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* GenreMashup: Although labelled a AlternativeRAndB duo, their music encompasses [[TripHop trip hop]], Afro-Cuban jazz and traditional Yoruba music.



* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Although labelled a AlternativeRAndB duo, their music encompasses [[TripHop trip hop]], Afro-Cuban jazz and traditional Yoruba music.
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Although labelled a PBRAndB duo, their music encompasses [[TripHop trip hop]], Afro-Cuban jazz and traditional Yoruba music.

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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Although labelled a PBRAndB AlternativeRAndB duo, their music encompasses [[TripHop trip hop]], Afro-Cuban jazz and traditional Yoruba music.
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* MixedAncestry: Their father was Afro-Cuban whereas though their mother was French-Venezuelan. Doubly so, although being born in Havana, Cuba, they were raised in Paris, France.
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Although labelled a PBRAndB duo. There music encompasses [[TripHop trip hop]], Afro-Cuban jazz and traditional Yoruba music.

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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Although labelled a PBRAndB duo. There duo, their music encompasses [[TripHop trip hop]], Afro-Cuban jazz and traditional Yoruba music.
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* CoverVersion: They have a tendency towards this in their live covering artists as diverse as [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oo6LoitxecU Chaka Khan]] and [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkOf52jgtyw Jay Electronica]]

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* CoverVersion: They have a tendency towards this in their live performances covering artists as diverse as [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oo6LoitxecU Chaka Khan]] and [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkOf52jgtyw Jay Electronica]]

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* {{Afrofuturism}}: A sonic variant, in which, despite their songs (particularly on their first record) having been influenced by Yoruba music and spirituality. They are still mainly based in electronica.



* BilingualBonus: There songs are mainly in English but have passages in French, Spanish and Yoruba.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Lisa-Kaindé Diaz (left) and Naomi Diaz (right)]]

Ibeyi (pronounced "ee-be-ay") is an Afro-French Cuban musical duo consisting of twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz. Known for their GenreBusting sound which utilizes their West African and Latin American heritage, they have been critically acclaimed and featured in projects such as Music/{{Beyonce}}'s visual album ''Lemonade''.

!! Discography
* ''Oya'' (EP) (2014)
* ''Ibeyi'' (2015)
* ''Ash'' (2017)

!! ''Come to your river (Trope my soul)''
* Myth/AfricanMythology: Particularly Yoruba mythology, given that it's the lineage that their descended from. They have several songs ("River", "Oya", "Eleggua") dedicated to Yoruba òrìṣà (pronounced Oh-re-sha) (spirits / deities) and their name is a reference to the twin òrìṣà that govern children and mischief.
* BandOfRelatives
* BilingualBonus: There songs are mainly in English but have passages in French, Spanish and Yoruba.
* BreakUpSong: "Stranger / Lover"
* CoverVersion: They have a tendency towards this in their live covering artists as diverse as [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oo6LoitxecU Chaka Khan]] and [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkOf52jgtyw Jay Electronica]]
* EpicRocking: "Transmission / Michaelion" is this, clocking in at six minutes.
* GenerationXerox: Their father was Anga Díaz, a Afro-Cuban drummer most well known for playing with Music/BuenaVistaSocialClub.
* GriefSong: Their debut eponymous album is dedicated to their father and older sister, both of whom died within the same year and have songs such as "Think of You" and "Yanira" focusing on their feelings when they passed and how much they miss them.
* MeaningfulName: The [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibeji#:~:text=Ibeji%20(known%20as%20Ibejí%2C%20Ibeyí,around%20present-day%20Nigeria) Ibeyi]] are twin òrìṣà in Yoruba spirituality. Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi are twins.
* MixedAncestry: Their father was Afro-Cuban whereas though their mother was French-Venezuelan. Doubly so, although being born in Havana, Cuba, they were raised in Paris, France.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Although labelled a PBRAndB duo. There music encompasses [[TripHop trip hop]], Afro-Cuban jazz and traditional Yoruba music.
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