Artist-Sally Shapiro
Album-Disco Romance
Release Date-December 2006
Genre/Style-Club/Dance Electronic
Biography-The Swedish disco princess Sally Shapiro will soon release her debut album "Disco Romance". She became well-known in disco communities earlier this year with "I'll By By Your Side", which was rated 4.5 out of 5 by Pitchfork Media and was called an "utterly perfect slice of italo synth-pop" in Vice Magazine. It was also voted number 2 of New York's "Village Voice" BEST NEW SINGLES of the last 3 months. But Sally Shapiro is as far from a pop star as you can get.
Sally (whose real name is a secret) is so shy that she refuses to record a music video, perform her songs live, let herself be photographed by someone she doesn't know, or even let her producer be in the same room when she's recorded.
I still haven't heard her sing one single song from the album live. I was outdoors mowing the lawn when we recorded the vocals, Sally's producer and song-writer Johan Agebjörn says.Despite Sally's shyness, she has already received splendid reviews worldwide. On blogs she is compared to Annie and Robyn as examples of Scandinavian quality pop. But the sound is above all inspired by Italian 80s disco, and it's in these circles she has received her fans. "I'll Be By Your Side" has during the summer been on the playlists of the European (italo) DJs.
"Disco Romance" (CD/LP/mp3) is released in the beginning of December on Diskokaine and is distributed by Dutch electro distributor Clone. At the same time as the album, the new Christmas single "Anorak Christmas" is also released on 12", including remixes of "I'll By Your Side" by Rude 66.
Official Site-http://www.johanagebjorn.info/sally.html
Personal Rating-Recommended!
Note-All old-fashion disco songs...Too shy to agree to record a music video? This lovely girl is really beyond all my imagination.
Review-
Reviewed by Pitchforkmedia.com and
Reviewed by Stylusmagazine.com and
Reviewed by Villagevoice.com
Product-Download from Apple.com
This album can be downloaded wholely and freely on Sally Shapiro's official site: http://www.johanagebjorn.info/sally.html
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