Consisting of producers Lil’ John, Riot and Conductor, alongside MC Kalaf, Buraka Som Sistema have released a slew of breakthrough singles, torched the blogosphere with their M.I.A-starring viral video for Sound Of Kuduro, featuring M.I.A. DJ Zonobia, Saborosa and Puto Prata and wowed audiences in over thirteen countries with their spectacular, dance-driven stage show at the heart of Kuduro. Now with their debut long-player, Black Diamond [Fabric/Enchufada through Inertia], finally about to drop, have become the driving heartbeat of the headline-grabbing global ghetto-funk revolution.
Daft Punk / One More Time
This came out during a time when there weren’t many people putting nice loops into dance music, so it was like a breath of fresh air. I remember a lot of people hating it when it came out, but seven days later, they were singing the lyrics at the top of their lungs.
Prodigy / Firestarter
This is one of the tracks that make us do what we do and taught us how dance music should make people feel. Amazing! It’s a punchy, bumpy, heavy-bassline driven track.
Benga / Night feat. Coki
This track is massive, but at the same time sounds like a kid playing with a crazy synthesizer in his father’s garage. I love the way the dubstep scene came back up to our ears thanks to this song.
Bangers & Cash / Loose
Dope, dope beat; dope, dope MCs droppin’ over it. It’s amazing the way everything is together on this track. It’s almost impossible to listen to it without moving your head.
Rage Against The Machine / Killing In The Name
Most of our live shows are something like the punk universe being beat up by electronic and African music. So Rage Against The Machine are probably the guys that influenced us the most to make us want to see some mosh-pits scream and crowd commandments from the MCs.
Snap / The Power
‘I’ve got the power’ is possibly one of the best known phrases in the whole dance music universe. These guys rocked the world with Turbo B voice rapping over the dance-club-minimal-techno track. This opened out eyes to the idea of dropping rhymes over different style beats.
DJ Znobia / Mãe Ju
This is the track that made us look to Kuduro as something to be approached as serious dance music. It’s raw, dirty, stupid, and at the same time, it just makes you lean back and start laughing and saying: ‘how can something so wrong end up sounding so right?’
Cassie / Me & You
Our romantic ballad. Everyone has one of these in their repertoire. The synths are banging, the girl is rocking tha house, the voice is wicked. What else could you ask for?
Catch Buraka Som Sistema at the following venues in coming weeks:
Sydney – 30 January @ Beck’s Festival Bar
Brisbane – 31 January @ Laneway Festival
Melbourne – 1 February @ Laneway Festival
Melbourne – 4 February @ SoCo Cargo
Perth – 6 February @ Laneway Festival
Adelaide – 7 February @ Laneway Festival
Sydney – 8 February @ Laneway Festival
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