Carlotta

Promessa (Carosello Records)
by Michael McCarthy

My personal favorite garage CD is by an Italian gal named Carlotta. Maybe it’s partially because this is the first garage CD I’ve heard in a foreign language, but I suspect I’d still be listening to it quite a bit even if it were in English. Just when the beats start to get a bit hypnotic – or dare I say predictable – you’d swear you’re listening to a record that just skipped and then there’s a catchy but certainly not overproduced chorus. Part of the reason to like the genre may be because it’s combining things that aren’t supposed to go together, so adding the foreign language factor makes it all the more bewitching.
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