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Misogyny and racism. Social media vanity. Post-colonialism and political correctness. These are not talking points that you’d ordinarily hear on the dancefloor but Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul are ripping up the rulebook with their debut album \u003ci\u003eTopical Dancer\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Their take on familiar genres is always off-kilter; songs sound undone or a little wonky; but these are nocturnal heaters to make the club throb. “We like to fuck things up a bit,” laughs Bolis.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e“We cringe when we feel like we're making something that already exists, so we're always looking for things to combine to make it sound \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003elike a pop song, \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e like an R\u0026amp;B song, \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003ea techno song. We’re always putting different worlds together. Charlotte and I get bored when things get too predictable.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTopical Dancer\u003c\/i\u003e is fizzing with ideas – there’s certainly no filler among its 13 tracks. But above all, perhaps, it has a restlessness, a desire not to be boxed in and to escape others’ narrow perceptions of who they are. 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