Tag: buraka som sistema
Review: Buraka Som Sistema ‘Restless’
by Tom on Nov.05, 2009, under Reviews
For those who of you who read the AngelBreaks blog regularly you will know how big a fan I am of Lisbon’s Buraka Som Sistema. For those of you who don’t, you are in for a real treat because having barely recovered from their very excellent album, Black Diamond, and a summer of critically acclaimed sensory overloading live shows, they have only gone and dropped a gem of a single on us. Your education can start here.
Sounds of Summer Part 2 - Tom Edition
by Tom on Oct.21, 2009, under Downloadables, Top 5
Today our Sounds of Summer feature continues with Tom (Mr. AngelBreaks himself)’s list. There’s some Major Lazer, The proxy, The XX, and Florence and the Machine in there, as well as some sexy free download. Which did you like better, Adam’s list or this one? Let us know!
A MAD DECENT thing for them to have done.
by Tom on Jun.22, 2009, under Reviews
Buraka Som Sistema - Sound of Kuduro
If you have seen me DJ recently or even if you have been within a half-mile radius of me, you will have heard me playing and shouting about Buraka Som Sistema. They are an electro outfit hailing from Portugal and they have been celebrated for their innovations in the “progressive kuduro” movement.
Kuduro is a form of music that originated in Angola but has since taken a foothold in Lisbon. It is an energetic, upbeat and danceable music that was hybridised out of African percussion, Calypso and Soca rhythms, and European electronica. Even its name is a composite, referencing both an Angolan dialect, but also meaning “stiff bottom” in Portuguese. This definition draws more parallels with the world dance cultures of Hip-hop and Dancehall. This genre is transcendent, sprawling and culturally diverse. Vivian Host, in her essay ‘The New World Music,’ even cites Daft Punk as an inspirational force.
