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Fraternal twins Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz are the daughters of famed Cuban percussionist Anga Díaz (of Irakere and Buena Vista Social Club) and French-Venezuelan singer Maya Dagnino. They took up music after their father's 2006 death, with Naomi learning to play his signature instrument, the cajón. You can hear their history in their songs—Yoruba folk, Santería spiritual, Cuban-by-way-of-Paris soul. Lisa has said "Made of Gold" is "about connecting to our ancestors' knowledge, to the truths of the past and the power of the ancient." British singer/rapper Pa Salieu adds a verse ("Your history walks through them golden lines/ Your blood carries diamonds/ When they thought they cleared that spirit away/ We are the reincarnation") along with the elastic bass and punctuations of joyous "Whoop!" Lisa also described the album as "protected by spells" and said she and Naomi called on the brujas (essentially, witches) and ancestors "for the ancient knowledge ... channeling that magic into our new music." On "Creature (Perfect)," which almost trembles with fragile beauty, they sing of their father watching over them. On "Sangoma," which translates to shaman or priest and is delicate in the style of Björk, the sisters' voices intertwine like a fever dream. "Lavender & Red Roses," a collaboration with UK singer-songwriter Jorja Smith, touches on '90s R&B and neo-soul. And the sisters sound like they're having a ball covering Black Flag's non-conformist "Rise Above," bringing intense heat to lyrics like "Society's arms of control/ Rise above! We're gonna rise above!/ Think they're smart/ Can't think for themselves" while London rapper Berwyn layers on an update: "They want to tell us how to think and how to laugh and how to cry and how to move /Listen—give me a second/ Let me find a fuck." Pa Salieu also guests on "Foreign Country," a celebration of twindom as spirituality meant to "convey a message from heaven." The siblings also explore their connection—and how outsiders can never understand it—on the Sade-esque "Sister 2 Sister": "Bitch plan the future every day/ 'Twins are the same' is a cliché." © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz
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JOE BROWN, Engineer - Richard Russell, Producer, StudioMusician - Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Ibeyi, MainArtist - Lisa Kainde Diaz, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Naomi Diaz, Composer, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Ricky Damian, MixingEngineer - Nay D - Kainde, Administered by Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Iya ibeyi - Familion, MusicPublisher
2022 XL Recordings Ltd 2022 XL Recordings Ltd
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - JOE BROWN, Engineer - Naomi, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Russell, Producer, StudioMusician - Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Ibeyi, MainArtist - Lisa Kainde Diaz, AssociatedPerformer - Naomi Diaz, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Ricky Damian, MixingEngineer
2022 XL Recordings Ltd 2022 XL Recordings Ltd
Sony, MusicPublisher - JOE BROWN, Engineer - Richard Russell, Producer, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Universal Music Publishing Group, MusicPublisher - ATV Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Ibeyi, MainArtist - Lisa Kainde Diaz, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Naomi Diaz, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Pa Salieu, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ricky Damian, MixingEngineer - Nay D - Kainde, Administered by Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Iya ibeyi - Familion, MusicPublisher
2022 XL Recordings Ltd 2021 XL Recordings Ltd
JOE BROWN, Engineer - Eg White, ComposerLyricist - Dave Okumu, StudioMusician - Richard Russell, Lyricist, Producer, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Group, MusicPublisher - Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Ben Reed, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Ibeyi, MainArtist - Lisa Kainde Diaz, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Naomi Diaz, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Ricky Damian, MixingEngineer - Nay D - Kainde, Administered by Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Iya ibeyi - Familion, MusicPublisher
2022 XL Recordings Ltd 2022 XL Recordings Ltd
JOE BROWN, Engineer - Eg White, Lyricist, StudioMusician - Owen Pallett, Arranger, StudioMusician - Richard Russell, Producer, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Group, MusicPublisher - Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Ben Reed, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Ibeyi, MainArtist - Lisa Kainde Diaz, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Naomi Diaz, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Ricky Damian, MixingEngineer - Nay D - Kainde, Administered by Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Iya ibeyi - Familion, MusicPublisher
2022 XL Recordings Ltd 2022 XL Recordings Ltd
JOE BROWN, Engineer - Richard Russell, Producer, Arranger - Universal Music Publishing Group, MusicPublisher - Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Ben Reed, Arranger, StudioMusician - Ibeyi, MainArtist - Lisa Kainde Diaz, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Naomi Diaz, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Ricky Damian, MixingEngineer - Nay D - Kainde, Administered by Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Iya ibeyi - Familion, MusicPublisher
2022 XL Recordings Ltd 2022 XL Recordings Ltd
JOE BROWN, Engineer, StudioMusician - Sony ATV, MusicPublisher - Richard Russell, Producer, Arranger, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Universal Music Publishing Group, MusicPublisher - Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Ben Reed, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Ibeyi, MainArtist - Lisa Kainde Diaz, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Maya Dagnino, StudioMusician - Naomi Diaz, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Pa Salieu, ComposerLyricist, StudioMusician - Ricky Damian, MixingEngineer - Nay D - Kainde, Administered by Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Iya ibeyi - Familion, MusicPublisher
2022 XL Recordings Ltd 2022 XL Recordings Ltd
JOE BROWN, Engineer, StudioMusician - Richard Russell, Lyricist, Producer, Arranger, StudioMusician - ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Universal Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Noel Earl DAVEY, ComposerLyricist - GREENSLEEVES PUBLISHING LIMITED, MusicPublisher - Universal Music Publishing Group, MusicPublisher - Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Ibeyi, MainArtist - Lisa Kainde Diaz, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PRS for music, MusicPublisher - Jorja Smith, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Naomi Diaz, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Ricky Damian, MixingEngineer - Nay D - Kainde, Administered by Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Iya ibeyi - Familion, MusicPublisher - Greensleeves Publishing Limited (PRS) o/b/o Dubplate Music Publishers Ltd, MusicPublisher - Cornelius Cameron, ComposerLyricist
2022 XL Recordings Ltd 2022 XL Recordings Ltd
JOE BROWN, Engineer - Angá Diaz, Composer - Richard Russell, Producer, StudioMusician - BMG Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Ibeyi, MainArtist - Lisa Kainde Diaz, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - CASisDEAD, StudioMusician - Naomi Diaz, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Cesstone, MusicPublisher - Gregory Ginn, Lyricist - Berwyn, Lyricist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Damian, MixingEngineer - Nay D - Kainde, Administered by Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Iya ibeyi - Familion, MusicPublisher
2022 XL Recordings Ltd 2022 XL Recordings Ltd
JOE BROWN, Engineer - Angá Diaz, ComposerLyricist - Richard Russell, Producer, StudioMusician - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Joel Hierrezuelo Balart, ComposerLyricist - Ibeyi, MainArtist - Lisa Kainde Diaz, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Naomi Diaz, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Ricky Damian, MixingEngineer - Nay D - Kainde, Administered by Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Iya ibeyi - Familion, MusicPublisher
2022 XL Recordings Ltd 2022 XL Recordings Ltd
Album review
Fraternal twins Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz are the daughters of famed Cuban percussionist Anga Díaz (of Irakere and Buena Vista Social Club) and French-Venezuelan singer Maya Dagnino. They took up music after their father's 2006 death, with Naomi learning to play his signature instrument, the cajón. You can hear their history in their songs—Yoruba folk, Santería spiritual, Cuban-by-way-of-Paris soul. Lisa has said "Made of Gold" is "about connecting to our ancestors' knowledge, to the truths of the past and the power of the ancient." British singer/rapper Pa Salieu adds a verse ("Your history walks through them golden lines/ Your blood carries diamonds/ When they thought they cleared that spirit away/ We are the reincarnation") along with the elastic bass and punctuations of joyous "Whoop!" Lisa also described the album as "protected by spells" and said she and Naomi called on the brujas (essentially, witches) and ancestors "for the ancient knowledge ... channeling that magic into our new music." On "Creature (Perfect)," which almost trembles with fragile beauty, they sing of their father watching over them. On "Sangoma," which translates to shaman or priest and is delicate in the style of Björk, the sisters' voices intertwine like a fever dream. "Lavender & Red Roses," a collaboration with UK singer-songwriter Jorja Smith, touches on '90s R&B and neo-soul. And the sisters sound like they're having a ball covering Black Flag's non-conformist "Rise Above," bringing intense heat to lyrics like "Society's arms of control/ Rise above! We're gonna rise above!/ Think they're smart/ Can't think for themselves" while London rapper Berwyn layers on an update: "They want to tell us how to think and how to laugh and how to cry and how to move /Listen—give me a second/ Let me find a fuck." Pa Salieu also guests on "Foreign Country," a celebration of twindom as spirituality meant to "convey a message from heaven." The siblings also explore their connection—and how outsiders can never understand it—on the Sade-esque "Sister 2 Sister": "Bitch plan the future every day/ 'Twins are the same' is a cliché." © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:25:53
- Main artists: Ibeyi
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: XL Recordings
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2022 XL Recordings Ltd 2022 XL Recordings Ltd
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