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BETTY BELIEVES THE BEST WAY TO IGNITE A NEW WAVE IN LIFE IS A CHANGE OF SOUNDTRACK.
SOUNDTRACKS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO BETTY, SHE IS A MUSIC-MANIAC MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN A SEX-MANIAC, SHE JUST CAN'T BE WITHOUT BEATS PINCHING THE BACK OF HER THOUGHTS WHILE SHE SLIDES THROUGH HER MOTIONS.
FOR SOMEONE LIKE HER, AN EXCITING NEW RECORD TO DISCOVER AND PLAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS AS THRILLING A BUY AS A GRAM OF COKE COULD BE FOR OTHERS, AND, IF THE BEAT IS RIGHT, IT CAN KICK HER MIND JUST AS HARD.
THE POWER OF IMAGINATION, YOU KNOW.
A VERY OLDSCHOOL FEATURE INDEED.
PRECIOUS.
[photo: Santigold by Sean Thomas]
SANTIGOLD'S REAL NAME IS SANTI WHITE AND SHE IS FROM PHILADELPHIA, USA.
ALTHOUGH SHE'S WELL IN HER THIRTIES, SHE IS A RELATIVELY NEW FACE IN THE MUSIC SCENE, WHERE SHE SUDDENLY POPPED OUT OF THE BLUE MAKING QUITE AN ENTRANCE, TOO. WITH HER DEBUT ALBUM, SANTOGOLD (2008), SHE STRODE ONTO THE WORLD STAGE WITH THE MAGNETISM OF A PANTHER, PRESENTING A VERY INTERESTING, JUICY COMBINATION OF ELECTRONIC SOUNDS AND TRIBAL VIBES. A PERFECT BACKGROUND FOR HER SURPRISING, SCRATCHY VOCALS AND LYRICS, WHICH IMMEDIATELY CONQUERED RADIO ATTENTION AND A SOLID FRONT OF DEDICATED ESTIMATORS, AMONG BOTH CRITICS AND PUBLIC.
BETTY IS CONVINCED THAT THIS MUST COME FROM THE FACT SANTI IS NOT A TWENTY-SOMETHING EX-MODEL WHO BARELY MADE IT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. SHE IS A GROWN-UP WOMAN WITH A HIGHER EDUCATION IN BOTH MUSIC AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, SOMEONE WHO STARTED HER LIFE ON STAGE BY SINGING IN A PUNK BAND. SHE WRITES MOST OF HER SONGS AND LYRICS, SHE IS AN ARTIST WITH SOMETHING TO SAY, NOT A PERFORMANCE PUPPET.
[photo: Santigold by Sean Thomas]
MASTER OF MY MAKE-BELIEVE IS SANTIGOLD'S SECOND ALBUM, RELEASED LAST YEAR.
AND, EVER SINCE BETTY FOUND IT UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE, SHE CAN'T HELP BUT THINK IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST THINGS IN HER WHOLE JANUARY 2013.
ALTHOUGH SHE IS A GREAT FAN OF SANTI'S FIRST RECORD, WHICH SHE LISTENED TO SO MUCH IT BASICALLY WORE OUT, SHE FOUND THE NEW ONE IS JUST AS GOOD, IF NOT BETTER, DIFFERENT BUT COHERENT, VIBRANT, EXCELLENT.
OF COURSE, THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF MUSIC WHICH WILL APPEAL TO MOST (THANK FUCK FOR THAT), YOU NEED TO BE INTO SYNTHETIC SOUNDS AND UNCONVENTIONAL MELODIC TO FULLY APPRECIATE SANTI'S WORK, YOU NEED TO LIKE LISTENING TO MUSIC WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS COMFORTABLE OR POLISHED, THAT SMELLS A BIT LIKE A LITTERED SIDEWALK IN A JUNGLE, NOT TOO SWEET.
BETTY'S KIND OF TASTE.
SO, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SEXY NEW VIBE TO IMPLEMENT IN YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES, IF YOU CAN APPRECIATE EDGY SOUNDS AND ARE NOT AFRAID OF WHERE THEY MAY TAKE YOU, BETTY SUGGESTS YOU RUN TO OR LOG IN THE RECORD STORE AND BECOME THE MASTER OF YOUR OWN MAKE-BELIEVE.
THEN KEEP ROCKIN' ,)
"SO LET THEM SAY WE CAN'T DO BETTER
LAY OUT THE RULES THAT WE CAN'T BREAK
THEY WANT TO SIT AND WATCH IT WITHER
THEIR LEGACY'S TOO HARD TO TAKE
OH, WE SAID OUR DREAMS WILL CARRY US
AND IF THEY DON'T FLY WE WILL RUN
NOW WE PUSH RIGHT PAST TO FIND OUT
HOW TO WIN WHAT THEY ALL LOST
WE KNOW NOW WE WANT MORE
A LIFE WORTH FIGHTING FOR"
[Santigold - Disparate Youth]
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