Nazar Announces New Album Demilitarize, Shares New Song “Anticipate”: Listen

Amsterdam-based digital producer Nazar has introduced his first new album in 5 years. Demilitarize, the follow-up to Guerrilla, will arrive on April 25 through Hyperdub. As we speak, the Angolan musician has shared the lead single “Anticipate,” which you’ll be able to take heed to beneath.

“With the album being introspective, I didn’t search to seize sounds from actual locations to boost it’s universe like on Guerilla,” Nazar defined in an announcement. “I wished to make it virtually metaphysical like creating sci-fi, with basic cyberpunk anime Ghost within the Shell being a core inspiration.”

After releasing Guerrilla, Nazar contracted COVID-19 and his weakened immune system allowed his dormant tuberculosis analysis—which he’d incubated whereas dwelling in Angola—to take over his physique, leaving him gravely ailing for a 12 months. Being compelled to grapple together with his personal mortality, in addition to a bourgeoning romance fueling him with love, impressed Nazar to create Demilitarize.

Examine Nazar’s Guerrilla in “The 30 Best Electronic Music Releases of 2020.” Plus, revisit Eric Torres’ evaluate of the album’s “Bunker.”