SANY3066 from August 2005

Eastern European Eurodance musicians are still going on strong despite them not achieving something like some from some other areas around the world do and make their scenes more global than ever like Koreans did. Yes, O-Zone were not really the harbinger like Psy, they merely caught the wave of European integration optimism of the time – this is my pet theory about their success –, yet the latter made them question their future. Should they have continued differently than internationally releasing their earlier song as a follow-up to their smash shit? Who knows, though they did have the right instinct as the tune did feel close to what they succeeded with, though you also noticed they had more to show in their soundscapes. However, their huge composition stopped them quickly.

How can we call some musicians that were prosperous thanks to their eras as this remains a nebulous term here. Check O-Zone for an example, notice they could've only succeeded during the noughts. My theory might be that the tune fit the strange European optimism of the time – think of what happened there in 2004 –, which we can observe with a tinge of regret now thanks to where we are now. Another reason for the charbusting might be obvious – the song's exuberance and catchiness made sure the language didn't matter. Sure, you might need a translation to understand, but this one was easy to get already then. There was just something weirdly locally cosmopolitan about this Italo disco song with a dash of Easter European handling of Western electronica, which served the times well.

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