Tag: portugal
Underworld - Pretty spry for old men!
by Adam on Sep.01, 2009, under Downloadables, Events, Reviews
Visited Portugal a couple of weeks ago and decided to drop by Creamfields 2009 (Algarve Edition). This is not the 3 days extravaganza we’re treated to in England, rather a one night event. This featured Underworld as headliners on the main stage as well as the excellent Junior Boys, and Turbo Records ran a massive tent featuring luminaries such as Proxy, Tiga, Riton and Zombie Nation. I managed to get a pretty sweet recording of ‘Born Slippy’, which you can see below, and let me tell you - you ain’t experienced Riton until you’ve experienced him surrounded by a bunch of sweaty Portuguese guys. (Obrigado!)
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.
