Alphabeat Essentials
Playlist - 15 Songs
Alphabeat burst through the Danish charts and onto the world stage in 2007, but you could be forgiven for mistaking them for emissaries of a different decade. Part of a proud Scandinavian tradition of pop as a global lingua franca, they collage a tonne of influences into a singular style. Drop virtually any song—try, say, “Satisfaction”— into a centrifuge and it might yield a mixture of ’70s disco, ’80s synth-pop and ’90s Eurodance. What separates them from many of their Nordic peers is a fondness for the swinging drumbeats of ’60s soul and the peppery bite of power pop and ’90s indie rock. The result is a dizzy, hook-filled celebration of the best of times.
Alphabeat Essentials
Alphabeat Essentials
Alphabeat burst through the Danish charts and onto the world stage in 2007, but you could be forgiven for mistaking them for emissaries of a different decade. Part of a proud Scandinavian tradition of pop as a global lingua franca, they collage a tonne of influences into a singular style. Drop virtually any song—try, say, “Satisfaction”— into a centrifuge and it might yield a mixture of ’70s disco, ’80s synth-pop and ’90s Eurodance. What separates them from many of their Nordic peers is a fondness for the swinging drumbeats of ’60s soul and the peppery bite of power pop and ’90s indie rock. The result is a dizzy, hook-filled celebration of the best of times.
