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First Listen: Balún, 'Prisma Tropical'

Balún's blend of electronic pop and traditional Puerto Rican instrumentation marks them as one the island's best musical exports in a very long time.
Balún's <em>Prisma Tropical </em>is out July 20.

The music on Prisma Tropical is the sound of a band maturing and finding its voice with such a strong creative force that it's akin to the birth of a star in astronomy.

The Puerto Rican-based band has always embraced technology, ever since its is the most complete realization of the musical creation they call "dreambow," a stylistic play on dembow, the pulse of reggaeton.

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