"Como Un Dragón" Is The First Single On 'Mandinga Times,' Rita's First Album In 10 Years
'Mandinga Times' Was Produced By Eduardo Cabra (Calle 13 - Trending Tropics)
“Rita Indiana is truly a renaissance woman. Not only is she one of the most exciting Dominican authors in recent years, she is also a musical force to be reckoned with. Her songs are a unique blend of ridiculously fast paced electronic beats, urban and classic merengue, and fantastic story telling.”
- NPR
Acclaimed Dominican artist and author Rita Indiana has released the new single "Como Un Dragón." The song is accompanied by an official music video directed by Noelia Quintero.
"This first single is a good introduction to the album," Rita explains. "It has a lot of metal but the framework is a dembow. There is a darkness cloaked in comedy. It has layers of Caribbean folklore and electronica. The result reflects my admiration for the theatricality of bands such as Os Mutantes, Aramis Camilo and Iron Maiden."
"Como Un Dragón" is the first single on 'Mandinga Times,' Rita's first new album in 10 years. The album was produced by her San Juan neighbor Eduardo Cabra (Calle 13).
Noelia Quintero has directed all of Rita's classic videos including "La Hora de Volvé" and her most recent single 'El Castigador." "In 'Como Un Dragón,' I mixed the trauma of post-Hurricane Maria, German expressionist cinema and an avalanche of content gathered over the past 10 years to create a universe of paper and 3D animation," Noelia says. "In this universe, living beings coexist with lethal technology which La Montra develops in her musical lab in this new album, 'Mandinga Times.'"
Since the release of her breakthrough album 'El Juidero' in 2010, Rita Indiana has focused primarily on her literary career with highly regarded novels such as PAPI and Tentacle. Both her musical and literary works explore and deconstruct ideas about the contemporary Caribbean identity, gender, class and race, through a masterful fusion of pop music and rhythms from across the African diaspora.
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