Nazar

Angolan-Belgian producer Nazar refers to his intense, volatile style of experimental club music as "rough kuduro." Taking influence from the upbeat dance style, which has constantly evolved since the early '90s, Nazar's version of kuduro is dark, broken, and distorted, attempting to more accurately portray the atmosphere of the war-torn Angolan nation. Releases such as 2020's Guerrilla sound much closer to grime and industrial than house, filled with brash, deconstructed rhythms, lyrics addressing massacres and dictatorship, and violent sounds such as guns cocking and explosions. Nazar's second album, 2025's Demilitarize, incorporates introspective, R&B-influenced vocals.