Consolidated as the great dub reference, Iseo & Dodosound They return with a new work with which they renew their proposal and try new versions of themselves. A surprising work of eight songs that they have decided to call “In the storm” (Twin Cats Records, 24).
The fourth album of Iseo & Dodosound It is, surely, the most open that the Navarrese have created to date. And it is because it is the first that they sing only in Spanish and because they approach new sounds closer to pop. Songs like “When the sun rises”where they very elegantly fuse with indie pop and ska, show how they are capable of adding new formulas to their music without losing their identity.
But let’s start at the beginning, with that song “In the storm” which, in addition to giving the album its name, is an example of the ideas that guide this work: it begins with a sung poetry that serves as the album’s intro and tells us about the two main concepts on which I&D’s music revolves ; nature and freedom.
After her comes “Like a volcano”one of the most positive and happy songs on this work, which is followed by others like “What it was” y “Now I know”, more melancholic and soft compositions that fit perfectly with the sweet and calm musical proposal that the duo’s rhythms have always had.
Coming to the end of the album we find one of the most interesting moments with “Tonight”a song with which they cover their own “Dance Forever”, one of the greatest references of the group’s career. Because to dare to cover your own success and not make it worse in the attempt, you must have, in addition to talent, courage. The same one that they demonstrate in “Without flag” y “21”, the two songs with the most social content on the LP. In the first they reflect on the privileges of the West and the true usefulness of borders in our world, while in the second they talk about some of the great problems that plague the 21st century in which we find ourselves. Because social commitment, introspection and reflection have also always been present in the music of the Navarrese duo.
“In the storm” It is, as we said, the closest album they may have created. In the past they sang mostly in English and thanks to that they have collaborated with groups of the French category L’Entourloop and have toured throughout Europe, but singing in Spanish has brought them closer to a new audience, external to reggae, which is every ever more faithful and sells out their excellent concerts every week. And the live performance is, without a doubt, the great weapon of Iseo and Dodo. They base their music on him and this “In the storm” is no exception, with samples, mashups and codas throughout the album designed to burst stages and rooms. Not in vain this album was created during their previous tour and that has surely influenced the composition. Both on tour and on the album, The Moousehunters, a full wind band, contributes an important grain of sand. Just like the French artist Diane Rousille, designer of the cover of this album that comes out through her own label Twin Cats Records. Together they have given life to this album that, if it falls short of anything, makes clear the enormous talent that Dodo and Iseo possess as a team. Able to continue reformulating their proposal to maintain themselves, without giving up the ideas that took them there.