The explosion of baile funk and its various subgenres has been a boon for Brazilian producers, from BADSISTA to DJ Ramon Sucesso. But with that globalization comes increasing gentrification — anyone dropping a syncopated club tune with some subs is calling their music ‘funk’. Luckily, real innovators are figuring out ways to keep pushing the genre forward. Enter DJ K. Last year, he introduced the world to his own variant of funk — bruxaria — and now he returns with a record that continues to refine a sound at the absolute vanguard. This is not music for the faint of heart. Each track sounds like a miniature apocalypse: vocals hit with the intensity of punk lyrics, strange and contorted melodies burst with the pressure of gunfire, while the bass sounds like it’s trying to break inaudible decibel levels. This is funk spelled ‘f-u-c-k-y-o-u’.
