Dominican artist and author Rita Indiana has shared a music video for her new song “Como un Dragón.” It marks the lead single from her forthcoming album Mandinga Times. The colorful sci-fi visual was directed by longtime Rita Indiana collaborator Noelia Quintero. Watch it below (via The FADER).
“This first single is a good introduction to the album,” Rita Indiana said in a press release. “It has a lot of metal but the framework is a dembow. There is a darkness cloaked in comedy. It has layers of Caribbean folklore and electronica. The result reflects my admiration for the theatricality of bands such as Os Mutantes, Aramis Camilo and Iron Maiden.”
Quintero added, “In ‘Como Un Dragón,’ I mixed the trauma of post-Hurricane Maria, German expressionist cinema and an avalanche of content gathered over the past 10 years to create a universe of paper and 3D animation. In this universe, living beings coexist with lethal technology which La Montra develops in her musical lab in this new album, Mandinga Times.”
Mandinga Times will mark Indiana’s first new album in a decade, following 2010’s El Juidero. The LP, which is slated for June, was produced by Eduardo Cabra of Calle 13.