Angola is not only breeding ground for Kuduro and their own version of baile funk but there´s also a blossoming death metal scene as the trailer to this documentary reveals:
DEATH METAL ANGOLA TRAILER #1 from CABULA6 on Vimeo.
Check the new Buraka Som Sistema track “Hangover” (Bababa), produced by Stereotyp a.k.a. our very own Ku Bo. Fiyah!!!
We all love Kuduro and other music coming out of booming Angola these days, but little is known about the decades before Kuduro emerged. The following BBC documentary gives a brief introduction to the first years of Angolan independence – marked by a bloody, civil war, that was shaped by Cold War politics. After seeing this documentary you may hear Batida´s “Bazuka”, in which Angolan civil war veterans talk about their lifes during wartime, with different ears.
Interesting new album just out on the German label Out/here (from which we licensed Madera Limpia´s “Loco” single (Cat No. Man 030))called Comfusões . This project was put together by Maurício Pacheco (Stereo Maracanã) and the concept is putting together the best of Angolan pop from the 60s and 70s and having it remixed by a classy selection of Brazilian producers such as Mario Caldato, Berna & Kassin, DJ Dolores and Rica Amabis.
Pacheco has been travelling around Angola since 2000 and had access to the archives of Rádio Nacional Angola and selected tracks by Artur Nunes, Teto Lando, Bonga among other local artists. It’s a fine selection of Brazilian remixers as well, definitely those working at the quality end of Brazilian pop/MPB whatever.
You can go to the myspace link above to hear the album, and here’s a taster below:
