Buraka Som Sistema
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As national boundaries become more and more meaningless, Buraka Som Sistema is one of the most potent examples of how art and music can easily spill over borders and lead to artistic creations unimagined by those who might have kickstarted the trend a couple decades back.
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In this case, the Portugese group, consisting of João Barbosa, Rui Pité, Andro Carvalho and Kalaf Ângelo, have become the most high-profile practicers of Kuduro, itself a hybrid style. Kuduro was born in Angola when musicians began mixing African percussion with calypso, soca and Western electronic music influences.
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The Portugese group have become the most high-profile practicers of Kuduro, itself a hybrid style.
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An Angolan MC, Sebem, is widely viewed as the godfather of the sound. Kuduro was then imported from Angola to Lisbon, Portugal, where Barbosa, Pité, Carvalho and Ângelo picked it up and eventually decided to begin producing music themselves.
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Honoring the roots of the sound, their first release, From Buraka to the World, featured vocals by an Angolan MC. Their work attracted the attention of UK world music/ electronic star M.I.A., who guested on a subsequent single, "The Sound of Kuduro."
