Tagged: kuduro
Buraka Som Sistema’s BBC Essential Mix MP3
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 »
DJ Normal Nada, “Kukiza k Kuia” MP3 + Estraga Mixtape
We try to stay on top of our kuduro around here, so when we say this is the weirdest, most awesome kuduro song we’ve heard lately, it is not with the dilettante’s flair for hyperbole. … read more »
We Just Listened to Radio Secousse for 24 Hours in a Row
Secousse is the monthly party run by Johan and Etienne of Radioclit/The Very Best in cities all over the world but based at London’s Notting Hill Arts Club. If you go to it, you should … read more »
Stream: DJ Gregory & Sidney Samson f. Dama S, “Dama s Salon”
French funky house purveyor DJ Gregory traveled to Luanda not long ago and recorded vocals with Kuduro Sound System‘s Dama S for a rather nasty confluence of house sensibilities with kuduro fire. This is the … read more »
New Angolan Kuduro from Agre G, Os Vagabanda and Game Wala
The last we heard from Os Vagabanda, they were blowing minds with “Successo” in a Ghetto Palms/Akwaaba special edition podcast. The last we heard of Agre G was “Piké Piké” a couple weeks ago. And … read more »
DJ Patrick f. Agre G, “Pike Pike” MP3
Admittedly we have been slacking on our Kuduro TV game lately, but leave it to the homies at Ghetto Bassquake to reignite our passion for its spare clacks and muted thumps. This track has DJ … read more »
Kilamu, “Ta Ndjeff” MP3
We have hardly retained any of the vocabulary we learned during the two semesters of college that we studied Portuguese. Trying to uncover word-relics from those classes while listening to Angolan star of kuduro music … read more »
Buraka Som Sistema’s FabricLive Promo Mix MP3
As we think back on 2009, by all accounts a shit year, one thing we remember as a ray of light streaming through the dark sludges of hell was the night Buraka Som Sistema played … read more »
Killamu, “Flaminguinho” MP3
Akwaaba is releasing Angolan beatmonsta Killamu’s album at the top of the year, and as a teaser they’re dropping this spare kuduro jam to get you through all your holiday parties. And ever since we … read more »
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 … read more »
