Dupla

Born in Agurain, in the Spanish Basque Country, Dupla brings together Beñat Oribe and Gari Uriarte around a project launched in 2018 that blends electronic pop, urban rhythms, rap and experimental touches. The duo works between Euskara and Castilian, with writing that sits in contemporary forms without breaking with certain markers of the Basque scene. After a first EP, Folklore, released in 2019, Dupla develops a broader format with the album Nahieran in 2021, where several collaborations from different horizons of Basque music appear. Dupla's music assembles direct melodies, electronic textures and an energy that borrows as much from song as from hip-hop and alternative pop. Present on Basque stages and festivals, the group gradually asserted an identity located at the crossroads of languages, styles and generations. Dupla thus sits in a dynamic of renewal of Basque contemporary music, with a repertoire thought as much for listening as for the stage.