Viégas channels RS floods into YAKECAN, twisting Brazilian roots into a brutal cry of Anthropocene collapse and endless violence.
The devastating floods in Rio Grande do Sul fuel every beat of YAKECAN, Viégas‘ latest album. It dives deep into Brazilian music foundations — Afro-diasporic, Indigenous, and Iberian — without nostalgia.
Distorted roots in collapse era
These influences pulse as raw, fractured material. YAKECAN mirrors today’s Brazil: structural violence, symbolic void, perpetual breakdown.
Flood scars run through it all. A horizonless world where disasters define the Anthropocene daily life. Exhausted sounds and choking rhythms evoke the storm.
Violence isn’t just a theme. It’s the raw force shaping unstable textures and endless breaks.
YAKECAN nods to the subtropical cyclone that hit southern Brazil. It embodies recurring ruin, a force that lingers and spreads.
Full tracklist
All tracks by Viégas:
YAKECAN
TREMETREME
SEMPRE FOI HOSTIL
KARKARÁ
YA’LUZIA
TUMTUYUTÍ
PARTE O EQUINÓCIO
RASGO MEU PULSO
VENID A SOSPIRAR
KHAMSIN
HADEANO
Photo: Press release
