Servicio Al Cliente - Alien Tropical
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| Artist ..... : Servicio Al Cliente |
| Album ...... : Alien Tropical |
| Year ....... : 2026 |
| Label ...... : Imara |
| Cat.No ..... : IMARA 6 |
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| Genre ...... : Electronic |
| Tracks ..... : 06 |
| Duration ... : 19:17 min |
| Source ..... : WEB (wav) |
| Street Date : Feb-02-2026 |
| URL ........ : www.discogs.com/release/37846656 |
| Webstore URL : https://servicioalcliente.bandcamp.com/album/alien-tropical
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| Release Size : 44.2 MB |
| Ripping Tool : n/a |
| Encoder .... : Lame 3.100 |
| Quality .... : 320kbps / 48kHz / Joint-Stereo |
| Rip Date ... : Jul-16-2026 |
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| 01. Suelta Por La Pampa 03:06 |
| 02. Extranas Palabras 03:13 |
| 03. Oro 03:15 |
| 04. Mi Nombre Cambia Al Bailar 03:13 |
| 05. Amarre Vudu 03:22 |
| 06. Alien Tropical 03:08 |
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| Total: 19:17 |
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| Alien Tropical: the perfect title for the second album by Servicio Al |
| Cliente ("Customer Service"), the project of Colombian-born, Berlin- |
| resident Juliana Martinez. If you were cannily seduced by the debut |
| self-titled Servicio Al Cliente album, from way back in 2021, the wait |
| for a follow-up has felt long, but Alien Tropical was worth the wait. |
| Indeed, it feels like the perfect way for Michael Mayers Imara imprint |
| to introduce itself to the new year: an album full of play and spirit, |
| verve and sparkle rich with pop spirit and with one eye smartly cocked |
| toward the dancefloor. |
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| That first Servicio Al Cliente album was a smart statement of intent, |
| and a wonderful, unexpected turn from Martinez, who'd already been |
| through plenty: being expelled from private music lessons, training in |
| law, joining a group named Las Palabras Correctas. 2021's Servicio Al |
| Cliente landed on the turntables of anyone with discerning radar (Ada |
| included "Romantico" on her Connecting The Dots mix for Kompakt, for |
| example). With Alien Tropical, Martinez works the sensual sway of her |
| music even harder, building six luscious songs that twist chant-like |
| repetitions into hypnotic mantras, each song the perfect confluence of |
| melody and mystery. |
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| When asked about Alien Tropical, Martinez pieces together fragments of |
| memory: winter explorations, long road trips, navigating the highways |
| and the heart. "I had been driving a lot at the time on the highway," |
| she recalls. "I depended on music I played in the car to manage my |
| emotions and my thoughts on those long drives. Everything felt strange |
| and unfamiliar on the highway, and I realised music was so |
| psychological and my only tool to influence my feelings between |
| highways and new places." |
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| So, the music becomes the narrative for where the body and the heart |
| wants to go. That might explain the gentle yearning in Alien Tropical, |
| and its eternal hypnotic, its sense of forever forward-motion, as |
| though the music is flickering like the highway strip reflected in the |
| rearview mirror. But there's also the skyward movement of the melodies |
| the way their loveliness lifts these six songs up through the clouds, |
| like the helium balloons on the cover. From the sensual swelter of |
| "Suelta Por La Pampa" to the shimmering tones and clacking keys of the |
| closing title track, it's a spirited encounter: "a feeling," Martinez |
| confirms, "an encounter with my synths in a place I needed to be." |
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