the self-described "Colombian Larry David" and Polaris Prize winner has a fantastic album out this year that does not appear to have gotten enough attention.
Allmusic sez:
Her alluring music is awash with strains of cumbia, porro, synth pop, and soaring electro-orchestral arrangements that mix with sounds of her indigenous Wayuu and Afro-Colombian heritage.
anyway, listen to Miss Colombia, it rules.
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 13:42 (three years ago) link
Love Lido and I love that album so much. I'm in awe of her, I've never seen a human fill their days with so much productive activity
― DJ Fiona Apple Genius (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 13:47 (three years ago) link
I've only seen her perform once and it was as Xenia Rubinos' opener at a half-full Drake Hotel gig in 2016. She was great but it's incredible what she's accomplished in just a few short years since then.
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 13:51 (three years ago) link
Yup, she's great.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 13:55 (three years ago) link
+1.. love Miss Colombia. How's the first record?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
It's good but a lot more pared-down and electronics-centric.
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
Yeah this album is definite top ten of the year for me.
Kind of a “what if Bjork’s Volta was really good??” vibe at times.
― Tim F, Thursday, 25 June 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
I'm glad someone else broke the Bjork mention seal because her voice has a similarly, wondrously nimble quality to me
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 June 2020 20:31 (three years ago) link
tried “Nada” today and loved it
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 25 June 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
curious about the album now
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 25 June 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
xxpost there's also moments on the album where she sort of takes flight vocally in a way that codes as deliberately-excessive ("excessive" not in the sense of being too much, but in the sense of signifying an overload of emotion that kinda spills over the bounds of the song) in a very Bjork or Rickie Lee Jones manner - but I'm reminded of Volta specifically in part because of how that approach then gets combined with very heavy percussive rhythms and lots of use of horns.
― Tim F, Friday, 26 June 2020 00:26 (three years ago) link
I love this album! Went back and listened to the one before it too, also good but I like the new one's range better.
"Nada" is one of my summer jams.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 26 June 2020 03:37 (three years ago) link
hadn't seen this awesome performance, bless her
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSBy608ONmQ&
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Monday, 1 February 2021 16:56 (three years ago) link
production values not as great as one would hope but it's still...lido! at the dang grammys!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SdgsLeaVkU
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Sunday, 14 March 2021 19:52 (three years ago) link
Man I'd really love to see her live. She seems like she'd be a natural for a lot of festival line-ups, when those start happening again.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 14 March 2021 20:21 (three years ago) link
That’s a nice performance
― curmudgeon, Monday, 15 March 2021 11:34 (three years ago) link