UK-based singer, songwriter, and virtuoso violinist Asta Bria flips our collective sense of dread entirely on its head with "Virus" (Køla Remix). She built a lyrical framework around an unstoppable, overpowering contagion only to load that microscopic vessel with a radical, inescapable dose of global affection. It is a brilliant, unsettling contradiction. https://open.spotify.com/track/651GbhleS9N64FhoYHu8gp?si=dEplW27LQOqNK5reIhbBeQ In this first installment of an upcoming trilogy, Køla aggressively reworks the original...

The Gabonese artist delivers a powerful meditation on identity that hits right in the chest. The music does not rush to grab your attention with cheap tricks. Instead, it pulls you in with a steady, hypnotic groove that feels like a heartbeat. The delicate plucking of the cithare by Seth Adiahénot Tetey sets a mesmerizing tone, quickly joined by the deep, resonant harmonies of a...