His latest release is aptly-named “Sultan”; it’s a short but majestuous meeting point of IDM and Kuduro, an uptempo type of music that is perfectly highlighted by the princess of Lisbon’s label Príncipe: Nidia Minaj. “Sultan” is both cold and bouncy and will reach the souls of the most remote ghosts. You can capture the latter in the wildness of some underground clubs.

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Cralias will reach the souls of the most remote ghosts in the wildness of some underground clubs.

The emo and post-club vibes can also be found on “Hope You Care” the first track taken from the EP. 2016 was a real tragedy and 2017 already appears as confusing, at best. With the Arca-infused “Hope You Care,” Cralias captures these feelings and shares a sharp and detached answer to the world we are surviving in. It will make the disillusioned children, like us, float like clouds which appear or disappear.

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Cralias got into making music via doing bootlegs and remixes and was originally admirative of Kai Whiston and MICHELANGEL0, two emblematic artists from the TAR family. The famous Los Angeles-based collective is currently a prime location for creative under-the-radar artists. Paul Preston, aka PBDY, represents Brainfeeder and runs TAR. He is also a radio host on the excellent London’s Radar Radio. Cralias’ story is pure chance: first a listener, he submitted his work to Preston and then got played on the show.

One thing leading to another, TAR will share Cralias’ 4-track debut EP “Element” on January 20. It will obviously feature “Hope You Care” and “Sultan,” as well as two new productions yet to discover: “Sweet” and “Tell Me.” The beautiful artwork is signed by Shanghai’s multidisciplinary artist Tavi Lee.

You can connect with Cralias on Facebook, Twitter, Soundcloud, and Spotify where you can discover his previously self-released tracks “Goth/Miss U”.

What we particularly like about Nidia Minaj is her vision: despite her young age, the self-taught producer is able to conciliate sonic experimentations and irresistible rhythms, for the newbies or the connoisseurs. Hips don’t lie! The artist is working with the dynamic and creative Lison-based label Principe, which is fully dedicated to releasing 100% real contemporary dance music coming out of this city, its suburbs, projects & slums.

Nidia Minaj‘s “Diva” is a synthetic carnival with an infectious drums loops!

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We recently featured “Puro Tarraxo” in a previous article but to be honest, the music of Nidia really takes another dimension during her live sets. We lived the experience here in Brussels: we saw a whole crowd of Nordic people on fire. Belgian people are not especially known to be specialists of ass shaking yet. You don’t want to miss that: Nidia Minaj is back this weekend in Brussels for the Fortune Festival!

Follow Nidia Minaj on Soundcloud, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. As a bonus, listen to the Sch‘s remix of “Gamboa Beatz” and download it for free!

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The talented producer, who is only 18, is inspired by the Portuguese speaking heritage of her Cape Verdean and Guinea Bissauan parents. Prior to her solo career, Nidia Minaj was part of Kaninas Squad, an all-girl teenage Kuduro group. She is still now one of the rare females to play and produce this kind of music! Even if she is now living in France, she remains particularly attached to Lisbon’s dance scene, notably thanks to her collaboration with the label Príncipe Discos.

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People like Nidia Minaj deserve more room in the clubs. Firstly, because it is not often that you can find a female artist in this particular genre of electronic music. Secondly, because she is young but she already understood everything about hips and asses shaking. Believe us, “Puro Tarraxo” is only a sample of the talent of the artist!

If you wanna know more about her, you should follow her on Facebook, Soundcloud, Instagram and Twitter!