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The beats are thick, buzzy, exciting—all in all, the sturdiest that I heard in 2007, with top honors going to the clobbering urumee drum symphony that powers "Bird Flu,"
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This track is in a kind of scaremongering hysteria, it's circled by crazy-eyed kids stamping their feet and saying ha! and rolling their tongues. This track isn't fun, it's gnashing, thrashing, and hot. The sweat just drips off and down, leaving a black puddle on the black ground.
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I've just fallen in love in the last couple of days with her work. She's great. I love "Bird Flu". I met her recently, and I'm a very, very big supporter of her work, and her attitude and what she stands for.
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Back with more multicultural ruckus, Ms. Arulpragasam prattles irresistibly amid a street party of Indian hand drums, techno-bass thud, children's chants and various squeaks and squawks.
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Her electrifying new single, “Bird Flu,” was partly recorded in South India, where she also filmed the video posted on her MySpace page. The track is pure, surreal rhythm: thunderous dhol drums, poultry squawks and chanting children.
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Cacophonous to beat almost all pop-music cacophony. You can hear the feathers flying. This is NOISE! Hilarious. I like it a lot.
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In the tradition of Prince's "1999," Maya Arulpragasam (a.k.a. M.I.A.) reminds us that the craziest club bangers conjure the apocalypse. Her latest delivers dance-floor chaos, with references to Rocawear models and "Lost" reruns springing up amid a stampede of percussion.
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Like "Rhythm Nation" in the jungle, "Bird Flu" sounds confident and defiant, while the video's amalgamation of village life and impromptu, totally original dance sequences perfectly suits this tense, tribal romp.
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M.I.A. finally posted "Bird Flu" to her MySpace page after dropping hints about her new song back in September. Back then she said that she called the track "Bird Flu" because "...THIS BEAT GON KILL EVERYONE!!"
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As a follow-up to this morning’s post, the video for M.IA.’s “Bird Flu” just made it onto YouTube. According to reports, M.I.A. funded the video entirely herself. Check the little guy in the red. Kid’s got some moves.
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