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Kalistan to send La Sol to FOMAT X
Singer to play "Love Song" this year in Gaduridos
Kaliburg, Ananto
August 8, 4884


La Sol, who normally sings in Egelian, will sing a Vrassan tune called "Love Song" at FOMAT X

The Kalistani Musica Egelian singer La Sol, who has been recording for years in the Egelian Language has been selected to represent Kalistan in FOMAT X, in Gaduridos. La Sol's "Love Song" was selected by listeners' Poll on KRTVN Radio 1 from among 24 entries. "A round robin bracket was set up this year to select the winner," said Contest Facilitator KRTVN DJ Robin Goldsmith "with winners from the first round going on to compete against each other in successive rounds. We also had it set up for double elimination so that those who lost their respective matches would have a second chance to come back and win again. The winners were selected based on votes both in studio and online."

Fan's clearly preferred La Sol's tune to all other entries: She beat out both alternative rock, hip hop, dub and RF singers both in Vrassan and Egelian. "They really liked the beat of that song: it was a hard thumping dance beat, the kind you would hear in a club," said Goldsmith. "I heard the term 'banger' used over and over on the lines when we were running the contests. We also noticed, in rounds where La Sol was competing, we would see a 59% increase in internet traffic to our live streams, and a 515% increase in phone volume. Some people after voting for the song demanded that the station play it again."

La Sol herself was amazed at the reception that the song has gotten. "I got full support from the Label (LTD Records) who heard the composition and realized that whatever it did, it would probably be an amazing hit. But at the last minute, due to an issue with the masters, it didn't make it on my last record. We did some touch ups on the recording, and this year, we released Love Song as a standalone single, and enlisted (video director) Vernon Lewis who had this whacky idea about karaoke and some weird trip that I was having while singing at this bar, and everything seemed to mesh. The single dropped right on the first day of the FOMAT contest, and I am so happy to be the one they picked, and I am glad they loved this song so much."

The song, "Love Song" is a self-refential Vrassan tune about a young woman's feelings toward the ubiquitous "you"comparing her feelings to the lyrics one typically hears in a love song. "I wanted to make a song which was kind of playful, plus, I thought this really shows kind of a diversity that exists in Kalistani Music at this point," said La Sol of her song. The choice to do a song in Vrassan is in itself a bold choice for the artist. "I mean, I have always done music in both languages. I started in Vrassan of course. And the majority of Kalistani music is still in Vrassan." Stylistically, the song draws pretty heavily from the music that is closely associated with the RF scene, but the song has far more pop sensibilities than its RF cousins. "We had this synthesizer effect that we matched with that 4 on the Floor Beat that sounded kind of like a tightly stretched rubber band, and kind of twisted it up through this sequencer. It's crunchy and poppy and people can really dance to it. And then they kinda made me sound a little robotic too, which was also kinda fun," said La Sol.

The musician will travel to Gaduridos for the FOMAT Festival which takes place next summer. Given the proximity to Kalistan, attendance by La Sol's fans is also expected to be high. KRTVN Radio 1 is planning to have a contest for 10 tickets to the show along with all expenses paid. We wish La Sol all the luck in the world at FOMAT X.

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgT_us6AsDg]