27/06/2024
Born in Argentina as the descendant of Italian immigrants, and now living in Berlin, Arraigo charts Tufi’s own journey with identity. The title itself translates as “rootedness”, exploring the producer’s pan-Atlantic links to different cultures and sonic traditions.
While some tracks swing like a pendulum between styles - raucous opener “Limete” switching from driving bass bounce to soundsystem swagger, others like “Papanta” provide more of a subtle synthesis, layering disparate drum traditions with syncopated Cumbia percussion over unrelenting kicks. “Horny” stays true to its name, amping up the temperature and tension with slinking acid lines and frenetic vocal stabs. “Chanta” takes an even deeper dive into South American music, sampling a chant that the producer learned from the Mapuche people, acknowledging the indigenous people who had occupied the region long before Spanish colonisers arrived.
Beneath the humid bass and deft percussion, Tufi traces detailed sonic maps for those who know how to read them. Arraigo captures the complexity of bass music’s migrations and evolutions as it moved around the globe, exploding reductive Western tropes without sacrificing the bracing immediacy of his productions.
Arraigo is out today on all platforms.
https://Tufi.lnk.to/Arraigo