Junkie Jones

I can admit in all honesty that Achim is my favorite musician from Luxembourg. But if he lived in Nashville, he’d likely be my favorite musician from there, too.

Achim creates wonderful, danceable, mind-melting music that defies genre. His promo song list includes classification of Achimsong’s tunes, which encompass R&B, rock, new age, funk, soul, hip hop … I’m not sure if Achim is trying to break us out of our stereotypes of what these genres should sound like or if he’s just playing with our minds. But it’s good. Really good.

I can hear some sweet R&B notes in “Funky Friend” but the song is pure DJ-mix electronica at its finest. My favorite song, “Spring Time,” is listed as country pop. OK. I hate country music and only tolerate pop. Maybe I don’t know what country he means and I don’t expect to hear songsmithing of this quality on any pop station in the U.S.

“Groovy Kinda” is funky, as listed, but the drums are so beyond funk we gotta bring it back into the techno-tinged fold. “My Sweet Song” is an acoustic, guitar-only masterpiece. I just don’t get how this guy can make me want to dance to it.

Much of the CD is mixed so the songs flow smoothly from one into another - hard to do without the occasional harsh sounds - but done perfectly by Achim. Mostly instrumental with some dubbed-in phrases in a few songs, this CD fits so many moods that there doesn’t seem to be a bad time to listen.

So grab Achimsong and drive, work, exercise, meditate, exercise, shake booty and/or any other activity you enjoy a soundtrack to … find it all at www.achimsong.com/products.htm. Oh, and the louder, the better.

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