Contest: Win Tickets to Buraka Som Sistema

It’s fully cold out, so what better way to warm up then to head over to Le Poisson Rouge next Tuesday November 4th to catch Buraka Som Sistema, Maluca and Gecko Jones. There will be a lot of dancing, so leave your coats at home (don’t get sick though, no one likes being sick). You know the drill, hit us in the comments with a legit email and we’ll pick a few lucky winners. Non risk-takers buy your advance tickets here.

Premiere: Buraka Som Sistema, “Restless” Stream

This is a one-off new jam from the Portugal-based crew responsible for one of the best NYC nights of ‘09—their unforgettable live show + vast afterparty swaths—streamable in advance of its purchasable iTunes debut tomorrow (yo, preorder!). “Restless” slots Buraka’s signature kuduro rave into a subtler, smoldering house burner with a classic “Should I dump you or what?” vocal prepped for blood on the dancefloor. If you missed their North American tour dates earlier this year, A) we’re sorry and B) you’re in luck, because they’re coming back for a few select dates in late October/early November. Check the dates after the jump and do us a favor, would you, prepare to dance your ass off.



Stream: Buraka Som Sistema, “Restless”

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Waer, Drum Cirkill Mixtape MP3

Perhaps spelling it “circle” was too touchy feely, but Waer’s new mixtape definitely kills (wah wahhh). Mixing lots of African-inspired hand-drum tracks (roots of funky?) with the occasional irregular dancefloor electro and focusing entirely on A) unceasing heartbeat-like rhythm and B) lasering his way into your mind. Basically, this is the kind of collection we wish we heard more frequently in the cluhhhb in New York. It is both visceral and entirely corporeal, not too heady either. Waer, if you are reading this, please give us your weblink in the comments, some fronting-ass fronters in Syracuse are making you very difficult to google. Tracklist after the jump.

Download: Waer, Drum Cirkill Mixtape (via Dutty Artz)
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Buraka Som Sistema, “Blood Diamond Mixtape” MP3

Every Monday morning we find ourselves wondering how it is that Snap!’s “Rhythm Is A Dancer” has managed to maintain its status as our weekly jumpoff for so long. Seriously, every Monday at 10AM for at least three years. The answer is usually stunned silence or Schnipper saying “Alpha omega, dog” or something like that. No reason to question the unquestionable. Which is why we’re surprised to enjoy Buraka Som Sistema’s remix of the song on their new Blood Diamond mixtape along with 17 other songs, some dubstep remixes, Jamie Foxx samples and an interlude by some band called The Kiss. Highly enjoyable and will only cost you your email address. Tracklist after the jump.

Download: Buraka Som Sistema, “Blood Diamond Mixtape”

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Buraka Som Sistema, “IC19 (Toadally Krossed Out RMX)” MP3

We bought this track off iTunes the other day because we have an obsession with Toads that would rival an ornery 11-year-old Mark Twain character. Toadally Krossed Out’s tracks so far are ebulliently creative, ravetastic little numbers and their sampling of various ribbits, sproings, creepy chortles, and cricket twerks represent the specific coordinates where the natural world, the animated parallel universe, and the demonic flames of hell intersect. Some of it might even be performance art, hard to tell. Regardless, now they’re offering this remix for free and playing LA on Saturday, so you should download it while we wonder if our $.99 was enough, and whether we are qualified to run for Mayor of Stantowne (Toads Province).



Download: Buraka Som Sistema, “IC19 (Toadally Krossed Out RMX)

FADER TV: Buraka Som Sistema Interview

Let it be known that Saturday, May 2, 2009, was officially the first truly epic late-night rave of the year, for that was the evening we dragged Lisbon’s amazing Buraka Som Sistema to Freeman’s Alley so we could talk to them about their Euro kuduro, culinary excellence and Kalaf’s side career as a famous Portuguese columnist. Then we went to their crazy live show, the last on their US tour, and sweated a lot while shaking it, because kuduro translates roughly to “ass.” Then we attended like 40 afterparties where Andro was DJing, but sorry, we don’t have footage from that, it was past our video cam’s bedtime. At about four minutes into this video, you will see what we mean by “epic” and “rave.” Gracias to Kalaf for shouting out FADER.com’s consistent livefeed of crazy American hip-hop, we will keep filtering the weirdos your way!

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Buraka Som Sistema and DJ Sega Blow America’s Mind + New Jams

Just going to throw it out there: There’s not a whole lot that’s cooler than picking up some tour-only merch. Yeah, we get a little nerdy like that, but whatever. The ever-reliable Mad Decent blog tells us that for Buraka Som Sistema and DJ Sega’s American tour (kicking off with a Buraka show this Friday at Coachella) the dudes are selling mix CDs and 12-inches galore. The site also tells us that the “show is gonna be crazy with the full Buraka experience!” We don’t really know what that means but if Buraka Som Sistema’s remix of Lykke Li’s “Dance Dance Dance” is any indication, it means we are going to make fools of ourselves nearly instantly. Down below you can hear the Lykke Li remix, as well as Sega’s “My Luv is the Ish,” which sounds like the soundtrack to an uptempo middle school dance. Check out the full flyer after the jump, and then sleep until they hit your city so you can have energy for the mega-rager we’re sure this tour will be.



Download: Lykke Li, “Dance Dance Dance” (Buraka Som Sistema Remix)



Audio: DJ Sega, “My Luv is the Ish”

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Exclusive Freeload: Dre Skull f. Sizzla, “Gone Too Far (Buraka Som Sistema Remix)”

When we were wee and copping white label UK garage twelves in like, the early oughties, our anxiety at spending entire paychecks in one record-shop excursion always dispersed when we heard the wobbly bass with the tweety (no twitter) treble. We never imagined that 9000 years later, we would be listening to kuduro that reminded us of those days but improved upon them to the umpteenth, yet still had the same vocalist as the garage singles. Sizzla! Jah praise your longevity. This Buraka remix of Dre Skull’s newest joint makes us wish we had a fog machine and energy drink waiter following us around at all times, instead of a camera crew and Adnan Ghalib.



Download: Dre Skull f. Sizzla, “Gone Too Far (Buraka Som Sistema Remix)”

Video: Buraka Som Sistema f. Deize Tigrona, “Aqui Para Voces”

We spend a good chunk of our free time in the club with DJs, which is frankly dreadful, yet we endure it because of our life’s work of Dance Parties. Much more enticing are those impromptu jumpoffs held in someone’s living room or in less likely places, such as an elevator or a Blimpie’s. Buraka Som Sistema’s new video does a lot to liberate the dance party, but takes it one step further by adding ornate costumes and creative lighting. Take a cue from their spontaneous kuduro rave: You can lace up in elaborate feather headdresses or Rob and Fab’s old spandex, flick on a couple of flashlights, light a bonfire and Boom! instant party, whether you’re in a storage room, on a boat, working the docks or in starring a high school production of “The Music Man.”

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RCRD LBL Freeload: Buraka Som Sistema, “Kalemba (Wegue Wegue) (Hot Chip Remix)”

Anybody who thought Hot Chip could make Buraka Som Sistema sound more gangster, please raise your pale, skinny arm, because we sure didn’t. Whichever of the Chippers did this obviously thought that the original just didn’t have enough heart-mummering bass on it, nor did it sound enough like happy hardcore about halfway through. Both laudable observations. Grab the remix below and watch the video for the original above.

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