely artistic aims. Since her stint as a bona fide pop-star i...  more »

     
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All Artists: Christina Rosenvinge
Title: Frozen Pool
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Dro Atlantic
Release Date: 2/13/2007
Album Type: Import
Genre: International Music
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 825646435029

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Pop performers often start out making probingly personal music, then regress into feeding the pop machine as the need to sustain a career takes precedent over purely artistic aims. Since her stint as a bona fide pop-star in the Latin-speaking world in the 80s, Christina Rosenvinge has done just the opposite. After numerous hit singles as part of the duo Alex and Christina landed the Madrid-born, Danish-descended singer firmly in the media maelstrom of endless TV and magazine covers, she sought solace in a solo career. Recording a trio of albums for WEA Latin America, each more sophisticated than its predecessor, she explored a wide range of musical motifs and lyrical themes. Sessions for the last of the three, 1996¹s 'Cerrado', took place at Sonic Youth¹s Manhattan studios, with SY guitarist Lee Ranaldo producing. Christina stayed in touch with the Sonic Youth family, and on a 1999 visit to NYC contributed vocals to Two Dollar Guitar¹s 'weak beats and lame-ass rhymes' album. Smitten with the city and the possibility of working with a clean artistic slate, she moved to New York shortly thereafter and began performing locally with Two Dollar Guitar as her backing group. Since then she¹s shared bills with Elliot Smith and Luna, and recorded her US debut and finest work to date: 'Frozen Pool'. Christina is rare in that the astonishing emotional range in her singing equals the subtle sophistication of her songwriting. She has abosorbed the cream of the Continental pop crop, particularly the work of 60s chanteuse Francoise Hardy, and wedded those ideals to a sublimely somnambulent folk-based sound. The aching opener "Hunter¹s Lullaby" sounds like Bjork fronting a less reverbed Mazzy Star, and other highlights include the jousting, Jobim-meets-Johnny Marr chord changes of "Expensive Shoes", the reprise of 'weak beats¹' "White Ape" and "Green Room", the lazy lyricism of "Glue", and a superlative take on Leonard Cohen¹s "Seems So Long Ago, Nancy".

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Rosenvinge graces the USA with her talent..
msondo | Texas :( | 06/10/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Spanish rock/pop goddess famous for songs like "Palido" and "Voy En Un Coche" has evolved from a fun pop star to an artsy and complex rock musician with this new album on the Smells Like Records album. She has teamed up with Lee Ronaldo from Sonic Youth and his influence is very apparent, the two combine a great chemistry and produce an album packed with amazing sound and texture. It will be very different if you are used to her old material, she has always been brilliant but her style has matured into a really unique sound. She also sings mostly in English now which goes very well, in fact very enchanting, with her strong Madrilena accent.. though she does have one song that is half in Spanish, "Muertos o Algo Mejor." My favorites from the album include the dreamy "As The Wind Blows" (definately the most beautiful song I have heard in a long time), "Expensive Shoes" (more upbeat but just as dreamy), "Taking Off" (a strange but energy filled ballad to to surprising vice) and "Green Room" (just a really great song). Everything sounds great from the guitars to the drums but the most powerful instrument is definately Rosenvinge's magical voice."
Continua siendo la mejor......
J. Saez Colom | VALLS, TARRAGONA *Spain* | 08/15/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Christina nos presenta esta vez, un album un tanto mas tranquilito. Un album que parece provocar un extraño placer en los oidos de quien lo escucha. 10 canciones (no todas nuevas) a cada cual mas buena con un par de versiones de canciones ya editadas en su ultimo disco en solitario. La ex-compañera de grupo de Alex de la Nuez (Alex & Christina), no para de sorprendernos en cada disco. Despues de mas de 10 años desde aquel "Souvenir" o sus "Mil cambios de color", se observa un cambio al 100% en su estilo musical. Su trayectoria paso por grupos como Christina y los Subterraneos, dejando huellas imborrables en la mente de muchos de sus fans. Lo que si es una pena y reivindico des de aqui, es que es muy triste que no se haya editado este disco en España. Aunque a quien le guste realmente esta maravilla de artista, ya sabe donde encontrar este disco."