Hungarian Grammy winner Belau brings back the summer with a new single.
Belau is one of the most promising electronica newcomers around the European music scene. In three years, they had almost 200 live performances in 23 countries. The debut LP, “The Odyssey” won the Hungarian Grammy in best electronic music album category. After their long-awaited sophomore album, titled Colourwave, they release a spiritual song featured Sexto Sentido which is a smooth blend of traditional Afro-Cuban music and modern electronica.
Belau (Peter Kedves and Krisztian Buzas) is a band who tries to provide shelter for the modern human through their music – representing the path to self-awareness through the depth of the individual – by making modern and elegant electronic beats with longing lyrics driven for the solace of the mind.
The duo had many international successes. In the last years they played almost 200 shows in 23 countries and impressed audiences at renowned festivals like Primavera, Eurosonic, Electric Castle. Belau was supported by radios like BBC Radio 1 or KEXP and Rolling Stone. Their first album won the Hungarian Grammy Award, Belau reached one million streams with earlier releases.
Colourwave keeps providing shelter for the modern human through music, where listeners can sink to themselves and their thoughts.
“Luz is kind of a bridge to our future album, it’s a bit different from our earlier releases. This single is a harmonic blend of traditional Afro-Cuban folk music and modern electronica, the lyrics in yoruba and spanish. This song is a spiritual journey for us, it will be the part of Colourwave DLX album with some remixes, reimagined versions and live sessions in April.” – said Belau about the new releases Sexto Sentido, now made up of Arlety Valdés and Yudelkis Lafuente, founders of this legendary cuban vocal group.
Due to COVID 19 crisis Hungary’s No.1 musical export good, Belau had to reschedule their album release tour, which hopefully will start around 2021 Autumn. You can always find all the updated information about the new dates or the special splatter vinyl release on their social pages.
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