She Makes Diamonds Sing

Matias Aguayo - “Rollerskate”The impressive thing about “Rollerskate” is that it doesn’t immediately announce itself as being basically an a cappella number, even if nearly all the sounds are in fact chopped-up bits of the human voice. Matias Aguayo’s arrangement is a slippery, bouncy thing that builds up a nice pile of hooks without getting heavy or over-done. I don’t really connect the sound of the song with actual rollerskating, though. Yes, there’s a nice glide to the piece, but the skip in the beat is more evocative in my mind of jumping rope.

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- Matthew Perpetua