Un Dia (UK)

南米アルゼンチンから美しい風と共に、歌姫フアナ・モリーナ5枚目のアルバムが到着！ポップ、エレクトロニカ、アコースティック･フォーク、音響・・・そのすべてを融和し昇華させた、どこまでも優しく、温かいフアナ･ワールドが広がる。優しく囁きかけるようなスパニッシュ･ヴォーカルと爪弾かれるアコースティック･ギター、繊細で浮遊感のあるエレクトロニック･サウンドが絡み合い、白昼夢のような不思議な世界を生み出す傑作盤。

The Wire - "The most satisfying tracks are those which introduce slight discord, as on 'Lo Dejamos,' where close harmonies and handclaps nudge against a restless background of metallic sounds..." Mojo - 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's muffled, elusive: a patter of syncopation, a word, a vibrating note, suddenly lifting out then fading away again....It's as open-ended and full of possibility as its title." Rolling Stone - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[L]ike Brian Wilson or Kevin Shields, Molina pulls off the most out-there material with melodies nearly as accessible as conventional pop." Spin - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Constantly shifting layers of sound generate a freaky sensation of vertigo, with Molina's overdubbed swirling, soaring, and chattering in seemingly endless combinations..." Clash - "UN DIA is a joyous, instinctive album from someone who loves experimenting, manipulating and pushing music's land borders." Mojo - Ranked #42 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "Her fifth album focuses on mood....Hypnotic." Signal To Noise - "[T]he album accumulates gravity as the songs add up. Feel the pull." Rolling Stone (p.131) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[L]ike Brian Wilson or Kevin Shields, Molina pulls off the most out-there material with melodies nearly as accessible as conventional pop." Spin (p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Constantly shifting layers of sound generate a freaky sensation of vertigo, with Molina's overdubbed swirling, soaring, and chattering in seemingly endless combinations..." The Wire (p.60) - "The most satisfying tracks are those which introduce slight discord, as on 'Lo Dejamos,' where close harmonies and handclaps nudge against a restless background of metallic sounds..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's muffled, elusive: a patter of syncopation, a word, a vibrating note, suddenly lifting out then fading away again....It's as open-ended and full of possibility as its title." Mojo (Publisher) (p.64) - Ranked #42 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "Her fifth album focuses on mood....Hypnotic." Clash (magazine) (p.121) - "UN DIA is a joyous, instinctive album from someone who loves experimenting, manipulating and pushing music's land borders." Signal To Noise (magazine) (p.65) - "[T]he album accumulates gravity as the songs add up. Feel the pull."

Fifth album, following 2006's 'Son' ("Sound") from the Argentinean indie-folk chanteuse and erstwhile sitcom actress. Whilst in her earlier work the rhythms lay shrouded behind amorphous electronic textures, on 'Un Dia' ("One Day") they are allowed to come explicitly to the fore. The result is a bright and playful album where folk, world music and electronica combine in a unique fashion into something at once abstract and immediate.|

アルゼンチン産ポスト・ロック・シーンの堂々たる女王、フアナ・モリーナの通算5枚目のニュー・アルバムが完成!　今回はリズムに重点を置いた内容で、楽器のように機能するフアナの声がロウな打ち込みビートに奥行きを与えている。幾層にも重ねられたそのヴォーカルは複雑なウネリを醸し出し、ドラム・ループとのズレが絶妙なモアレ感を演出。そこに明度の低い生々しい電子音が舞い踊って、ゆらゆらと儚い彼女の自己宇宙が渦を巻く……まさに宅録ならではのインナー・トリップ音絵巻!　名ばかりの〈音響系〉とは一線を画する有機的で肉体的なフォークトロニカであり、ビョークの『Medulla』と異母姉妹のようでもある。フリー・フォーク好きからtenniscoatsファンにまで激しくレコメンドしたい傑作!
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