Buraka Som Sistema News

 
Watch Buraka Som Sistema's 'Tira o Pe' Make a Crowd Lose Its Collective Mind
SPIN
by Philip Sherburne You haven't seen an audience going wild until you've seen the way crowds lose their shit to Buraka Som Sistema. Part of that's likely due to the Lisbon group's energy on stage, but it has just as much to do with the fact that ...

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Music News
Buraka Som Sistema
Music News
Buraka Som Sistema is an electronic dance music group from Portugal, specialising in a fusion of techno beats and the traditional African kuduro genre, which originally originates from Angola. Buraka Som Sistema keep the tribal music masterpiece alive ...


 
Saturday tickets for Pukkelpop 2012 sell out - Foos day sells out - plus new ...
Virtual Festivals
Foo Fighters are set to headline that day (18 August) , with The Black Keys, Wilco, Magnetic Man, Buraka Som Sistema, All Time Low and OFWGKTA among the other acts on the bill. The festival has also announced some new acts for this year's line-up, ...

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PopMatters
Batida: Batida
PopMatters
Where the kuduro collective Buraka Som Sistema mostly slices and dices human voices, weaving the bits in and out of songs, Mpula uses the live rhythmic smarts of his rapping friends to create another layer of interest. And really, unless you speak ...


 
Album review: Santigold, 'Master of My Make-Believe' (3.5 stars out of 4)
Chicago Tribune
On “Big Mouth,” the Portuguese producers Buraka Som Sistema throw pogo-ecstatic Angolan beats against wordless, staccato vocals, creating with White a type of techno-pop hybrid that sounds both futuristic and ancient. In “Freak Like Me,” dive-bombing ...

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Florence And The Machine Confirmed As Bestival Friday Headliner
Stereoboard.com
Inner City Live / John Foxx And The Maths / Gallows / Rizzle Kicks / Buraka Som Sistema / Sage Francis / Grimes / Bellowhead / Earth Wind & Fire Experience Feat Al Mckay / Django Django / Little Dragon / Gold Panda / Adam Ant & The Good, ...

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FasterLouder
Santigold: "Why does a club banger have to have stupid lyrics?"
FasterLouder
Written after a trip to the top of Mt Kilimanjaro Master of My Make-Believe features a who's who of musical guests – Q-Tip, Dave Sitek, Boys Noize, Buraka Som Sistema and Karen O among them. FasterLouder sat down for a chat with Santigold to find out ...

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