Duende
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Released in summer 1998, a decade since acid house’s ‘Second Summer of Love,’ UK electronic duo A Man Called Adam’s second album Duende was a delightful and accomplished collection of electronic and club/club adjacent songs. The genres are house, disco and downtempo; album opener “Easter Song” is 20th-century English-electronic-folk, “Oaktown” is downtempo synth-funk, “Bite The Pillow” is cheery glitter-ball disco-house, “All My Favourite People (Stay With Me)” is a melancholy broken-break club track, “Wouldn’t She” is sultry space-R’n’B — but AMCA continually bring an inventiveness and originality to their productions that enriches their work. You get the sense that they’ve never used a sample pack or a synth pre-set in their career, a technique that means 25 years after its release, Duende really hasn’t dated that much: quality lasts.