Amsterdam-based electronic producer Nazar has announced his first new album in five years. Demilitarize, the follow-up to Guerrilla, will arrive on April 25 via Hyperdub. Today, the Angolan musician has shared the lead single “Anticipate,” which you can listen to below.
“With the album being introspective, I didn’t seek to capture sounds from real places to enhance it’s universe like on Guerilla,” Nazar explained in a statement. “I wanted to make it almost metaphysical like creating sci-fi, with classic cyberpunk anime Ghost in the Shell being a core inspiration.”
After releasing Guerrilla, Nazar contracted COVID-19 and his weakened immune system allowed his dormant tuberculosis diagnosis—which he’d incubated while living in Angola—to take over his body, leaving him gravely ill for a year. Being forced to grapple with his own mortality, as well as a bourgeoning romance fueling him with love, inspired Nazar to create Demilitarize.
Read about Nazar’s Guerrilla in “The 30 Best Electronic Music Releases of 2020.” Plus, revisit Eric Torres’ review of the album’s “Bunker.”
Demilitarize:
01 Core
02 Anticipate
03 War Games
04 Mantra
05 Unlearn
06 Disarm
07 Open
08 Safe
09 Heal
10 DMZ
