Kala
Xl Recordings
HIP HOP
M.I.A. is UK singer/rapper Maya Arulpragasam. Her 2005 debut album ‘Arular’ unleashed her devastating, dislocated beats, pounding basslines and chant-along vocals.
M.I.A.’s unparalleled mongrel mix of hip-hop, ragga, dancehall, electro and punk saw Arular garner praise from far and wide, including being short listed for the Mercury Music Prize.
In the USA M.I.A. signed with Interscope and hit the road opening for Gwen Stefani. M.I.A. is now set to release her second studio album, ‘Kala’.
Amazing talent join forces with her on the new album including Diplo, Timbaland, DJ Blaqstarr, Three 6 Mafia and producer, Switch.
Already a fashion icon M.I.A. is set for amazing across the board print media coverage and has been serviced accordingly – expect features, reviews and articles to run in The Age (feat. review), SMH and all ‘grown up’ press, massive atb street press coverage, atb key web coverage, albums of the week pitched to all key indie radio, videos serviced to channel v, mtv, video hits, rage. MIA is on the cover of Beat this week with more covers and cover stories to follow in the next week .
Two tracks from the album ‘Boyz‘ and ‘BirdFlu‘ have already been high rotation on JJJ for some weeks now. Forthcoming single ‘Jimmy’ will be THE track that takes M.I.A. to the total next level …. Stand by! The album also features a song sampling previous JJJ high rotation track ‘Downriver‘ by THE WILCANNIA MOB.
|
CD |
XLCD281 |
$14.95 |
 |
