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Tron Legacy movie poster made and submitted by Sabrina Jackson
VIDEO: A Tribute To Sci-Fi.
This was really well and thoughtfully done.
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We all know how I feel about sci-fi? Well, now you can see why. I made a mashup of the sci-fi films that defined my lifetime—a tribute to the greatest of all genres. Best viewed with volume high, in 480p.
Peter Major, aka Opolopo (Yoruba for “plenty”), makes a specific kind of funky danceable music for people who like layers of sounds making interesting changes over great beats and fun lyrics. If there’s a third Tron film at Disney, Opolopo is the guy who should score it.
Opolopo’s music is truly a universal language, as he’s based in Sweden, and his tunes can be heard from the weekend parties he DJ’s there to the clubs and mp3 players of the US, to the streets and ears across Asia, Africa, Australia — and back. Opolopo is a force to be reckoned with in electronic music’s underground.
“Voltage Controlled Feelings” is his third album, but his debut on Tokyo Dawn Records. It takes you on a musical journey that takes you through varying danceable degrees of funk, from futuristic fusion to 90?s style R&B. Opolopo pulls off the tricky balancing act of paying homage to his influences while conjuring up new images in the listener’s mind with the sounds he’s using. When listening to this album, you’re IN the year 2011, from the perspective of someone living in the mid-1990s.
The vocal performances are great compliments to the music, with former collaborators Erik Rico (from LA), Farah (whom you may have heard with Incognito, repping the UK), and Sacha Williamson (holding it down for Toronto) all enhancing this international (if not intergalactic) journey. But it’s clear that Opolopo’s true voice is Amalia, formerly based in Canada. Together, they deliver a sound that you expect music from the 21st Century to sound like: exciting, adventurous, loud, yet familiar. The clean production and vintange synth/drum sound set in “Reversed” is reminiscent of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis’ heyday, and the over-the-top funk in “Bonafide” has only one flaw: where’s the extended version? Instrumental highlights include “Koboyashi Maru”, “The Singularity”, and “Ballad For Amalia”.
“Voltage Controlled Feelings” is an important record from an underrated electronic music innovator.
Voltage Controlled Feelings by opolopo
(originally run on TheBlackBoxOffice.com)
