Tell me about Isabelle Antena

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I went to see Thievery Corporation Sunday night (spare me the snide comments, please) and their unannounced opener was Isabel Antena. It was just her and a much younger female beat programmer/occasional keyboardist; pretty heartwarming little set. I remember seeing quite a few Antena recs in the racks in the early 80s, and though I never owned one to best of my knowledge, I certainly recognized her opening song. What's her famous stuff?

― Daniel Peterson (polkaholic), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Funny you should bring her up, I just reviewed the three albums (reissues plus one new) that LTM put out...hold on and I'll find the links on the AMG.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 13:17 (twenty-one years ago)

En Cavalle

Hoping For Love

Easy Does It

Pretty much any French-pop freaks -- and St. Etienne/lighter side of Stereolab fans for that matter -- should give her an ear.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Pick up the Camino Del Sol reissue on Numero - it's the entire first five-song EP stretched out with bonus tracks galore. Amazing stuff.

― mike a, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I know she did the title cut from Camino, and she said several times "we're playing this 25-year-old record tonight," so at first I thought she might be playing cuts solely from that. But she also did a Henry Mancini song from "The Party" soundtrack. The cut she opened with that I recognized was more in a Lizzy Mercier/Delta 5 vein than anything bossa nova, with Isabel playing guitar. Time to start searching sound samples, I guess...

― Daniel Peterson (polkaholic), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

But she also did a Henry Mancini song from "The Party" soundtrack

Yep, that's on Easy Does It

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Check her out supporting Andrew Bird on his upcomming US dates.

― Asthmatic Cajun (Asthmatic Cajun), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Her blog is HERE.

― ... And suddenly Ian Riese-Moraine is a naked man saying, 'Volvo! Volvo!' (Easte, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, thanks. From her blog:

>The tour, which begins in May, will be a track-by-track replication of Camino Del Sol, peformed by Isabelle, some backing musicians, and a few guests.

That's not exactly the way it went down in Minneapolis.

― Daniel Peterson (polkaholic), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

has anyone seen antena on their current tour? how are they?

they're doing a midnight show in NYC tonight, i'm debating whether it's worth going to. i like 'camino del sol' a lot, but i could see the live show going either way.

― rajeev (rajeev), Thursday, 19 May 2005 22:41 (twenty-one years ago)

nine months pass...

She's on myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/isabelleantena

New album soon!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 18:50 (twenty years ago)

camino del sol is so wonderful. like young marble giants inna bossa nova style

― joseph (joseph), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 05:01 (twenty years ago)

I saw that show. I think that's where I met Rajeev? It was wonderful.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 05:39 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Come on let's give Antena a shout. Loving the recent remixes of 'Camino del Sol'

― baaderonixx, Friday, 7 September 2007 08:22 (eighteen years ago)

The Pink Alert rerub of Joppo & Eno!

― Alba, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 22:41 (eighteen years ago)

eight years pass...

camino del sol is so wonderful. like young marble giants inna bossa nova style

― joseph (joseph), Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:01 PM (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This. More music that sounds like it was performed in a closet while people were trying to sleep in the adjacent room, please.

― Your Ass Is Grass And I Will Mow It With My Face (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 16:51 (ten years ago)

I've been listening to Mathilde Santing a lot lately and I get a similar vibe from her debut EP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Dj0pylRU4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBvVvtSU2e0

― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 03:29 (ten years ago)

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