
I'm sure 'Paradise' has appeared on an TV advert at some stage because how else could you explain how familiar it sounds. But then there are those rare sonic incarnations that just plug and play, knowing full well that their best deployed when the sun is beating down outside. Ana Laan is from Madrid and should really be living off the royalties from this for the rest of her life (if there was any justice or no such thing as bloggers). KD Ana Laan - Paradise More [...]

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Para muchos es algo así como la Björk española. Se hizo un hueco entre los seguidores del panorama Indie bajo el nombre de Rita Calypso y uno de sus trabajos gozó de muy buena consideración en España, Argentina y Estados Unidos. Pero Ana Laan decidió reivindicar su nombre y reinventarse a sí misma como música y fruto de este trabajo de revisión nacieron dos nuevos LPs que han tenido la consideración de la crítica especializada que la ha catalogado como la reina del pop electrónico en español. Algunos, como ya referimos con anterioridad, han llegado a equipararla con [...]

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman. ~ Ludwig van Beethoven ~ What is the essence of adept or good music? Is it the mere ability to catch people's attention or has it had to do with the virtuoso style of creating the songs which somehow makes it unique from other pieces? +/- I couldn't answer that. In some ways, music has its own relativity. For almost 500 posts here in Play which 6 months later [...]

Genteeled from different cultures, it is just expected of Ana Laan's music to be refined as well. Stockholm satire and the Latin tonal pattern trademark is very eminent in her songs. Her single, 'Paradise' is a bonus track on ITunes but hey, the song is so rad that I bet it'll encourage you to buy her album. Ana Laan The startling, romantic voice of singer Ana Laan was born in Madrid and matured in Stockholm, Sweden. The daughter of a Spanish professor of literature and an American mother, Ana was raised in [...]
The startling, romantic voice of singer Ana Laan was born in Madrid and matured in Stockholm, Sweden. The daughter of a Spanish professor of literature and an American mother, Ana was raised in a home where learning was revered and multi-culturalism was the norm. As a teenager who spoke several languages fluently (including English, Spanish and Swedish) she returned to Spain to finish her secondary education and then went on to University in Madrid, where she studied English Literature in earnest. To this day, Ana remains a great reader of books and a woman deeply involved [...]

Ana Laan was born in Madrid but spent her formative years in Sweden . Her father was a Spanish lit prof ; her mom was American . These bits of trivia influenced the music she makes. The lyrics morph between English and Spanish. The music is Latin in it's root but raked over Swedish electronic coals. When she sings "Nothing could be better than this" in reference to loving her, I believe. Do you believe? [...]