With “Acarajé do Salmão,” Danish sextet Sunbörn (formerly KutiMangoes) and Italian producer Clap! Clap! assemble a track that’s both grounded and kaleidoscopic, threading Afro-Brazilian references through the lens of European jazz and electronic production. The title nods to Bahian cuisine — acarajé being a deep-fried black-eyed pea fritter with roots in Afro-Brazilian street culture — while the sound fuses clipped berimbau phrases, shifting percussion cycles and a horn section that feels both precise and playful. Clap! Clap!’s programming brings an elastic quality to the beat, turning traditional rhythm cells into pulsing loops, layered with broken kick patterns and synthetic textures.

There’s a sense of dialogue throughout the tune: live and electronic, Scandinavian and tropical, structural and improvisational. Horn riffs burst in and out like vocal refrains, while the rhythm section keeps everything taut and mobile. As the lead single from Sunbörn’s forthcoming album Earth Is Begging, due this autumn on Wah Wah 45’s, it signals a broader artistic scope: global interconnection rendered as conversation, with food, rhythm and ecology as common languages. It’s a bright, restless track that hints at something deeper beneath the surface.

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