ACCLAIMED DUO ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM MAINLAND MADININA
OUT FEB 5TH VIA DEEWEE / BECAUSE MUSIC - PRE-ORDER HERE
SHARE ABSURDIST NEW SINGLE & VIDEO “FROM HEALER TO DEALER”
A deeply personal, riotous exploration of grief, friendship, parenthood,
family history and colonial legacy - LISTEN | WATCH
ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
ON SALE NOVEMBER 13TH - TICKETS HERE
PRAISE FOR EARLY SINGLE “GOOGOO GAGA”
Rolling Stone: "Songs You Need To Know"
Stereogum: "The Belgian musical duo knows a thing or too about artpop, and they prove it once again on new single ‘Googoo Gaga’... throbbing, strobing, high-energy dance track”
Consequence: "the song remains a buoyant, energetic introduction to the Belgian duo's left-field electronica and indestructible pop hooks"
The Needle Drop: "danceable synthy mom banger and I'm loving it"
Paste Magazine: "the throb of new parenthood distilled into a nursery rhyme… In Adigéry and Pupul’s vision, care is instead synonymous with power—with rhythm, survival, agency.”
Pitchfork: Included in "Pitchfork Selects"
‘Mainland Madinina’ Cover Art | download here
Today, acclaimed Belgian duo Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul announce Mainland Madinina, due February 5th via DEEWEE / Because Music. The new album is their first collaborative album in almost 5 years and follows their globally-praised 2022 debut Topical Dancer. More personal in its focus but no less ambitious, the new album explores grief, parenthood, lineage and colonial history through the duo’s distinctive blend of electronic pop, dance-punk delivered with their signature sharp, irreverent humor. They also share new single
“From Healer to Dealer” and announce 2027 North American and European tour dates (see all dates below).
Pre-order Mainland Madinina here: https://charlotteandbolis.lnk.to/MainlandMadinina.
The album also retains the satirical edge that defined Topical Dancer, including new single “From Healer to Dealer.” Produced with Stephen & David Dewaele, the track is a hilarious and ridiculous dialogue between “Grace” and “Ruben,” two wellness-obsessed maniacs who Adigéry and Pupul use to explore the complex and often confused vernacular of health culture.
Listen to “From Healer to Dealer” HERE and watch the Lennert Madou-directed video HERE.
WATCH & SHARE “FROM HEALER TO DEALER”
The album reflects on family, belonging and the histories we carry and is named for their respective places of origin - for Pupul, mainland China where his grandparents are from and Hong Kong where his mother is from; and Madinina, the Indigenous name for the Caribbean island of Martinique, where for Adigéry’s mother is from. Its title imagines a meeting point between two seemingly distant places, questioning the boundaries between mainland and island, and creating a shared space in which their stories can sit alongside one another.
The record grew out of conversations between the two friends as their lives changed. In the years since Topical Dancer was recorded, both have become parents, while Adigéry has also experienced the loss of her father to Alzheimer’s disease. Pupul’s solo album Letter to Yu, inspired by journeys to his late mother’s homeland of Hong Kong, brought his own family history into focus. Together, these experiences led the pair to explore the parallels between their backgrounds coming together in Belgium – from Pupul’s grandparents’ Chinese restaurant in Aalst to Adigéry’s mother’s cocktail bar, Madinina, in Ghent.
Written in Ghent and Martinique, Mainland Madinina moves between intimate songwriting and the duo’s familiar electronic intensity. The pair returned to the fundamentals of songwriting, working with little more than a guitar to create songs that could not hide behind production. The result is a record that makes space for vulnerability while retaining the energy, wit and unpredictability that have always defined their collaborations.
Soulwax once again assisted as mentors-slash-co-producers on Mainland Madinina, and Adigéry describes their contribution as invaluable. “They’re people who can really inspire us when we get stuck – they invite us to go deeper, to really grasp the intention behind the song,” she says. Adds Pupu,: “They’re still the musical chiropractors – they really know where to push when stuck.”
At its heart, Mainland Madinina is about what we inherit, what we choose to carry and how we find a sense of belonging. Where Topical Dancer confronted the absurdities of contemporary life through provocation and humour, the new album turns towards the duo’s own histories, finding connections between personal experience and wider questions of identity, memory and community. It is a record shaped by change and loss, but also by the sustaining power of friendship and the possibility of making something new from the past.
CHARLOTTE ADIGÉRY & BOLIS BUPUL 2027 TOUR DATES
Feb 21 Cologne, DE - Club Volta
Feb 23 Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
Feb 24 Antwerp, BE - De Roma
Feb 25 Brussels, BE - AB
Feb 26 Paris, FR - Élysée Montmartre
Mar 01 Glasgow, UK - Classic Grand
Mar 02 Manchester, UK - Gorilla
Mar 04 London, UK - Here @ Outernet
Mar 05 Bristol, UK - Lantern Hall
Mar 06 Lille, FR - Grand Mix
Mar 09 Hamburg, DE - Mojo
Mar 10 Copenhagen, DK - Vega
Mar 11 Berlin, DE - Astra
Mar 13 Warsaw, PL - Oczki
Mar 23 Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom
Mar 24 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
Mar 26 Portland, OR - Polaris Hall
Mar 27 Vancouver, BC - Hollywood Theatre
Mar 28 Seattle, WA - Neumos
Mar 30 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
Apr 02 Washington, DC - The Atlantis
Apr 03 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
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