Nunex & Famifox [A.N Produções] - "Intro Ludhiana"

Turn the pied piper way as soon as he arrive. The man's efforts is efforts will not be needed here.

And for the sake of convenience, the pair has brought their own flute.

It seems the pair is here to stay. For this first time since January Alto Nivel Produções has released a new song, titled "Intro Ludhiana,"  Nunex and Famifox; a quick, album-length afro-beat song. Familiar sounds - such as the aforementioned 21.5 ounces of density - are heard. But a mere invocation of genre and instruments does the track no justice.

A quick internet search puts Ludhiana on the Indian sub-continent. Eastern excursions are suspiciously common on these page, but the author's interest does not rest in Asia. Instead, reader are asked to turn towards the previous week. Specifically, song titled "Um Ano." A moving composition all its own, the big accomplishment on the part of N*gga fox is not arrangement or style. Organization was key. Barely eclipsing the quarter mark, the track changes identities.

Results were successful.

Now the blueprint is public. Alto Nivel merely had the foresight to run with it. The introduction is made up of three layers: beginning with a static, single note seemingly synth. Traditional drums accompany the soft flute, but the feeling is still unnatural. Drowned out by the synth is a bird song that would otherwise fit in well. But everything ultimately culminates. The snare/kick starts the festivities. All the usual suspects and a scraper carries the groove. One by one elements solo before a loop plays through the two mains sections subtly changed.

Musique concretely underappreciated.


Notable Mention: Dj Firmeza [PDDG] - "Animação Olha o Boda"

Not typically a second feature participant, for today at least Firmeza is second on the billing

The reason is two-fold.

After all, it is the older of the two songs. Released over the weekend, the title of the track is "Animação Olha o Boda." The accompanying tag reads "new.' But herein lies the second reason: the song is no more than a remix. The beat is an instrumental track titled, "Príncipe" released earlier in the year care of CDM's LiloCox. But in contrast to the original, a kuduro vocal duet is performed. The delivery rests somewhere between spoken word and listless singing.

With any luck a new swell is on the verge of forming and the wave crashes while leaving a new level to the music.


- J.N.

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