Urias
Today, the Sāo Paulo-based artist Urias releases CARRANCA, a new album where revolutionary reflections on Brazilian notions of identity and the dimming horizons of freedom are cast against radical revisions of the most traditional Brazilian musics, as sampled and reinvented by the country’s most innovative hip-hop and pop producers.
Packed with generous invocations of religious iconography inspired by Candomblé (a traditional Afro-Brazilian religion) and Afro-surrealist depictions of spiritual resistance, CARRANCA is a kinetic and immediate work that challenges Eurocentric narratives around nationality, culture, and racial identity.