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Nick León cooks up the spiny ace ‘Nerves’ with its hackled metallic melody set to martial dembow swag and grimiest bass grind, whilst his ‘Love Potion’ pushes the tempo to near percolated broken beats zones, and opens out the vibe with breezy chords and fluid texturing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the other hand, Python whisks jaunty reggaeton trills and aerosolised electronics in ‘I’m Tired’, and slants off into psychedelic-impressionist abstraction on ‘uwu’ with its un-stitched tresillo patterns and groggy pads coloured well out-of-the-lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA+ madness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Worldwide Unlimited","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":50444036800843,"sku":"2011702","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1_80fdf650_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727023713"},{"product_id":"projections-of-a-coral-city","title":"Projections of a Coral City","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoral Morphologic and Nick León’s Projections of a Coral City marks a series of collisions between distant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworlds: the organic and the artificial, the Eocene and the Anthropocene, sea and cement—and even, perhaps, ambient music and activism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoral Morphologic are the Miami duo of marine biologist Colin Foord and musician J.D. 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Miami’s son, Nick León, is set to release his highly anticipated album \u003cem\u003eA Tropical Entropy \u003c\/em\u003een su casa, TraTraTrax. After two #1 tracks of the year, “Xtasis” and “Bikini,” Nick expands his \"Arquitectronica\" sonic universe to an exploration of decay, disillusionment, and psychedelia.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by Joan Didion’s novel ‘Miami’ and his unique energy, as well as altered states of consciousness—both chemically induced and sleep-deprived—the album reflects León’s personal experience of witnessing life and love fall apart against the backdrop of a crumbling society. 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In the meantime, León and TraTra will continue to establish their influence on the global circuit and their mission to keep releasing edgy music that connects la mente con el qlo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tra Tra Trax","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":52310909845835,"sku":"R7542-6618","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_a3590fe8-39ef-4b53-ba8c-192b51cedc7f.jpg?v=1750342091"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/nick-leon.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}