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- Summary: Falling in love and a near-fatal illness were the two major influences on the second full-length release from Angolan artist Nazar.
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- Record Label: Hyperdub
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Jun 4, 2025Alternately atmospheric and gut-punching, Demilitarize embodies these contradictions for a record even more searing—but also touching—than its civil war-inspired predecessor.
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The WireJun 4, 2025Demilitarize was created in the wake of near-fatal illness – latent tuberculosis triggered by a brush with Covid – and is deeply reflective and personal. [Jul 2025, p.53]
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Jun 4, 2025Nazar's deadpan delivery bleeds into Demilitarize's rough parchment of kuduro, blotting out Guerilla's sharper-edged scroll, sometimes more heavily than it needs to. It's a slight blemish on a record that otherwise sees Nazar further reshape kuduro into a singular style that speaks to the shut-ins as much as it does the dancers.
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Jun 4, 2025Everything on the album is audible but nothing is settled. He has a skilled compositional hand and an ability to shape the shapeless.