I may have posted this song before, or at least one of its versions (there are a few), but it was a few years back and it bears repeating. Arena II is a song by mid 80s samples, electronics plus instruments band Colourbox. They made a lot of reggae influenced stuff and some BAD style sample-driven instrumentals but this song is a piano ballad. It has factory settings drum machine, some clicky percussion, great big piano chords and a superb vocal. It is a bit proto-house music. It is about love lost. The bottom line- it is a piano ballad.
Arena 2
As I was listening to this song (while trying to type this post) Mrs Swiss came in and said 'what 80s nonsense is this? It is 80s isn't it?' '1985' I replied. I was about to type the words 'I don't think this song sounds thirty years old', but maybe I'd be wrong.
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