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March 14, 2020

Bombs and beats - electronic artist Nazar summed up the sound of Angola

The Guardian presents 'Guerrilla', the debut album by Angolan electronic artist Nazar as "a psychohistorical investigation", going from civil war in Angola to the rhythms of kuduro – a dense, explosive electronic music. Nazar calls the result “rough kuduro” – a caustic inversion of Angolan pride that packs the energy of kuduro down like gunpowder before blasting it apart, leaving distorted drums and pockmarks of dirt and noise, gun-cocks as percussion and whirring helicopter blades. Listen to the song 'UN Sanctions' below and the album 'Guerrilla' in full at Bandcamp.