MySpace Music is occasionally good for one thing or another, most of the time for finding things that are so bad that you have to wonder why someone bothered to write it in the first place, but rare gems get unearthed. A gem is a funny thing, too, because calling it “gem” gives a song some inherent preciousness, some kind of cache that tells you it has more than merely redeeming value. Rather than try to give you that sense about these two tracks, I will just say that I don’t know if either of them are *necessarily* “gems”, but they both got put on auto-repeat for some random moments of joy the last couple of days.

Viktor Swalovski’s “Sweet Dance” has all the charm of an ’80’s Madonna song multiplied by the sensual female provocateur’s voice that drives the track along. I have no idea what she’s singing about, but I can’t stop listening.

This second one is by Bellatronica, yet another band I know nothing about other than they make that kind of delightful, Swedish electronic pop music that I always find myself falling for over and over again. Those three words together, (Swedish, electronic and pop) seem to be the correct formula for goodness these days. There’s a definite affinity for what I call “the Madonna thing” in these songs, but believe me: that’s the good news. Bellatronica don’t appear to have a label deal, so take notes and send emails. Check out the songs “Rush” and “Sweet Is In” and then head over to MySpace to check out some more tracks.

Viktor Swalovski - Sweet Dance
Bellatronica - Rush
Bellatronica - Sweet Is In

You can visit Viktor Swalovski on MySpace by clicking here.

You can visit Bellatronica on MySpace by clicking here.

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