Di Leva (also known as Thomas Di Leva) is an alias of Swedish musician Sven Thomas Magnusson who has had quite a few releases up to date. Most of what I've heard came from the early/mid 80s and is more or less pop-based, so I can't speak for the content of his modern material. This 7" single is the real treasure, for me, among all his releases. The title track, "The Single Man", is a cover of US poet and musician Rod McKuen who originally penned the song in the 60s. Needless to say, Rod didn't take the dark minimal synth approach, but that's ok because Di Leva did! He was kind enough to add a solid synthwave track to the b-side, as well. Great record, enjoy!
Track List:
A - The Single Man
B - Appear Of Need
This is absolutely fantastic.
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Loving the b side "Appear Of Need" nice build up.
ReplyDeleteHaven't listened to the original, but "Single Man" is just beautiful! The singer a bit Bowieesque when he gets high, which isn't a bad thing.
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