Duda Beat presents ‘Tara e Tal’, his third album

Duda Beat presents ‘Tara e Tal’, his third album

From the first agreements, Tara and Talnew album by Duda Beat – and his first full project for Universal music , brings a surprise. The sounds, distorted and rhythmic, suggest to the distracted ear that what awaits us will be radically different from his earlier works, I’m really sorry (2018) e I love you out there (2021).

However, as you progress through the songs, it becomes clearer that, yes, this is a work with an undeniable electronic feel, made for the dance floor, high-energy musicianship, but it does not represent a break from the albums precedents.

On the contrary, Tara and Tal talks about charting directions: existential, musical, artistic and aesthetic. It is a natural step in this artist’s career that she uses her art to reflect on ways of constructing the feminine in itself.

The initial idea of Tara and Tal it was to bring a more assertive, more mature, but also lighter voice. To do this, Duda, Tomás Tróia and Lux ​​(the producers) and the team retreated to an island known for its happy and sunny climate. They wanted to make a very danceable album. Result: it rained every day. It was like a bolt from the sky, that friendly message that arrives at the right time: yes, let’s dance, let’s put our feet in the sand, let’s raise our arms, but let’s not forget that this work is part of a process.

This time, however, the process is ready to land on the delightfully slippery terrain of the tracks. Tara and Tal was designed in such a way as to accompany the Glam Diva from the intimate audition to the stage – now conceived in a three-act, theatrical and emotional show, with everything ready to mobilize the band, the ballet, the choirs and the audience in a cathartic and symbiotic show.

Duda Beat is always about love and love is the most complex of human emotions. Translating it into song form requires addressing a wide range of aesthetic subtleties. Nothing is exactly what it seems to be. Everything implies more than one reading, more than one approach. As in human relationships, all songs bring something unexpected, some sort of plot twist. So it might just be an excellent dance album, ready to liven up any dance floor or lift it up alignreceives a mix of unlikely elements, which translates into surprising stratifications of meanings.

Duda Beat combines different styles, references and eras. Use 90s and 00s beats, for example house, drum n bass, boombap, dancehall, reggaeton – but mixes them with the most current electronic music, with the EDM, Jersey club, drill, future bass, lo fi, funk – without fear of daring.

This is very clear, for example, In Dramathe song that opens the album, which begins with a guitar by Lúcio Maia that pays homage to the band Nação Zumbi.

Night tide it’s rock with electronic elements – like Home, Lar AND trance – and distorted guitars, which earn a very Latin refrain, breaking expectations and bringing an intriguing and not obvious association.

The same happens with Your kissone drums and bass very simple song which, in the final third, lowers the tempo in half, leaving room for a very heavy heavy metal guitar, which completely changes the mood of the song. Or inside I hope thatthe long-awaited partnership with Liniker, which also points in one direction and adopts another all along the way.

In thematic terms, Tara and Tal describes, in 12 tracks, the experiences and reflections of a woman who wakes up full of unresolved problems and, over time, decides to digest her most recent emotional experiences, now seeking a balance between Tare – the feeling that pushes us forward, even if awkwardly – and the as – the need not to let liquid love hinder growth. It’s no surprise that the album ends with In your headthe song that states that, even though she still feels rejected and abandoned, the protagonist is sure that she is here to stay, that she has arrived to impact someone else’s life.

Tara and Tal it brings with it all the elements that fuel the intense communication that Duda Beat has with its audience, but it goes beyond that. It carries very strong subterranean elements, only hinted at in previous works. It exposes emotional vulnerability and transforms it into an engine of growth. It is not afraid to be ambiguous, complex and intriguing. He throws himself completely onto the track as a real person would: with expectations, anxieties, anxieties, dreams and a well-defined path to overcome.

As Duda Beat herself points out, Tara and Tal It is the celebration of the meeting between the two sides of being a woman: vulnerability and empowerment.

Source: Terra

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