Eureka

A new chapter in the story of La Buena Vida is released one year after the celebrated fourth album "Panorama" (siesta 92. 1999). And one thinks that the band keeps getting better and better. Although the five songs have been assembled as pieces of a jigsaw the outcome is a highly stylized record. This EP could put your life on order and even improve it. La Buena Vida now choose to express themselves in more unusual ways gaining reputation. "Eureka" is electronic music done with musicianship and pop roots. More abstract but with the same sublime and catchy atmospheres displayed by New Order, St Etienne, Kraftwerk, Magnetic Fields or Everything but the girl. La Buena Vida know a lot about making sublime music. Synths dance playfully in this record. And it also introduces a number of new directions to pursue. The opening track was recorded during the Panorama sessions at De Lucas and Katarain studios. "Otra vez tú" – an outake from Panorama for explicable stylistic reasons- will become your very favorite LBV song since you hear it. A bittersweet story and an overwhelming and completely satisfying track. The second song "Guillermine" maintains the evocative subtlety in the tradition of New Order, The music to dream by starts with "Mas yo no tengo nada" –a summery and refreshing cover version of a song by the Spanish 70's act Formula V. A duet with vocals by Mikel & Irantzu with the freshness of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood. It almost betters the candy-pop original which is no small compliment. This song was released in 1997 ("Fórmula independiente"- Al.leluia). LBV has the excellent taste to cover and sample the tunes and atmospheres that were featured in the outstanding film "Night of the Hunter"(1955) directed by the enigmatic actor Charles Laughton. "H. Powell" shows hybrid originality in this esoteric number that has a sheer heart of approach to the film. This song was created to support the film festival "Festival de Cine Fantástico de San Sebastián 1997" (Freaks attacks! Subterfuge). Musically it is a very atmospheric, almost spooky number that juxtaposes lullaby vocals, background gentle waves of sounds and watery-sounding keyboards. The experimental side of the band is maximised in the last track, an ambitious restructuring of "Old man" (Love) that reminds of Kraftwerk and the Bungalow roster. Previously released in 1998 on the compilation "Unloved again" (Grabaciones en el mar). A winning formula. Let's welcome the phenomenal talent of La Buena Vida once again. Brilliance has never sounded so good. Eureka!