Are we ready for Aérea Negrot?

I'm entranced by this Venezuelan performer, whose music oscillates between the sublime and ridiculous. But musical history suggests fans favour artists who keep it simple …When I first heard All I Wanna Do, a nihilistic paean to the dancefloor that channels, equally, Grace Jones, Rupaul and Fozzy Bear, I blithely assumed that it was the work of a gay man. Even after seeing Aérea Negrot play live at Watergate in Berlin, earlier this year – where, admittedly, I only caught glimpses of the sin...

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