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- Summary: The debut full-length studio release from Berlin-based electronic producer Sofia Kourtesis features a guest appearance by Manu Chao.
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- Record Label: Ninja Tune
- Genre(s): Electronic, House, Club/Dance, Left-Field House
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Nov 16, 2023Kourtesis pieces together all the samples, sounds, and roots she has brought us before in a tighter and more incandescent package than past EPs. Certainly, it’s a debut worth the wait.
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Oct 27, 2023It takes a special kind of force to get so many different voices in one place to coalesce. Maybe a common goal. Maybe a shared spirit. Sometimes, it’s as simple as having somebody at the center who’s willing and able to care for everyone—and who’s as magnetic as Sofia Kourtesis is here.
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Oct 30, 2023She reaches through your speakers and pulls you into her fold where you ride buoyantly through her musical world, just as Peter Vajkoczy became part of her life of movement and dance.
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Oct 27, 2023It's a boisterous, life-affirming record that successfully blends essential elements of dancefloor house music with some of the more convivial markers of Peruvian and Latin American music and culture at large.
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Oct 27, 2023It all comes together to make ‘Madres’ a true love letter to the varied, invigorating sounds that have shaped Kourtesis.
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MojoOct 27, 2023This is an intimate portrait painted in bold strokes. [Dec 2023, p.90]
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Oct 27, 2023She’s adept at building a vibe with subtle unfurling layers but the songwriting is sometimes less of a priority, especially in the second half – this stops the album being as dynamic as it could be. Nonetheless we have sparks of inspiration, an appealing vocal register and more infectious rhythm sections than one can shake a stick at, which surely portends a warm reception in the club scene.