Reyna Tropical - Malegría (CD)CD edition. Malegra, Reyna Tropicals long anticipated debut full length album, is at once a vibrant arrival and an electrifying bridge. The portmanteau, born from a 1998 Manu Chao song by the same name, is akin to bittersweet and blends the Spanish mal which means bad and alegra which means happiness. It marks Reyna Tropicals movement from a duo to a solo project. The album is a contemporary celebration and continuation of wide reaching cultural

yet elegant arrangement for bass

Then it bloomed into something more exploratory

and energizing

“The whole project is a constant struggle between baby and goated

sending ideas back and forth in a kind of long-distance dialogue

their cover of Valle’s “Não Tem Nada Não” quickly became a fan favorite

He recorded the sound and wove it into the track

but until now

Bruno Berle

raw form of desire – and the peculiar sense of aplomb that comes from newfound freedom– appears throughout the record

It’s a love song perched between romanticism and skepticism

I know in my body when my ancestors are there