Soul II Soul “Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)” 1989
Reproduced at its most hormonally evocative when played at volume level 5 through a Sony Dream Machine ca. 1987 (slightly yellowed).
The other night, I’m watching the weather report on the Russian News channel because why not, and there’s a piece of the background music, only a piece of the synthesized strings arrangement that instantly puts me back in ‘89 as I lie in bed, revisiting the trauma of the day behind me, the girl I loved, the kids I hated. Just a snippet of strings. 1:40 into the video above.
