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Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/02/video-buraka-som-sistema-hangover/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/02/video-buraka-som-sistema-hangover/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 16:30:27 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=108892 Hard to wrap up how funny this Buraka Som Sistema video is—the way when the massive single-syllable chorus drops for the first time, led by a mildly horrifying green-screen image of a kid diving off … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/02/video-buraka-som-sistema-hangover/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/13/feature-in-tribal-guarachero-teenage-wilders-rebirth-aztec-history/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/13/feature-in-tribal-guarachero-teenage-wilders-rebirth-aztec-history/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:29:52 +0000 Jace Clayton http://www.thefader.com/?p=73354 Erick Rincon is only 16 years old. Level-headed and soft-spoken, the teenager radiates preternatural calm as he and some of his friends fold into a tiny studio in the back of his parents’ Monterrey, Mexico … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/13/feature-in-tribal-guarachero-teenage-wilders-rebirth-aztec-history/feed/ 9 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/13/premiere-j-wows-fader-mix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/13/premiere-j-wows-fader-mix-mp3/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:30:54 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=73580 As ever, we are talking about the fearless Buraka Som Sistema producer/DJ from Lisbon, not the excessively tanned Jerz chica now famous for being a prominent member of the leisure-class-with-a-hurricane-glass. Our J-Wow was here first! … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/13/premiere-j-wows-fader-mix-mp3/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/26/premiere-buraka-som-sistemas-j-wow-toy-selectah-mochaxo-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/26/premiere-buraka-som-sistemas-j-wow-toy-selectah-mochaxo-mp3/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:00:07 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=41627 In yesterday’s Ghetto Palms column, Eddie Stats had a very interesting conversation with Ghetto Bassquake purveyors Vamanos and Chief Boima about the direction of tropical music—and what “tropical” even means. Said Vamanos: “To me, it’s … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/26/premiere-buraka-som-sistemas-j-wow-toy-selectah-mochaxo-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/28/ghetto-palms-106-more-mavado-conceptual-kuduro-exclusive-interview/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/28/ghetto-palms-106-more-mavado-conceptual-kuduro-exclusive-interview/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:30:15 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=34895 Once more into the breach between ethno and techno y’all. One of the biggest tracks from my last blend in this tempo was Nic Sarno’s “Mana Wasa” which is from Enchufada’s Hard Ass Sessions Vol. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/28/ghetto-palms-106-more-mavado-conceptual-kuduro-exclusive-interview/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/04/copenhagen-raves-julianne-at-distortion-festival-day-2/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/04/copenhagen-raves-julianne-at-distortion-festival-day-2/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:00:00 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=31914 According to “Human Infomail,” the Distortion Festival newsletter, yesterday’s activities in the Nørrebro neighborhood produced a “body count” of nearly 30,000 people, packed in what seemed to be a six block radius. “Body count” is … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/04/copenhagen-raves-julianne-at-distortion-festival-day-2/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/25/video-premiere-j-wow-o-dedo/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/25/video-premiere-j-wow-o-dedo/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 19:30:21 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=30717 After Buraka Som Sistema dropped their insane hypercolor “Buffalo Stance” oscilloscope, it’s a cool flip to see something a little lower-fidelity from that camp. For his whipping, chirpy club track “O Dedo,” BSS beat-magician J-Wow‘s … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/25/video-premiere-j-wow-o-dedo/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/20/video-premiere-buraka-som-sistema-buffalo-stance/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/20/video-premiere-buraka-som-sistema-buffalo-stance/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 17:00:20 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=30120 Neneh Cherry’s dancehall-video-referencing, technicolor graffiti for 1988′s “Buffalo Stance” forged the future for everyone from Deee-Lite (whose own groovy videos came a couple years post facto) to MIA (duh). But in this clipped beat cover … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/20/video-premiere-buraka-som-sistema-buffalo-stance/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/10/premiere-skerritt-bwoys-daggering-instructional-video/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/10/premiere-skerritt-bwoys-daggering-instructional-video/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 14:35:29 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=28823 This video won’t make it to Saturday morning cartoons anytime soon, but if we had spent our youths waking up to Skerritt Bwoy drill-sergeanting us like he does in Daggering 101, our moms would have … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/10/premiere-skerritt-bwoys-daggering-instructional-video/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/12/buraka-som-sistemas-bbc-essential-mix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/12/buraka-som-sistemas-bbc-essential-mix-mp3/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:30:27 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=25417 Buraka Som Sistema‘s Essential Mix is like throwing a rave in a rainforest, all humid, eardrum-breaking beats and ridiculous collective energy. The Portuguese ensemble is gifted at making their rhythms sound actually contortionist, kuduro twisting … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/12/buraka-som-sistemas-bbc-essential-mix-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/02/dam-funk-covers-human-league-for-dr-martens-b-day/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/02/dam-funk-covers-human-league-for-dr-martens-b-day/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:55:02 +0000 Chioma Nnadi http://www.thefader.com/?p=24447 Philip Oakley of Human League was a wizard of the blush brush and eyeliner stick, but even he’d be floored by the many-layered makeovers and funkdafied transformations Dam-Funk went through in the making of this … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/02/dam-funk-covers-human-league-for-dr-martens-b-day/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/31/j-wow-of-buraka-som-sistemas-wow-music-mixtape-klang-video/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/31/j-wow-of-buraka-som-sistemas-wow-music-mixtape-klang-video/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:15:12 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=24111 Miraculously, this mix includes the loop from Timbaland (and Magoo!)’s “Indian Flute,” a longtime FADER staff favorite. That = mandatory posting. It also includes Vampire Weekend, Beyonce, Zomby, Roska and Amanda Blank. My, how the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/31/j-wow-of-buraka-som-sistemas-wow-music-mixtape-klang-video/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/12/ghetto-palms-92-video-palms-77klash-j-wow-crookers-poirier-face-t/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/12/ghetto-palms-92-video-palms-77klash-j-wow-crookers-poirier-face-t/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:26:23 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=23152 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/12/ghetto-palms-92-video-palms-77klash-j-wow-crookers-poirier-face-t/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/21/buraka-som-sistemas-fabriclive-promo-mix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/21/buraka-som-sistemas-fabriclive-promo-mix-mp3/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:31:38 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=21084 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/21/buraka-som-sistemas-fabriclive-promo-mix-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/29/contest-win-tickets-to-buraka-som-sistema/ 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