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Nazar is a 28-year-old Angolan producer who grew up in Belgium until his late teens, when he returned after the civil war and is now based in Europe. Nazar coined the term "Rough Kuduro" on his Soundcloud page, as an interpretation of the Angolan music and dance style, "weaponising" it on his first EP "Enclave" released in late 2018, translating the normally upbeat style to expose the uglier side of what he saw in Angola. 

On his album "Guerrilla", Nazar uses Rough Kuduro to sensitively examine and digitalise his family’s collective memory and country's past, threading together oral histories, political realities and most significantly re-imaginings of direct horrors.

Nazar tells his story both impressionistically, evoking atmospheres and dramatic themes and at times with stark directness.