VOL № E100 — April 2021
Kala
M.I.A.
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Born in London and then raised in Sri Lanka, India and back in the UK, Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, known best as M.I.A., epitomises what it means to be a citizen of the world. Her music basks in the abundance of the globe, and on no album is that clearer than her vivid, technicolour second full-length, 2007’s Kala. In many ways, what M.I.A. is really the precursor to is music in the age of streaming. She was one of the first artists to understand how to build a following online: her glittery graphics so often recall the early days of the internet, and her ability to meld together all number of sonics on this album is arguably prescient of an era where music is innately so accessible that genres are beginning to dissolve. She tried to decolonise that Western hegemony over wha...
LP 1 / Side A
| 1 Bamboo Banga |
| 2 BirdFlu |
| 3 Boyz |
LP 1 / Side B
| 1 Jimmy |
| 2 Hussel feat. Afrikan Boy |
| 3 Mango Pickle Down River feat. Wilcannia Mob |
LP 2 / Side C
| 1 20 Dollar |
| 2 World Town |
| 3 The Turn |
LP 2 / Side D
| 1 XR2 |
| 2 Paper Planes |
| 3 Come Around feat. Timbaland |
