Mozambique: Album Review | FF By Nandele

music review

The Maputo-based artist's recently released EP is a vital seven-track offering that reveals a fresh form of minimalist, yet expansive, Mozambican techno dub.

There is a transcendent moment on Mozambican electronic artist Nandele's song Virose, from his new FF EP. It happens a minute and 40 seconds into the track. Before this point, the song is driven by a minimalist trip-hop beat and what sounds like a field recording of call-and-response singing and ululation. But, suddenly, a profoundly understated yet exquisitely beautiful synth drops in. The bass follows, and what had been a very atmospheric breakbeat excursion morphs into something else, a form of minimalist, Mozambican techno dub that feels both vital and fresh.

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