DJ Lycox

DJ Lycox twysts kuduro and tarraxho with drill’s glyding basslines and rugged sound design on a heavily satisfying follow-up to his sought-after 2017 debut LP.

Príncipe’s Parisian ambassador is among the Lisbon label’s earliest recruits as part of key act TMP, and since 1st album ’Sonhos & Pesadelos’ (2017) he’s struck gold with a trio of distinctive solo slabs. On second LP ‘Guetto Star’ he continues to bend the kuduro formula into expressive new forms that balance its sensitive, bluesy grip with rudely swingeing traction on 10 dancefloor bullets scaled between sultry slow jams and proper club pressure. A fiercely disciplined sense of syncopated groove control keeps it tight in the pocket but combusting with concentrated, offbeat energy to put dancers right in the zone.

For ardent followers of freshest dancefloor mutations the whole album is nothing less than a straight doozy. And if you know anything about this label, ya know it’s going to fly out.