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.
by Felix Contreras
Jul 17, 2018
2 minutes
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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