REFLEXA

REFLEXA

Venezuelan singer Danny Ocean just can’t help but get in front of a lush, danceable rhythm. Some two years after @dannocean and its deluxe expansion pack broadened the range of his Latin pop parameters comes the relatively concise but no less significant REFLEXA. Released just in time for his 32nd birthday, the album seizes the senses with its irresistibly clubby soundtrack and sentimental lyrics. Polyrhythmic floor-fillers like “Medio friends” and “Ley universal” revisit the breezy Babylon Girl feels of his earlier work, while “Involucrarnos” and “La noche” respectively drive deeper into tropical house and techno territory. Steamy standout “Si no no” outlines an astrologically divined encounter between Taurus and Leo, its progressive thump regularly matching the chorus’s simple yet emotional peaks. He continues to bend dembow to his will and whim, presenting fresh variants on “Lo mejor en tu vida” and the subtler “AMOR”. Bright bilingual excursions like “Tauro y Piscis” make crystal clear how effortlessly he can thrive in a global pop context as well.

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