[Electronic/Dance/Trance] ceo - White Magic (2010)

EDITORS’ NOTES
More of a mini-album introduction to a promising solo project than a proper long- player, White Magic proves that singer/multi-instrumentalist Eric Berglund doesn’t need the Tough Alliance; the Tough Alliance needs him. Which may be why he told a Swedish paper that the duo was simply a “stepping stone” to where he is now — perched atop big, brassy arrangements that seize the day like a one-way ticket to the sun, from the swooning strings and subtle, windswept synths of “All Around” to the swiftly-drawn swords and subterranean drum pads of “No Mercy.” It’d be easy to call all of this “Swedish indie-pop,” but there’s more at play here than carefully harnessed hooks and massive melodies. As delirious as it sounds on certain songs (“Oh God, Oh Dear” could soundtrack a waltz —not a walk — on the moon and “Love and Do What You Will” is the very definition of being high on life), ceo’s eight-track debut features deep, deliberate arrangements and a very clear idea of what it’s trying to do.That said, we haven’t the slightest idea what the organ-chased choirboy opening of “Den Blomsterid Nu Kommer” is about either.  
Electronic  Jun 29, 2010
Track list:
1. All Around
2. Illuminata
3. Love and Do What You Will
4. White Magic
5. Oh God, Oh Dear
6. No Mercy
7. Come with Me
8. Den Blomsterid Nu Kommer
9. Everything Is Gonna Be Alright
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/white-magic/id377160590