“Aset” is the sound of Ibeyi walking away from a decade on XL Recordings and starting again on their own terms. The lead single from Offering, the Paris-based twins’ fourth album, is their first release through their own IBEYI Records, due 26 June, four years after Spell 31.
The track takes its name from Aset, the original Egyptian name for Isis, the goddess who resurrected Osiris. Inside the song, that ancient devotion turns confrontational. Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz sing in both English and Spanish, opening with the Osiris story before switching language mid-track: “Sin mi amor quien te quiere?” Without my love, who loves you? The question reframes the myth as a reckoning, sacrifice tipping into imbalance.
The Diaz sisters co-produced with Michaël Brun, a Latin Grammy-winning Haitian producer and DJ from Port-au-Prince. Tambores on the track are played by Kevin Dedeu, Yoeniel Suarez and Sandra Simón. Corry Van Rhijn and Roman Pichon Herrera directed the video on location in Havana, working with local dancers and musicians.
ThroughoutOffering, the sisters are moving away from their established percussion-and-piano setup, trading it for heavy bass, percussive depth, and passages of vocal minimalism across twelve tracks.
Born in Paris to French-Venezuelan singer Maya Dagnino and the late Cuban percussionist Anga Díaz (Irakere, Buena Vista Social Club), Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi spent their earliest years in Cuba and have returned throughout their lives. All the visuals for Offering were shot there, in collaboration with their community on the ground.