Ela Partiu
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album Package or CD Digitpack Including:
a. Se Segura (7"Single Version)
b. Se Segura (The Allergies Remix)
Both nclude unlimited streaming of Ela Partiu via your DSP of choice, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
About
“Strong, tender, and an outstanding new figure in globally-minded hip-hop” Pop Matters (USA)
"Brazilian rapper Laíz & The New Love Experience releases a remarkably self-assured debut, Ela Partíu (Agogo Records), combining tropicalia and samba with her languid flow to produce a lively modern Latin American take on hip-hop” The Guardian (GB)
“The 14 tracks give you room to breathe and lose yourself in music that seduces and hypnotizes” Sounds & Colours
Glowing with Pan-African collaborations, and rooted in Laiz’s love and appreciation of magical realism, tropicália and Brazilian music old and new. Ela Partiu features Sudanese trap-rapper Zeyo Mann, Ghanian percussionist and singer Eric Owusu (Jembaa Groove, Pat Thomas) and produced by young.vishnu & Pachakuti, from the up and coming crew, and Laiz’s label mates, The New Love Experience.
In Portuguese, Ela Partiu is the name of a classic Tim Maia track, the ‘70s tortured soul-boy from Brazil, one of Laiz’s heroes. It also translates to ‘she has gone’ referring to Laiz’s early-life decision to leave her family home, unable to adapt to a life as a Jehovah's Witness, from a city in the state of Sao Paulo.
Ela Partiu often veers from head nodding grooves switching to outright rude dancefloor mode and Sudanese rapper Zeyo Mann’s vocal delivery (in Arabic) on top of what the band call their ‘shake ass tune’ on Jongo is an exemplar, much in the vein of baile funk music.
“The origins of every Brazilian is very foggy. Culture can aide you on your path” Laiz
Credits
UK DJ & radio support: Lawrence Walker (Rinse FM), Steve Barker (Totally Radio), Deb Golt & Hit It & Split (Resonance FM), Cal Jader (Soho Radio), Groovement (Radio Alhara), Tina Edwards & DJ Kobayashi (Soho Radio), Groovement (Radio Alhara), Rita Maia (Kiosk Radio)
GERMANY DJ & radio support: Nachtmix w/Dagmar Golle (Bayern Radio), Planet Fruit (RBB, Radio Eins), Amuleto Manuela (Refuge Radio), Christoph Twickel (Byte FM), Radio Magic City Six (Alex Berlin)
ROW DJ & radio support: Laurent Garnier (FIP, FR), Franceca Harding (KCRW), LL Cool J’s Rock The Radio, Tangential Music (The Face Radio), Weekend Soul (Radio RaBe, CH)
Released September 13, 2024
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