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AKIRA Debut Album ‘Niños del Bosque’ Is A Forest of Stories
Some albums are collections of songs; Niños del Bosque is more like a walk through an enchanted forest. AKIRA has built an immersive world where each track is a clearing, a path, or a hidden stream, each with its own mood and message. It’s an environment that invites the listener not to skim but to explore.
The journey begins with Kumbia de los Pájaros, a piece that feels like the forest gates creaking open. Soon after, Cumbia del Bosque acts as the album’s rallying point—a rebellious call to gather and dance in defiance of silence. These opening moments set the stage for a record that flows seamlessly between high-energy celebration and meditative reflection.
Midway through, Espíritu and Ixchtel / Mi Salsa show AKIRA’s skill at weaving physical and spiritual experiences together. They’re love songs, but they’re also grounded in the tactile—working hands, shared dances, the rhythms of everyday life. This duality is what gives the album its staying power.
The closing tracks, Cumbia Negra, Abuele x Abueli, and Abuelita, slow the pace without losing momentum. They offer space for grief, pride, and ancestral connection, closing the record with a sense of completion rather than abruptness. These songs are less about finality and more about continuity—life cycles that never truly end.
Niños del Bosque works because it understands that music, like nature, thrives in balance. Fast and slow, joy and loss, past and future—AKIRA tends to each like a careful gardener, ensuring his forest will keep growing.
International touring musician and multi-instrumentalist Nadav Tabak returns to the UK with his immersive solo project and the release of his new single, ‘Electric Roots’, a powerful instrumental journey blending driving electronic trance with raw, organic instrumentation.
Following years of international touring, Tabak has carved out a distinct sonic identity: a live performance that merges hypnotic beats, tribal textures, and virtuosic guitar work into a dance-floor ritual experience.
Electric Roots represents the core of his sound both literally and metaphorically. The track explores the fusion between the electric world of trance and the rooted, earthy essence of acoustic instruments. Pulsing basslines and driving techno rhythms intertwine with organic timbres, live looping, and expressive instrumentation, creating something that feels both ancient and futuristic.
Unlike traditional DJ sets, Tabak performs entirely live, building layers in real time through looping, percussion, and melodic improvisation. The result is an instrumental experience that is rhythm-driven, immersive, and uniquely his own.
The upcoming UK tour will showcase this evolving sound in intimate venues and festival settings, offering audiences a high-energy, genre-blending performance that moves seamlessly between dancefloor intensity and organic atmosphere.
With Electric Roots, Nadav Tabak continues to push the boundaries between electronic music and live instrumental performance grounding trance in something human, physical, and deeply rooted.
Get tickets to see Nadav Tabak on his UK tour here: https://nadavtabak.com/shows
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