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"Everything old is new again," sang renowned tunesmith and noted prophet Hugh Jackman. Anyone who has so much as glanced at the Top 40 charts or flicked through a gallery of runway models in the last few years has reached the same inescapable conclusion: retro is in.
Hairdos and jackets voluminous enough to lose a medium-sized child in are once again haute couture. Musicians across the globe are cramming the ebullient disco music of the seventies into the nascent synthesizer patterns of the eighties to create one of the most stylish Frankensteins in recent memory.
Among those who have latched onto this new trend is Norwegian national Todd Terje. It's Album Time is a lush, glossy collection of fresh melodies and funky beats that is far more elegant than Terje's magnificent ginger beard would have his audience believe.
Retro stylings won't stay fashionable for long. They will inevitably become mainstream, everyday, passé while another trend takes its place. Good news for music fans. A wave of unironically enjoyable music is coming, composed with zest and performed with a grin. Watch this space — big things are coming.