Fiorious “I’m In Love With A German Film Star”

Fiorious is a Bronx-born Italian-American Ivy-League grad who fearlessly embraces his European roots without sacrificing his New York City soul. Imagine the cross-breeding sounds of the Gossip-meets-Groove Armada, Hot Chip-meets-Hamilton Bohannon, Junior Boys-meets-Jamiroquai, !!!-meets-Chic, Roisin Murphy-meets-Rick James and you’ll begin to scrape the iceberg that is the massive imagined musical landscape of Fiorious. Full of vigorous passion, Fiorious abandoned his stable gig as a music critic at Entertainment Weekly to create art and beauty instead of just rating it. After travelling Europe for a year and honing his sound, the DIY star settled down in Italy and crafted his unique tribute to the music that assembled him.

“I’m In Love With A German Film Star” was originally made famous in the new wave underground scene in early 1981 by The Passions, a name that anyone who is a big fan of the era is familiar with for this track. The song was originally written by the female frontwoman Barbara Gogan about a one-time roadie for The Clash and the Sex Pistols, Steve Connelly, who had minor roles in several German films. However, Fiorious takes the song and makes it his own, reconfiguring all of the instrumentation to match his retro modern sound. The track is full of delayed 80’s New Order style synth that is clashed with a phasing house beat to keep fans of old and new schools dancing from start to finish. However, what really set this track apart is the vocal delivery, full of vibrato and gentle yet far-reaching range. You will be pleasantly surprised that this retro pop connoisseur is more than adequately equipped with pipes to match and surpass his obsession.

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