Branko – SDDS

https://amf.didiermary.fr/branko-sdds/

Branko is the producer & DJ behind Buraka Son Sistema‘s success.

Created in lockdown and inspired by the current times, here’s Branko’s single “SDDS” in 2020, the sms-style shortening of the Portuguese word “sau·da·des.”

Roughly translated from Portuguese, Na Zona means something like being in a specific place, occupying a zone and owning it […]

#Kuduro #Remixed #Electro

Pongo – Tambulaya

https://amf.didiermary.fr/pongo-tambulaya/

Angolan singer and rapper Pongo (Engracia Domingos da Silva – born in 1992) in “Tambulaya” from her first EP “Baia” released in 2018.

The video draws from memories of attending dance competitions and seeing members of her family “feverishly” dancing and “showing off” on the floor.

#Angola #Kuduro #Electro

DJs Di Guetto

https://amf.didiermary.fr/djs-di-guetto/

DJs Di Guetto is a compilation of Angolan Kuduro from Portugal, by DJ Marfox, DJ Nervoso, DJ N.K, DJ Foxufo, DJ Pausas and DJ Jesse. This 13-track album of Afro-Portuguese sounds direct from the Lisbon scene is taken from Volume 1, originally released in 2006 to capture the African dance music spirit from the outskirts […]

#Angola #Kuduro #Techno #Electro

Pongo – Começa & Bruxos

https://amf.didiermary.fr/pongo-comeca-bruxos/

Listen to Começa and Bruxos by Kudurista Pongo.

Pongo embodies the renewal of Kuduro, mixing her African, Langan & Zairian roots with EDM, bass music, dancehall & melodic pop. Her powerful, rhythmic, but equally fragile & sensitive voice draws us into her world, on the borders of dance & saudade, where no one has taken […]

#Angola #Kuduro #Electro

ROBOZINHO SUPREMACY, by DJ Sem Futuro

6 track album

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Titica – Olha o Boneco

https://amf.didiermary.fr/titica-olha-o-boneco/

Titica is an Angolan kuduro musician and dancer, with a Congolese background that influences her music.
Her stage name is Portuguese for “worthless” or “useless”; she chose the name to reclaim the hateful words that have been directed at her as a trans woman.

#Angola #Kuduro #LGBTQ #Electro

DJs Di Guetto – DJs Di Guetto Vol. II (Príncipe LP/DL) Compilation of previously unpublished yet genre-defining music from the major players of the Batida scene emerging in the suburbs of Lisbon around 2007. https://principediscos.bandcamp.com/album/djs-di-guetto-vol-ii #batida #tarraxo #kuduro #electronicmusic #dancemusic

PEDRO – Stuck On You (feat. Bryte)

https://amf.didiermary.fr/pedro-stuck-on-you-bryte/

From the Lisbon global club scene, PEDRO (Pedro da Linha) teams up with Ghanaian MC Bryte for this infectious and dancefloor-ready ‘Stuck On You’.

Lisbon based PEDRO started making music when he was in school. Initially inspired by his older brother’s techno collection and the kizomba and kuduro he’d hear when he was hanging outside […]

#Ghana #Kuduro #Nigeria #Electro #Rap

From Angola to the World… Buraka Som Sistema

https://amf.didiermary.fr/from-angola-to-world-buraka-som-sistema/

Buraka Som Sistema was an electronic dance music project from Portugal, specializing in a fusion of techno beats with the African Zouk and Kuduro genre. It is generally credited with creating the “zouk bass” and “progressive kuduro” variant and has received an MTV European Music Award. […]

#Documentary #Kuduro #Zouk #Electro

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#Electronic #UKGarage #funkcarioca #harddrums #kuduro #Portugal
CC BY-NC (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial) #ccmusic
https://xxiii.bandcamp.com/album/xxiii-volume-14
XXIII // VOLUME 14, by XXIII

11 track album

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