Last week’s recommendation, from Sotomayor wabi sabiThere’s a very special vibe that you don’t find on a lot of records. One of the things that was taken into consideration was 2022 contemporary dancer From Charlotte Edigeri and Bolis Pupul, who I watched again and again this week.
On the surface the two records don’t seem particularly alike. But they’re both rough around the edges with electronic and organic elements packed in for dancefloor abandon. The way the sounds and rhythms come together makes it feel very much the same.
Of course, there are differences. Important ones. Edigeri and Pupul draw more from rock and early electronic music, sometimes evoking acts such as Talking Heads. The bass lines on tracks like “Ceci N’Est Pas Un Cliché” dispel any doubts you might have about throwing your hands in the air and waving them around like you don’t care.
However, it’s not all empty fun. contemporary dancer The political commentary is almost as sharp as its baseline. On “Blenda”, Adigeri chants, “Go back to your country, where you belong. Siri, can you tell me where I’m from?” Over percussive synth bass and 80s drum machine hits.
On “Esperanto” she blindly advises people who say problematic things, “Don’t say ‘But I’m allowed to say that because I grew up in a black neighborhood,’ say ‘My neighbor.'” nnn Sound longer than comfortable. and “Don’t say ‘white people can’t dance’, say ‘Tom marches to the beat of a different drum'”, delivering each syllable so gleefully that it feels like the musical equivalent of cringe comedy.
However, it is not all confrontational weeding out of racists, xenophobes and misogynists. A late album highlight is “Haha”, in which Edigeri laughs for nearly four minutes, only occasionally interjecting, “Guess you had to be there.”
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