Parra for Cuva Releases Highly Anticipated 'Nacar' LP with an All-Star Lineup of Collaborators

Parra for Cuva shares 6th studio album, Nacar

The project is the Berlin producer’s most personal and immersive album yet, featuring collaborations with Nathan Ball, orbit, CRi, Vraell, Cile, PALLADIAN, Aukai, and Vines.

Berlin-based producer Parra for Cuva releases Nacar, his sixth studio album and most introspective work to date. Named after the Spanish word for mother-of-pearl, the 12-track record draws on the idea of transformation: how something fragile and raw slowly evolves into something luminous and layered. Featuring collaborations with Nathan Ball, orbit, CRi, Vraell, Cile, PALLADIAN, Aukai, and Vines, alongside three solo compositions, Nacar refines the handcrafted sonic language that has defined Parra for Cuva for over a decade.

Since announcing the album in February 2026, he has built a deliberate campaign through three singles: the hypnotic “Selva, Selva” featuring traditional Latin vocals from Maria Kaxinawá with a music video filmed during his sold-out 3,000-capacity show at London’s Drumsheds, the introspective “Towards Amber” connecting to the melodic side of his earlier work, and “Juri,” a propulsive introduction to the album’s handcrafted rhythmic core built around self-played percussion.

Written largely while touring across the world, Nacar became a kind of time capsule. Between shows, between countries, between versions of himself, Nico Demuth (Parra for Cuva) sought out stillness, renting small houses, setting up a minimal mobile studio, and capturing hours of solitude. The landscapes he passed through left their mark on the music: coastlines in Mexico, France, Italy, Japan, Panama, Canada, Costa Rica, Australia, and the United States subtly echo throughout the album in airy atmospheres, tidal rhythms, and gentle spaces. Field recordings captured during sessions in Costa Rica have been woven directly into the sonic fabric. Rather than chasing trends or club functionality, Nacar turns inward, guided purely by intuition and personal taste. The result is an album that feels deeply human: reflective, warm, and immersive, designed for intimate listening on headphones, while traveling, or somewhere near the sea.

The album moves fluidly between solo introspection and collaborative exploration. The three solo tracks, “Selva, Selva,” “Towards Amber,” and “Juri,” establish the record’s personal core, while collaborations reveal Parra for Cuva at his most open and connected. “Forgive Everyone,” created with British guitarist Vraell, begins with intimate guitar loops that gradually expand into liquid drum-and-bass. “ITIT,” made with longtime friend orbit during time spent working together in Italy, is fast and rhythm-driven, built around a soulful sample that brings warmth and nostalgia. “Cold Heart” leans toward the club with an acid-inspired bassline anchored by Nathan Ball’s vulnerable vocal, while “Too Close to Echo” (with orbit and CRi) opens with a simple piano motif that builds into one of the album’s most direct dancefloor moments. “Huda” combines electronic production with traditional instrumentation, featuring a repeating Bulgarian vocal sample and live charango textures from Aukai. The title track, “Nacar,” takes small, fragile ideas and lets them slowly evolve into layered compositions with Nathan Ball’s vocal supported by strings and ritualistic samples, while the album closes with “How Many Days Does It Take to Say Goodbye,” built around gentle chords and delicate vocal samples, ending the record on a reflective, almost weightless note.

Throughout his career, Parra for Cuva’s influence has extended across some of the world’s most coveted stages and labels. With over one billion streams and collaborations with ODESZA, Ólafur Arnalds, Glass Animals, and Monolink, he has performed at festivals and venues from Burning Man to sold-out headline shows across Europe. His 2013 single “Wicked Games” (feat. Anna Naklab) reached Gold in the UK and Platinum in Australia, but the albums that followed – Majouré, Darwîś, Paspatou, Juno, and Mimose – revealed an artist more interested in evolution than replication, building a catalog that connects downtempo, organic house, and ambient electronica.

The album arrives alongside the Nacar Tour, launching with an intimate Berlin release event at Huxleys Neue Welt on May 16. The European leg will kick off in late September and run through October with headline shows at London’s Roundhouse, Amsterdam’s Paradiso, Paris’s La Cigale, and nine other cities, then crosses the Atlantic for a North American run spanning San Francisco, Chicago, Brooklyn, Miami, Toronto, and eight additional markets through mid-November. Several shows will feature an innovative, balanced ticketing system where fans who can afford higher-priced tickets subsidize reduced-price options for others, a rare gesture signaling how Parra for Cuva approaches his work, prioritizing the shared experience over a transaction. With Nacar, he once again proves his rare ability to translate places, memories, and emotions into sound, creating music that is baked into introspective moments.

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