Unless you’ve been living under a soundproof rock for the last few months, you’ve probably heard about Mala’s forthcoming album, Mala In Cuba.
As the release date for the album (September 10, on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label) approaches, more information on the project is seeping out: yesterday we heard the third full track from the album; now we’ve been treated to a mini-documentary on the making of the release [via Dummy].
The documentary captures a little of what Mala got up to in Havana whilst working on the project – recording in the studio, playing house parties and the like. It also features tasters of unheard tracks from the album, including the Danay Suarez-featuring ‘Noches Suenos’ and ‘Como Como’ with Dreiser and Sexto Sentido.
Stream the video below to hear Mala speak on a typically righteous range of subjects including the inception of the project, the Digital Mystikz sound and breaking down language barriers through music. You can also watch Mala and Gilles Peterson discussing the project for FACT TV here.
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We can’t be the only people around here who go weak at the knees at the prospect of a new Mala release.
While dubstep’s wider edifice has collapsed in on itself like a cardboard box in a Caribbean monsoon, Mark Lawrence somehow still finds interesting things to say at 140bpm, and his productions have continued to inspire awe and reverence from pretty much all quarters.
Just so with Mala In Cuba. The album – which came out of a series of visits made to the country by Mala, in the company of Brownswood boss Gilles Peterson – got us sufficiently excited to consider it worth pointing a camera in the pair’s faces, the results of which you can watch here.
Prior to the album, ‘Cuba Electronic’ and ‘Calle F’ will see release as a single. You can watch the video for the former below, in which Mala sees the night sights of Cuba and appears to have a lot of fun in the process. ‘Cuba Electronic’ / ‘Calle F’ is out on August 6; Mala In Cuba will be released through Brownswood Recordings on September 10.
>via: http://www.factmag.com/2012/08/02/watch-the-video-for-the-new-mala-single-cub...
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The first sounds to emerge from Mala’s forthcoming album, Mala In Cuba, suggested a light, tuneful affair: something perfectly suited to Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label, but definitely on the fluffier side of Mala’s output.
For those who feared a coffee table turn from the South London don, ‘The Tunnel’ will be a relief. Where ‘Cuba Electronic’ and ‘Calle F’ paid heavy homage to their source material, this is Mala in classic mode – albeit with a fresh, organic-sounding palette.
From the opening, the track is a gratifyingly sinister affair, the claustrophobia of its title hinted at in noxious clouds of noise. It’s also, put simply, a wobbler – though crafted with a lightness of touch we’d expect from a pro like Mala, and offset in the second half with a mean piano bassline and dustings of lilting percussion. You can stream it below.
Mala In Cuba is due for release through Brownswood on September 10.
>via: http://www.factmag.com/2012/08/20/mala-reveals-new-heavier-track-from-mala-in...