- Reggaeton-laced club with a brooding, dark side.
- Since launching in 2019, Buenos Aires label Vista Recordings has focused on experimental rave cuts. From weighty bass slabs to fragmented breakbeats, the platform likes to stretch conventional dance music arrangements into all kinds of shapes. Vista's first release of the year comes from Fedra, a founding member of local collective Internacional Bailable.
"Arenga" is dominated by dembow's (the rhythm, not the genre) sweet and sexy beat. But, true to the label's modus-operandi, "Arenga" has a lot of surprises. An ambient, synth-heavy breakdown right before the halfway mark switches the mood from carefree to cerebral as sped-up drums heave and tremble like spark plug wires on the brink of explosion. Doomy synths hover in the background until the end, adding emotional tension and dramatic flair to what started out as a fairly standard reggaeton song. It's the kind of song The Idol's main character should be making.