Blowhole by Andras_2020
Producer, vocalist, DJ, and dancer Andras_2020 is a thriving force among up-and-coming electronic musicians in Europe. Hailing from Brazil, the artist garnered a crowd of excited listeners with the release of their multifaceted and textural debut EP, ‘Cuerpo Temperamental (acting in concert)’, in 2021 and took over stages across the continent and the UK with their Cuerpo Tour for almost two years.
As a live performer, their work happens in the gaps between contemporary dance and club culture, contrasting moments of visceral physicality, screams, and poetry that ritualistically evoke themes of survival and physical transformation with the tenderness of soft pop concerts.
From their desire and innate ability to blend personal experiences with their creative endeavors, Andras crafted ‘Blowhole.’ The title ingeniously juxtaposes the concept of catching and blowing air through a hole, akin to cetaceans, with anal pleasure and its association with queerness and shame. The record was born during their recovery from three major rectal surgeries and built to work as a paradox to their experience of shame, hopelessness, pain, and fear during that period.
The EP contrasts its deeply personal core with a bubbly and glossy avant-garde pop wrapping, incorporating big synthetic sounds and metallic textures, as if set in a surgery room or instrumented with dolphin squeals. Andras’ second bedroom studio record features a list of exciting collaborators, such as Bristol-based Sarahsson and MICHAELBRAILEY.
Tracklist
| 1. | Gestation ft. Sarahsson | 2:24 |
| 2. | Wings | 2:54 |
| 3. | In Your Eyes ft. MICHAELBRAILEY | 2:23 |
| 4. | Shell-Shifting (interlude) | 0:37 |
| 5. | Sofrimento | 1:30 |
| 6. | Lo Siento ft. Dreeks | 2:36 |
Credits
Songs composed, produced and performed by Andras_2020.
Mastered by Dreeks
Vocals by Sarahsson in ‘Gestation’
Additional synth programming by Toue in ‘Gestation’ & ‘Shell-Shifting (interlude)’
Featuring vocals, lyrics and additional production by MICHAELBRAILEY in ‘In Your Eyes’
Strings played and record by Carl Nöe in ‘Sofrimento’
Artwork by Photographed and edited by Thomas Lambert
