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This year we start a new section, dedicated to music syles and trends. A deeper glance to what happens beyond the usual tv and radio music routine.

Bjork, Biophilia

Biophilia invites a degree of grandiosity. It is, by all accounts, the first album to be released as a suite of iPad and iPhone apps, intended as "a semi-educational project for children using sound, texts and visuals" covering, among other topics, plate tectonics, genetics and human biorhythm. 

For an album that presents itself as an academic exercise, it's big on moments of pure, indulgent pleasure: though you're some considerable distance from the comforts of standard verse-chorus structure, the melodies of Virus and the closing Solstice are so beautiful they carry you along regardless. It's certainly restless and innovative, but Biophilia never feels like hard work, however much the accompanying bumf tries to convince you it is.

Missincat, Wow

There she is back again. The little Italian singer/songwriter Caterina Barbieri, otherwise known as MISSINCAT! With her debut ‘Back On My Feet’ she already delivered quality material and now offers her second instalment. Simply titled ‘Wow’, the album is convincing, with instrumental detail and little stories, packed in compact compositions, rather than exceeding opulence. That is really something nice for a change and deserves a good rating.

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