Tsunamiz - Dreamz (self-released)

You normally only see that many substituted “z’s” in rap and dance music titles, but thankfully, as is obvious from the outset of this song, neither of those routes are ones that Tsunamiz follows. Instead, this Portuguese sonic visionary heads into more indie/alt-pop territory, a place where any dance grooves are balanced out with more raucous guitar riffs, where any purely pop pretensions are subjected to smart indie makeovers.

“Dreamz,” the latest single from his seventh album, Behold The Man, is a brilliant reminder of just how redundant the idea of genres is, as he blends musical threads from the accessible and infectious ends of the mainstream world with those drawn from the darker, delicious and, perhaps, more delirious ends of the post-punk sound. (Especially the period where such sounds spilled into the public consciousness and created New Romanticism and the New-Pop scene.

The result is a cultish yet commercial song, one that will effortlessly appeal to chart surfers and pop-pickers but also find favor with the more underground and discerning musical adventurer.

It comes from a place where pop meets a harder sonic force, where the artistry of analog instruments is bathed in the brilliance of digital deftness, where the pulse of the mainstream strikes in tandem with the heartbeat of the alternative set, and where the liquid sounds of the uptown night club caress and cocoon the raw edge of the indie kids’ record collection.

Genres? Who needs them? Not Tsunamiz, that’s abundantly clear.

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