Mula is an amazing musical trio from the Dominican Republic consisting of twins Anabel Acevedo and Cristabel Acevedo and Rachel Rojas. The group produces Spanish electronic music. Their style has been described as dark dembow, yet their brand of alternative electronic Latin dance music is smoother, less harsh, and cleaner than traditional dembow. It’s definitely more digestible to a more diverse audience. The musical compositions are complex, with changing drum rhythms from each movement in a single song. The group competently blends merengue beats with post punk and new wave. Elements from vaporwave, shoegazing, dubstep, trip hop are common over the tropical beats.
They’re newest album has found a large online audience, and the group has participated in major festivals in New York, Brazil, Mexico City and the DR. ‘Diamantes’ is catchy, it has all the quirkiness of a Bjork song without any of the annoyance. The song sticks in your head. ‘Nunca Paran’ shows the group’s skills. It encompasses much of what the band is about from dreamy, soft echoey harmonies to upbeat thumping dance. ‘No hay manera’ haunting driving merengue, drops into a Gameboy-esque chip tune. The voices have a dreamy Franz Gall, Bridgette Bardot, or Charlotte Gainsbourg quality. All female DR groups have progressed a long way since Las Chicas de Can.
Support these amazing artists by buying their albums and attending their shows.
Check their website and stay tuned for more @sharks_eat_meat .
Review by John Aaron Coulter
Check their website and stay tuned for more @sharks_eat_meat .
Review by John Aaron Coulter
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