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If all goes as planned, I'll be putting two album reviews up today, so I'm going to keep this post short.
Kuduro, a form of Angolan music that has become quite popular in Portuguese clubs, seems to be the latest musical trend that American hipster DJs have picked up on now that Baile Funk has become more or less passT. From Wikipedia:
[Kuduro] is characterized as up tempo, energetic, and danceable. The name itself is a word with a specific meaning to location in the Kimbundu language, which is native to the northern portion of Angola. It has a double meaning in that it also translates to "hard ass" or "stiff bottom" in Portuguese, which is the official language of Angola. Not surprisingly, Kuduro is also a type of dance where, typically (like Ragga, some forms of hip hop, and other afro-based music) the female dancer protrudes her derriere and swings it sensuously to the rhythm of the hard-hitting Kuduro beat.
To me, the music sounds like an African form of Reggaeton with some techno-sounding basslines thrown in. Not necessarily something I'd bump in the headphones, but it sounds pretty good in the club. French dj-duo Radioclit has put together a 10 minute mix that will give you a good idea of what the music is all about. Here is a direct link to the mp3 mix.
If you have itunes, you can subscribe to radioclit's podcast with this url:
http://www.radioclit.libsyn.com/rss
And here is a video of the Kuduro dance.
11/15/2006 9:16:41 AM posted by Fresh