Giorgio Moroder: Giorgio’s Theme

From Georgia to Giorgio with Caribou in between, the songs we tweeted this week

It’s difficult to overstate the impact 74-year-old producer, DJ and performer Giorgio Moroder has had on contemporary music. So when the Italian disco legend makes music (or talks), people listen. His latest release “Giorgio’s Theme” is classic Moroder. A broad, cinematic disco epic (the sort that made the “Scarface” composer famous) builds and breaks over the seven and half-minute track. The song marks the first …

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From Georgia to Giorgio with Caribou in between, the songs we tweeted this week

Sonzeira: Aquarela do Brasil (Mark E Remix) Recognized by the BBC as the “Best Singer of the Millennium,” legendary Brazilian chanteuse Elza Soares is an essential contributor to Gilles Peterson’s new concept album Brasil Bam Bam Bam. Peterson tapped some of the country’s leading artists to represent the nation’s different music styles under the group name Sonzeira. Soares features on the classic Brazilian track “Aquarela …

GODMODE + Shamir: Northtown

How a kid from Las Vegas found a young Brooklyn label and created this summer's atypical soundtrack

“I moved here for the music,” says Nick Sylvester, who’s been living in Brooklyn since graduating from Harvard a decade ago. A former music editor and comedy writer for The Colbert Report, Sylvester has been part of the music industry for years, writing about the subject professionally at Pitchfork, The Village Voice, The Wire, Vice and more. Sylvester tell us that during that period, things …