Canal Pop has made a remix (the Canal Pop Remix) of the song "Life Is Unfair (And Love Is A Bitch)" for the German band Junksista. The remix was included in the Life Is Unfair (And Love Is A Bitch) single released by the label Alfa Matrix (Belgium).
The single contains remixes of the songs "Life Is Unfair (And Love Is A Bitch)" "Sexpectations" and "Fabulous" by some amazing electro artists from around the world like Psy'aviah, Virgins O.R Pigeons, Essence Of Mind, Gabor Gergacz, and Zulu DJ, and it's for sale at every major digital store like iTunes and Beatport.
Junksista - Life Is Unfair (And Love Is A Bitch) (Canal Pop remix)
Canal Pop has finished recording a cover version of Bloodhoud Gang’s1999 hit “The Bad Touch”. The song was written by Bloudhound Gang leader Jimmy Pop and was chosen because, in words of Emiliano Canal “every line in the lyrics is abour sex”.
The song is a gift to Canal Pop's friends and fans. It was sung by Emiliano Canal himself and can be downloaded free from Canal Pop’s Bandcamp page during January, 2014.
The song “Things You Say You Like” by Canal Pop feat. Polette was included in the Eternal Sunday compilation Buenos Aires Glamour Beats 2013. The song had been included in the Alfa Matrix (Belgium) 4CD’s best-of-electro compilation Absolute Grrrls Manifesto but it was not for sale digitally.
Bueenos Aires Glamour Beats 2013 is an
electronic music compilation that features some of the best tracks
released by the label Eternal Sunday during 2013. The album contains 12
tracks by artists and producers like Dsynchronize feat. Evi Adam,
KooLTURE, Fr3ak Y Los Ali3nados, Lea Rognoni, German Kreff feat.
Arabescos, and others.
ES 2260 VVAA – Buenos Aires Glamour Beats Artist: Various Artists Release: Buenos Aires Glamour Beats Release date: December 9, 2013 Genre: dance, electronic, house, tech house, electropop Label: Eternal Sunday Catalog #: ES 2260
Tracklist
01 Dsynchronize feat Evi Adam – Now I Know
02 KooLTURE – 7 Days 7 Nights
03 Fr3ak Y Los Ali3nados – Don’t Follow (Radio Edit)
04 Lea Rognoni – The Moon Wraith
05 Ignacio Paz – Ménage
06 German Kreff feat Arabescos – Say My Name
07 KooLTURE – Make-Believe (KooLTURE Vs Ladies On Mars Mix)
08 The Kavanaghs – Tonight (Alfredo Norese Dance Mix)
09 Gonzalo Wels – Keep It There
10 Sebastian Da Vinn – Baby Maybe
11 Canal Pop feat Polette – Things You Say You Like
12 KooLTURE – 7 Days 7 Nights (Ladies On Mars Club Mix Part 1)
Compilation by Emiliano Canal. Mastering by Emiliano Canal & Michael Etes at the Michael Etes Studio, Buenos Aires. Design by
AltoBelgrano. Picture by Marcia Hill.
A track by Canal Pop featuring Polette AKA Paula Varela, "Things You Say You Like",
was selected among hundreds of submissions to be part of the Absolute Grrrls Manifesto compilation released by the Belgian electro label Alfa Matrix.
Absolute Grrrls Manifesto is the ultimate anthology of female fronted bands from the alternative / underground music scene and its various subgenres (gothic metal, new wave, industrial, pop rock, electro, synth pop, EBM, techno...). This 4CDs collection (plus a 40-song additional soundcard) presents an unbelievable 111 (!!) bands
in a deluxe carton box with an extensive 32-page booklet featuring the
splendid design of Oliver Haecker with photos from all featured bands
and an essay about the place of women in the music industry.
Canal Popreleases "Electricity" as a single, backed with a cover of "Moonlight Shadow".
"Electricity" was chosen by Canal Pop to be released as a single from the EPHigh Class Girls & Lo Fi Boys. The single contains a B side, a version of the 80's hit by Mike Oldfield "Moonlight Shadow".
In 2011 the song "Electricity" was included in the Face The Beatcompilation released by Side-Line/ Alfa Matrix, Belgium, being Canal Pop the only Argentinean artist.
The single will be an exclusive Bandcamp.com release until September 24, 2012 at US$ 0.99. Then it'll be available at the rest of the digital stores.
Canal Pop lanza "Electricity" como single, acompañado del cover de "Moonlight Shadow".
"Electricity" fue elegido por Canal Pop para ser lanzado como single del EP High Class Girls & Lo Fi Boys. El single contiene un lado B, una versión del hit de los '80 de Mike Oldfield "Moonlight Shadow".
En 2011 la canción "Electricity" formó parte de la compilación Face The Beatlanzada por Side-Line/ Alfa Matrix, Bélgica, siendo Canal Pop el unico representante argentino.
El single será puesto en venta exclusivamente en el sitio Bandcamp.com hasta el 24 de Septiembre, a un precio especial de US$ 0.99. Luego aparecerá a la venta en las principales tiendas digitales.
Canal Pop has now a Bandcamp page. At that page you can listen to all of Canal Pop's releases, buy them as mp3, FLAC or any other format you prefer, or embed the players in any webpage
Singer Lara Sambert, who recorded with Canal Pop the album An Electro Tribute To Oasis,is spending the Summer at the beach in Argentina and Uruguay performing at events like this sexy fashion show at Claro Abracadabra Beach. She sings the cover songs that can be listened at the videos
Lara talks about her projects (Spanish)
Lara sings at the fashion show
Canal Pop feat. Lara Sambert - Lyla (Oasis cover)
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ES 2234 Canal Pop – High Class Girls & Lo Fi Boys EP
Catchy electropop with ironic lyrics and carefully crafted vocal arrangements. That is, more or less, the definition of Canal Pop's music given by Emiliano Canal, the man behind the project. And the 4-tracks EP High Class Girls & Lo Fi Boys is the proof that the definition still applies.
"Contrary to what people may think, catchy pop music is very difficult to make, because you have to combine a few very effective elements in a very little time, and everything has to fit perfectly. Anyone can make an experimental 15 minutes ode full of chords and strange noises, the difficult think is to make people dance in 3 minutes", says Emiliano about his songs. Maybe he knows what he talks about, since he's the owner/ director of Eternal Sunday, a label specialized in releasing Argentinean artists who sing in English, and that job forces him to listen dozens of new bands and songs every week.
"I love to own a label but the cons are that it takes time away from my own musical projects like Canal Pop. The label forces you to think and work in a different way, especially about marketing and airplay, and it becomes difficult to sit at the studio to mix a song or to simply try new music ideas at the keyboard. It's like owning a football team and wanting to go to kick a corner shot at the same time, it is not very practical." Maybe because of this High Class Girls & Lo Fi Boys is a 4-tracks EP. "To record and finish a complete album was taking too much time for me, and it's not that important nowadays since people consumes music in a different way. I think it's better to have an EP with four solid songs and not a 15-tracks album with ten fillers".
After a first listen, the four songs in High Class Girls & Lo Fi Boys seem to be solid enough. "Two Of A Kind" opens, a story with a somehow erotic innuendo and sexy plays of words ("we're two of a kind, 'cause you've got a sexy body and I have a dirty mind")."A Place" follows, based on a true story, a song that describes a confused girl who doesn't know if she likes girls or boys. "I went out with some friends and a pretty girl came to say hi and when asked how was everything she said not very good, because I don't know if I like girls or boys", Emiliano remembers. This song has a lot of fans, and I suppose it is because it's about being young, not knowing what you want, being afraid of showing yourself the way you are, wanting to go far away, and all the issues of sexual ambiguity, of not matching a certain social ideal. The third song is "Electricity", a song that was chosen in 2011 (among thousands) to be part of the Face The Beat compilation, released by the portal/ magazine Side Line, from Belgium, property of the owners of Alfa Matrix, the most important electro/ industrial/ EBM label in the world. "All the classic electropop band have a song called 'Electricity' and I didn't want to be exception", explains Emiliano. "Of course I tried to give it a sexier connotation ('plug your love into me') because I like to make those plays of words. I think it worked, because the people from Side Line liked it and they have more than a thousand tracks to choose from for their compilation". The EP closes with "For Falling (In Love)", a song that Canal Pop recorded a few times before but was never released. "The chorus simply came to my head. I was in my apartment and heard on my head the 'Oh eh oh, this is a night for falling in love'. I sat at the keyboard and noticed that the musical phrase had a 2/4 bar that complicated everything, but the melody was so catchy that I wrote the rest of the song. I needed to record several versions to be satisfied, when you have a very catchy idea everything you add on top of it tends to interfere".
As Canal Pop, Emiliano Canal works alone ("I deal with enough musicians as a label owner"), so all the keyboards, the production and the arrangements are his. The exception are the voices, Canal Pop has collaborated with very interesting female singers like Gaby Laguzzi (We Never Play Live In Buenos Aires,2007), Bea Conenna, born in New York (Ecstatic Days single, 2008), sexy Lara Sambert who later appeared on prime time Argentinean TV show Cantando Por Un Sueño, the equivalent of Singing With The Stars, and who toured Greek and Turkey) (An Electro Tribute To Oasis, 2010) and this time Paula Varela AKA Polette, one of Buenos Aires' top singers and sessionist who shared stages with Shakira, Deep Purple and countless other local stars. "Polette is, by far, the best singer I worked with. It is not only about singing nice, but about understanding what the producer and the song need, and Polette has an unique quality, she sings my songs in a nasal, Kylie Minogue way, after that she goes to a jazz club to sing jazz or funk like a diva and then she records a jingle for a canned soup, and she does everything right. That's why everyone calls her, it is an honor to work with her". As in every Canal Pop release, the vocal arrangements are very precise and elaborated, with crystal clear backing vocals coming and going, with little delays and echoes here and there (only noticed with headphones and the traditional robot-like vocoder and lo fi vocals. Canal Pop is back.
Canal Pop feat. Polette - High Class Girls & Lo Fi Boys
Artist: Canal Pop (feat. Polette) Release: High Class Girls & Lo Fi Boys EP Release date: Enero 23, 2012 Genre: Pop, Electropop, Dance Pop, Europop, Label: Eternal Sunday Catalog #: ES 2234
Tracklist
01. Two Of A Kind
02. A Place
03. Electricity
04. For Falling (In Love)
All songs written by Emiliano Canal. Published by Eternal Sunday/ Universal Music Publishing.
ES 2234 Canal Pop – High Class Girls & Lo Fi Boys EP
Electropop pegadizo con letras irónicas (en inglés) y arreglos vocales cuidados. Palabras más o menos esa es la definición de la música de Canal Pop que da Emiliano Canal, el hombre detrás del proyecto. Y el EP de 4 temas High Class Girls & Lo Fi Boys es una prueba de que la fórmula sigue vigente.
"Contrariamente a lo que la gente puede pensar, la música pop pegadiza es la más difícil de hacer, porque hay que combinar elementos muy efectivos en muy poco tiempo y todo tiene que funcionar perfectamente. Cualquiera hace una oda experimental llena de acordes y de ruidos raros que dure 15 minutos, lo difícil es hacer bailar a la gente en 3", comenta Emiliano cuando habla de sus canciones. Quizás sepa de lo que habla, ya que su actividad paralela (¿principal?) es la de ser el dueño/ director del sello Eternal Sunday, sello especializado en lanzar artistas argentinos con material en inglés, oficio que le demanda escuchar docenas de bandas y canciones nuevas por semana.
"Tener un sello me encanta pero tiene la contra de que le resta mucho tiempo y energías a mis propios proyectos puramente musicales como Canal Pop. El sello te obliga a trabajar y a pensar de otra forma, sobre todo en las cuestiones de márketing y difusión, y cuesta ponerse a terminar una mezcla o a probar ideas en el teclado. Tener un sello y querer ser artista es como ser directivo de un club y querer ir a cabecear un córner, es poco práctico". Quizás por eso High Class Girls & Lo Fi Boys es un EP de 4 tracks. "Grabar y terminar un álbum completo me estaba llevando demasiado tiempo, y hoy la gente consume música de otra manera, es preferible tener un EP de cuatro canciones sólidas y no un álbum de quince tracks de los cuales diez son relleno".
A primera escucha, las cuatro canciones de High Class Girls & Lo Fi Boys parecen ser suficientemente sólidas. Abre "Two Of A Kind", una historia con insinuaciones eróticas y juegos de palabras sexys ("we're two of a kind, 'cause you've got a sexy body and I have a dirty mind"/ somos tal para cual, porque tenés un cuerpo sexy y yo tengo una mente sucia). Sigue "A Place", una historia basada en un hecho real, que describe a una chica confundida que no sabe si le gustan los chicos o las chicas. "Salí con un grupo de amigos y una chica bastante linda vino a saludar alguien y cuando le preguntaron cómo estaba dijo mal, porque no sé si me gustan los chicos o las chicas", recuerda Emiliano Canal. "Esta canción siempre gustó, supongo que porque habla de cosas como el de ser joven, no tener claro lo que se quiere, tener miedo de mostrarse como uno es, de querer irte lejos y toda la cuestión de la ambigüedad sexual, de no encajar en un molde social predeterminado". El tercer tema es "Electricity", canción que fue elegida (entre miles de postulantes) en 2011 para ser parte de la compilación Face The Beat lanzada por la revista/ portal Side Line, de Bélgica, de los dueños de Alfa Matrix, el sello electro/ industrial/ EBM más importante del mundo. "Todas las bandas electropop clásicas tienen un tema llamado 'Electricity' y no quise ser la excepción", explica Emiliano. "Por supuesto, me tomé el atrevimiento de darle una connotación más sexy en la letra ('plug your love into me', enchufame tu amor) porque es lo que me gusta hacer, tomar un tema cualquiera y darle un doble sentido. Creo que quedó bien, porque a la gente de Side Line les gustó, y tenían miles de canciones de todo el mundo para elegir para la compilación". El EP cierra con la híper pegadiza "For Falling (In Love)", una canción que Canal Pop ya había grabado pero nunca lanzado. "El estribillo me vino de repente, estaba en mi departamento un día y escuché en mi cabeza el 'Oh eh oh, this is a night for falling in love'. Me senté al teclado y noté que la frase tenía un compás de 2/4 que complicaba todo, pero la melodía era tan pegadiza que compuse el resto del tema. Tuve que grabar varias versiones para estar medianamente satisfecho, cuando aparece una idea muy pegadiza y muy sólida todo lo que uno tiende a meter la ensucia".
Como Canal Pop, Emiliano Canal trabaja solo ("ya trato con suficientes músicos como dueño de un sello"), por lo que todos los teclados, la producción y los arreglos son suyos. La excepción son las voces. Canal Pop ha colaborado con cantantes (femeninas) muy interesantes como Gaby Laguzzi (We Never Play Live In Buenos Aires, 2007), Bea Conenna, nacida en Nueva York (Ecstatic Days single,2008), la sensual Lara Sambert (luego participante del programa de TV Cantando Por Un Sueño y con giras a Grecia y Turquía) (An Electro Tribute To Oasis, 2010) y esta vez es el turno de Paula Varela AKA Polette, multifacética cantante y sesionista de Buenos Aires que ha compartido escenarios con Shakira, Deep Purple e incontables estrellas locales. "Polette es la mejor cantante con la que he trabajado, por lejos. No se trata sólo de tener una bonita voz sino de interpretar lo que el productor y la canción están pidiendo, y Polette tiene una ductilidad única, canta mis temas con una voz algo nasal a lo Kylie Minogue y después sale y va a un club a cantar jazz y funk como una diva y después termina el día grabando un jingle de sopas instantáneas, y hace todo bien. Por algo trabaja con los mejores y la llaman siempre. Es un honor grabar con ella", confiesa Emiliano. Como en todos los lanzamientos de Canal Pop, los arreglos vocales son elaborados, prolijos, con coros cristalinos entrando y saliendo todo el tiempo, con pequeños ecos y delays que se aprecian sólo con auriculares, y no faltan ni los ocasionales vocoders robotizados ni las voces low fi. Canal Pop está de regreso.
Artista: Canal Pop (feat. Polette) Álbum: High Class Girls & Lo Fi Boys EP Fecha de lanzamiento: Enero 23, 2012 Género: Pop, Electropop, Dance Pop, Europop, Sello: Eternal Sunday Número de catalogo: ES 2234
Tracklist
01. Two Of A Kind
02. A Place
03. Electricity
04. For Falling (In Love)
Todos los temas escritos por Emiliano Canal. Editados por Eternal Sunday/ Universal Music Publishing.
The song "Electricity" by Canal Pop was chosen among thousands of submissions as part of Face The Beat, released by Side Line, Belgium. Side Line was founded in 1989 and it's the most important magazine/ portal in the electro/ industrial scene in the world. It is owned by the guys who run Alpha Matrix, the prestigious label that release material by bands like Front 242 or Nitzer Ebb.
Face The Beat contains 50 tracks that were chosen among 1258 submissions. The idea was to create a compilation for the almost 40 thousand Side Line fans on Facebook, and the chosen bands were the ones who had profiles in that social network. This is the first electronic music compilation (and probably the first one in any genre) to be released exclsusively using Facebook, which demonstrates Facebook's value as a music platform.
The tracks can be downloaded all together or individually. The cover design was made by 4611525, an emergent designer from the English underground scene.
The bands that take part in the compilation are, in alphabetical order: [de:ad:cibel], 8 Digital, Alien Vampires, Alpha Point, amGod, Armageddon Dildos, Bella Lune, Bête Noire, Blackhouse & Hypnoskull, Canal Pop, Chaos All Stars, Corporate Soldiers, DarkDriveClinic, Daybehavior, Decayed Reflection, Defence Mechanism, DI*ove, Diffuzion, Distorted Reality, Doom Generation, DRIL, Electro Spectre, Empusa ft Miss FD, Freakangel, h.exe, Halo In reverse, Harvey & the moon, head-less, Human Steel, In Black, Inertia, Kant Kino, Kommander D, Komor Kommando, Krystal System, Malakwa, My Secret Machine, Necrotek, Notstandskomitee, Novakill, P24, PaPerCuts, Psy'Aviah, Razorfade, Reizstrom, Schwarzblut, SMP, The Adamski Kid, The Mask Of Sanity, TourdeForce, Transatlantik, Umilenie, Xperiment
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