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Bolis Pupul: Letter to Yu review – delicate melancholy and banging beats
On a solo debut addressed to his late mother, the Belgian producer explores his Chinese ancestry on a playful set with shades of Kraftwerk and Abba
Completely Half, one of this beguiling record’s lead tracks, wrestles with the intricacies of identity – he’s “100% 50%” – all the while merging European-heritage electronica with echoes of Chinese pop. Tracks such as the instrumental Spicy Crab ram home Pupul’s signature contradiction: his delicate melancholy often comes allied to banging beats, sometimes recalling the limpid work of Kraftwerk and other 70s innovators, sometimes just going hard (Doctor Says, Kowloon). Pupul’s previous full-length outing was Topical Dancer(2022) in the company of witty Belgian singer Charlotte Adigéry, where the two took down xenophobes with gleeful synth pop.
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