For something completely ridiculous and not at all dance music, why not check out Yngwie Malmsteen’s ‘Arpeggios From Hell”. Top tip: For further listening we recommend Bawrut’s “Pronto Arpeggio”, Frankie Knuckles’ “Your Love” or Daft Punk’s “Aerodynamic’. How and why does it sound so good? What sorcery is this? Let’s set the time machine to 20, head to Miami (via Oslo) and find out! Where do you begin when a track, and indeed a whole album, oozes so much sultry, sexy and pimptastic swag showcasing Terje’s total grasp on “80’s Nordic / Miami” vibes.ĭespite the struggles of pinning down a section to cover, we eventually settled on the intro chord sequence which accompanies the signature arpeggios floating effortlessly above. There’s so much to admire about Todd Terje’s “Preben Goes to Acapulco” that it was hard for us to choose which sections to look at.
Taken from the 2014 album originally named “It’s Album Time”, the tasteful Norwegian producer uses advanced arpeggio techniques to accompany a modulating chord progression. In this latest Passing Notes article, we take a better look at Todd Terje’s evergreen “Preben Goes to Acapulco”.