Lock and load, raise that pressure

I keep meaning to buy a Bomfunk MC's album, as I've yet to hear a song by them I don't like, but as of right now, I mainly know them through compilation albums. They're Finnish and yes, their songs have some raps in them, but they also tend to have a very pop sensibility--one song of theirs, for example, features Jessica Folcker and includes a bit of music from a former ABBA member. The following song has featured vocals from a singer named Anna Nordell, who is Swedish. She's going by the name Anorah now and has her own music; I can't listen to it until I get my own computer back, in all likelihood, but her MySpace is here.

Turn It Up--sure, you still get those rap breaks here, but they're in the midst of electro and poppy music...and really, when combined with catchiness and melody like that, rap (for me) is a lot more appealing. One of the guys from the Bomfunk MC's does the rap, leaving the hook to Anna, and it's a hook that wouldn't be out of place in, say, a dance-pop song--which really, this song isn't that far from. Those sparkly effects after the chorus ends may be cuter than the deeper electronic thrumming that underlies the raps, but both are danceable.

To buy the Bomfunk MC's third album, Reverse Psychology, go here (physical).

Next up: possibly Espen Lind.