Diron Animal - Alone

Format: LP, Album

Media Condition:  Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Country:    UK  
Released:  2017-10-13
Genre:       Electronic, Folk World & Country
Style:         House, Hip Hop, African

Comments:
Factory sealed brand spanking new

Hailing from Angola, the singer and instrumentalist is now based in Portugal, but his music draws from everything—hip-hop, rock, disco, electronic dance music, and the Angolan dance music Kuduro.

“Kema,” the album opener, starts with a sinuous melody and slides into grooving polyrhythms with electronic laser noises, with Diron and the background singers doing a call and response mixing Portuguese and Kimbundu. “Ghetto Ghetto” sounds like a somber or angry title, but there’s nothing downbeat about the track itself, with its shake-your-butt beat and Diron shouting “Ghetto! Ghetto!” in a crazed chipmunk voice. For Diron Animal, joy bumps sadness off the dancefloor every time. 

Playlist

Notes:

A1. Kema
A2. Ghetto Ghetto
A3. Love Family
A4. Oxala Kuanboté
B1. Don't Stop
B2. Diculo
B3. Bitch My Love
B4. LM
B5. Help