Vol.35 - 4 X 4 on #TUNESTALKSG

"4 X 4 on #TUNESTALKSG" is a new ongoing serial feature(I started in 2025) where I showcased/share 4 tracks / MVs from 4 Random Albums I have in my eclectic collection ... some might get their own Full Album Listens, most might not, cheers.

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Released in 1999, "Remedy" was the debut studio album by the English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx. The irresistible explosive-sonic landscape of house, big beat, and garage (oft infused with Latin and ragga influences) was massive.

I'll be honest here - every track in all their albums I own, is memorable to my ears, but I cannot name any of the song titles. I just absorbed the music and did not look or "remember" further. This was the phase of "dance music" I consumed but for the lack of lyrics for me to pay further attention beyond the name of the music-makers instead :p



This suited my "lifestyle" then, as I begun to wade neck-deep into my job(s) and devoted very little time and attention to anything else (including family and girlfriends), with my self-centredness on overdrive, without the need for explanation nor any sense of "connection" to lyrics, which did not exist in dance tracks LOL

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"Dead Cities" by The Future Sound of London is a 1996 release, with this purchase born of a listening booth, and a period of time when I started to delve heavily into Electronic / Techno / Trip-hop, even though I attempted clubs which proved too pretentious, at least for me LOL

I had just finished a 2 week backpacking tour of Germany and was introduced to the neo-electronic soundscape and European club aesthetics, and then started a new gig designing for television, and ironically the music did not fit me into the mould expected of me, but turned out to be a guiding soundtrack to my life to excel otherwise. #truestory

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Released circa 2000, "Two" by the electronic music group Utah Saints bore tantalising tracks such as "Love Song" (above).

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From the sole track "Tainted Love", I'd delve into Soft Cell and came out with spectacular albums that shaped my inner torch-songs! I first owned "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret" on cassette, and subsequently tracked down the CD album years later (they were not at all available in Singapore for way too long a time, and were quite "risqué"), and revelled yet again in the early-80's Synth-pop / New Wave...! I need to do me a Full Album Listen tho... I remembered the lyrics for "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" being as evocative and emotional as the lifestyle I've not experienced before...